Congratulations to Metroline’s Mitesh Patel who was the winner of the Top Scoring Mechanical Technician and runner up in the Vehicle Inspector categories at the 2018 Institute of Road Transport Engineers (IRTE) Skills Challenge.

Daniel Briscoe continued the success for Metroline earning the Runner up prize in the Apprentice Category.

“This is a fantastic result, Mitesh has really demonstrated what we know he is capable of, he is a really dedicated and valued member of our team, and Daniel continues to show that Metroline has an exceptional apprenticeship programme that is helping to produce our engineers and leaders of tomorrow. My sincere congratulations to them both, “ said Metroline’s Director of Engineering, Ian Foster.

After joining Metroline as an apprentice in 2006, Mitesh became a qualified engineer in 2011 and has earned an HNC in Vehicle Operations and Management with Automotive Engineering Technology from the College of North-West London. Mitesh secured a position as Assistant Technical Manager before becoming a Master Technician three years later. He has been in this role for a year and a half. Daniel joined Metroline in 2014 and is a 4th year apprentice and is currently based in Metroline Uxbridge.