The Royal Academy of Engineering has launched a new Engineers in the Making competition for school children aged 7 to 14, across the UK. The Academy is looking for budding engineers to take on challenges and show off their creativity, imagination and problem-solving skills.
Due to the current restrictions on working conditions the BFPA has taken a look at its existing training courses and designed and launched two short online courses that can be delivered to everyone with access to a media device, be it a laptop, iphone / android mobile telephone etc.
Creating a new hygienic production facility that includes ATEX zone 1 areas is a complex task, especially when the facility will need over 1400 control valves. Hygienic process systems specialist Briggs of Burton PLC called in Bürkert to help deliver a large-scale manufacturing facility for a Life Sciences company Purolite.
The British Compressed Air Society (BCAS) is now in the final stages of developing its apprenticeship standard for a Compressed Air and Vacuum Technician (CAVT). Following industry-wide consultation and approval from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE), the end-point assessment plan is now being drafted.
Engineers at Enginuity, (formerly Semta) supported by The Princes Trust, are harnessing the power of gaming to identify talent via a non-academic route that can power the nation’s economic recovery when the lockdown is lifted.
Make UK, the manufacturers’ organisation, is urging engineering and manufacturing employers not to delay their apprentice recruitment plans, as it has over 2,000 young people in its talent pool looking for apprenticeship opportunities.
The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA)has announced the launch of a brand-new standalone Pump Engineering Forum. Aimed at plant, process and maintenance engineers, consultants and buyers within end-user industries, along with pump manufacturers and distributors around the world, this dedicated online forum will build into a comprehensive repository of pump selection, installation, and application information.
Rubix UK has completed the acquisition of specialist hydraulics services supplier, Hydra Engineering Services (Hydraflow Hydraulics), in line with the Group’s network development strategy
The British Pump Manufacturer’s Association (BPMA) has had two of its E-Learning Training Courses endorsed by the Joint Industry Board for Plumbing Mechanical Engineering Services in England and Wales. JIB-PMES is an independent and neutral ‘not for profit’ organisation, which partners the CSCS Registration Scheme, a regulator and a service provider for employers and employees within the building industry. Participation in the activities and benefit schemes of the JIB for Plumbing Mechanical Engineering Services is open to:
Hydraproducts has acquired the business and assets of Fluidlink Hydraulics Ltd, Devizes.
Brammer Buck & Hickman, the UK distributor of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products and services, and part of the Rubix Group, has launched a new bearings specialist microsite: bearings.rubix.com
Sheffield-based tyre inflation and compressed air equipment manufacturer PCL has launched its new Partner+ initiative, which is aimed at growing the brand’s market share by supporting distributors to flourish.
Bobcat has appointed Peterborough-based RTC Plant Services Ltd as the new Authorised Bobcat dealer for Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire in the UK. RTC is now responsible for sales and service of the market-leading range of Bobcat skid-steer, compact track and all-wheel steer loaders, mini-excavators, telehandlers and attachments in the construction, rental, landscaping and industrial markets in the three counties.
Salary levels across the engineering sector continued to grow last year, as the industry witnessed steady salary increases across a variety of job roles, according to new data released by Reed Engineering. From analysis of 7.5 million jobs posted since the start of 2016, the Reed Engineering Salary Guide 2020 – part of the company’s annual suite of salary guides – found that the engineering sector remained solid going into 2020. The sector saw a 0.9% growth in the number of jobs posted, bolstered by a 2.1% average increase in advertised salaries resulting in a wage of £42,000 for executive roles. However, the sector does lag behind others in terms of overall salary growth.
Why is supporting the Primary Engineer Programme so important to Webtec? Martin Cuthbert, Webtec’s managing director, commented: “Quite simply because it helps us to engage with the engineers of the future.”
