A TEESSIDE company is going on the road to test trainees in the engineering construction industry.

TTE Management and Training is sending a team of 13 to assess competency training programmes at companies that build plant and factories for sectors including chemical, oil, gas and power generation.

It is part of a contract awarded by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB).

The assessors will evaluate apprentices and work with staff to develop skills.

TTE operates the National Assessment Service, assessing more than 230 of the ECITB's second-and third-year apprentices at more than 100 sites across the UK.