In the summer of 1956 I got a job as a Student Apprentice with Leyland Motors Limited, Commercial Vehicle Manufactures. I believed I was going to be placed on a degree course but that never materialised.
Initial Formal Engineering Certificates
All studied for at Harris College, Preston (Now University of Central Lancashire)
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Level
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Certificate | Subjects |
Date
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ONC
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Mechanical & Production Engineering | Mathematics (Distinction) Machines Workshop Technology Heat engines |
July 1958
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ONC
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Endorsement to Mechanical & Production Engineering Certificate | Principles of Electricity |
July 1958
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ONC
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Electrical Engineering | Mathematics (Distinction) Electrotechnics-AC Electrotechnics-DC |
July 1960
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HNC
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Mechanical Engineering | Theory of Machines (Distinction) Mechanics of Fluids (Distinction) Strengths of Materials Applied Thermodynamics |
July 1959
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Additional Education & Training Related to Engineering Career
| Course | Educational Establishment | Course Length | Date |
| Advanced Automobile Engineering - (Special Course run by Director of Engineering to pass on "Experience" of senior Engineers) Covered all aspects of Vehicle Design & Manufacture. (Awarded Scholarship to Travel to German, French & Belgian Vehicle Manufacturers September-October 1961) | Leyland Motors Technical College | 30 Full Days over 9 Months | September 1960 - July 1961 |
| Vehicle Transmission Design | Loughborough University | 5 Days | 1972 |
| Supervisory Skills | Leyland Motors Technical College | 5 Days | 1975 |
| Fundamentals of Effective Management | N W Region Management Centre, St Helens | 5 Days | 1975 |
| An Appreciation of Financial Aspects of Business | N W Region Management Centre, St Helens | 3 Days | 1977 |
| Interviewing Selection Procedures | British Leyland Group Training Stokes Hall | 5 Days | 1978 |
| HGV Class 1 Licence | Ribble Valley HGV | 10 Days | 1979 |
| CAD Managers Course - Certificate Awarded | Computervision Management Centre | 5 Days | |
| Computervision CADDS4X | Manchester University | 3 Days | |
| Personality Analysis | British Leyland Group Training Stokes Hall | 2 Days | 1985 |
| Design for Welding | Leyland Bus Group Trainig | 3 Days | 1986 |
| NASTRAN F E (Stress Analysis Tool) | ISTEL Automation | 3 Days | October 1986 |
| CAEDS/SUPERTAB 3 days (Stress Analysis Tool) | ISTEL Automation | 3 Days | April 1987 |
| CAEDS/SUPERTAB Update | ISTEL Automation | 1 Day | July 1987 |
| French | Chorley Training College | 14 Days | 1990 |
| STRESSLAB (Computervision Stress Analysis Tool) | University of Warwick | 10 Days | January 1991 |
| Harvard Graphics X | Runshaw College | 8 Days | April 1991 |
| EXCEL Spreadsheet | Runshaw College | 8 Days | May 1991 |
| French Language Tuition | Chorley Training College | 10 Days | April - June 1991 |
| French Language Tuition | Chorley Training College | 10 Days | September - November 1991 |
| Vehicle Design Seminar | I Mech E, NEC | 2 Days | November 1991 |
| Volvo Bus Training Geometrical Tolerancing 5 days | |||
| Volvo Bus Training Dept FMEA 2 days | |||
| Forging Design Course | 1 Day | August 1992 | |
| Design & FE Analysis for Welding | Engineering Training Service | 2 Days | July 1993 |
| Ride & Handling Seminar | I Mech E, NEC | 2 Days | Novemmber 1993 |
| Multiaxial Fatigue Stress Analysis | 1 Day | January 1994 | |
| Design for Aluminum Casting, Forgings, extrusions etc. | A E A, Warrington | 2 Days | November 1994 |
| CAD CADDS5 Introducton | Volvo Bus | 2 Days | January 1995 |
RYA Sailing and Related Training
| Course | Educational Establishment | Course Length | Date |
| RYA Day Skipper, Shorebased - Awarded Certificate | Pleckgate Adult Education Centre Blackburn | Nine Months - One Evening per Week | September 1986 - July 1987 |
| Restricted Certificate of Competence in Radio Telephany VHF Only | Blackpool and The Fylde College, Fleetwood Nautical Campus | 2 Days | December 1987 |
| RYA Yachtmaster Offshore, Shorebased - Awarded Certificate | Blackpool and The Fylde College, Fleetwood Nautical Campus | Nine Months - One Evening per Week | September 1987 - July 1988 |
| RYA Yachtmaster Ocean, Shorebased - Awarded Certificate | Blackpool and The Fylde College, Fleetwood Nautical Campus | Nine Months - One Evening per Week | September 1988 - July 1989 |
| Yachtsmen Survival | Blackpool and The Fylde College, Fleetwood Nautical Campus | One Day | April 1990 |
| International Certificate of Competence (Pleasure Craft) | Glasson Sailing Club | February 1997 | |
| RYA First Aid | Tees Sailing Club | 2 Days | September 1997 |
Vocational Training
| Course | Educational Establishment | Course Length | Date |
| Introduction to Counselling - Level 1 - Certificate | Runshaw College | 8 Weeks, 1 Evening per Week | April/May 1997 |
| Councelling Bridging Course Level 1 to Level 2 - Certificate | Runshaw College | 10 Weeks, 1 Evening per Week | January - March 1998 |
| OCN Introduction to Counselling Theories A1 - Certificate ,3 credits at Level 2 | Runshaw College | 20 Weeks, 1 Evening per Week | January - June 1998 |