Sector Focus
More girls get behind the wheel
A new survey has revealed that young women are itching to get behind the wheels of the UK’s pantechnicons. But, according to a Chamber
skills expert, there is unlikely to be a major change in the gender of Britain’s truckers anytime soon. The survey was carried out by
the Freight Transport Association (FTA), which found that 79 per cent of women were keen on driving 44-tonne vehicles – although in reality, less than one per cent of lorry drivers are female. Sally Gilson, FTA skills policy
development manager said: “These figures are encouraging as it is essential that more women are recruited – currently only one per cent of HGV drivers in the UK are female.”
Chamber skills expert David
Tomalin said: “We should welcome any encouraging signs of a shift in the gender balance in any male dominated industry, however, I think that there may be a long way to go before we see the rise of the female lorry driver.” “Today’s Government needs to
encourage and develop women with appropriate support and allow them to move from wanting to drive a lorry to actually doing so.”
Skills Sector Focus The latest news from the sectors that matter to business Get on board with new levy
A Birmingham-based training company is urging businesses to take advantage of what it calls ‘a new approach to apprenticeships’ to ensure they retain a skilled workforce. The company is referring to the
introduction next April of the apprenticeships levy, a new government initiative announced by former chancellor George Osborne last year. Under the proposal, the Government will apply the levy to large employers across all industries. Total Training Company – which
has two centres in Solihull – said that the changes would give employers far greater freedom in deciding precisely how they wanted their apprentices to be trained. Mr Smith added that both
employers and independent training providers needed to seize the opportunities that were being created by the new scheme, which
John Smith: let’s give employers the tools they need
he said would allow training providers to work directly with employers to match their needs with the ‘real world’ apprentice training delivered on the ground.
He said: “A system that enables
the delivery of what they want has to be a real incentive in terms of concluding it is a good move from an employer’s perspective.”
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