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‘Demo’ ori group’s training scheme


THERE’S : n e v e r .:. b e e n .- any th in g .like* it': before Nelson’s re c re ation; ground vat; Sccdhill'.to. show goods vehicle drivers le a rn tl ie ir - tra d c . •


. On Wednesday; November • ;10th» representatives ■ of . management (foremen up­


wards) are. invited to visit a mobile training u n i t : which shows. Just, how the industry


that North-East Lancashire in general, and Nelson in particular, should stage this event, lor the North-East Lancashire Road Haulage Group Training Scheme, started in January, 1968, was the first to be set up in the entire country.


The aim


years, the group has proved its worth by producing figures showing that 88J per cent. of


And after nearly four


drivers pass the heavy goods vehicle driving test. That compares with un


locally-trained


average of 81 per cent, for all Britain's training groups, and 581 per cent, for the average of drivers who take these tests without having been through one of - the training “ schools.’1 The aim of the open day is to out t 'e management


goes about producing good drivers. And then the visi­ tors will have a chance to sit in the driving cab (next to the driver), and get out and about - in 'traffic for a p ra ct ica l “ demo ”.. of manoeuvring these jugger-. nauts of the road. ft is altogether fitting;


— a n open day on ju s t how o u r 'h e a v y


A n advertising feature


m the picture, so' that they will' have a better under­ standing of what the whole scheme involves—and what their employee-drivers have to do tO' get - a - licence to drive. --- • ......


' “ We have felt that there have been so many changes in the law in recent' years that some of our mana - ment. executives—who are very busy people—don't realise Just how high a stan­ dard, is r - required to pass the HGV driving test. We thought this would


;; Says the group training officer,; Mr James Berry:


be a practical way to demonstrate what is in­ volved. We shall have a mobile training unit brought for the open day by the Road Transport Industry Training Board. “This unit shows films con­


nected with th e driver­ training course and ' unon- strates other training aids, and with it there will be one of the board’s training officers who (along with our group’s officers) will le available to answer any questions. “ Afterwards the repre­


sentatives of senior manage­ ment will have the oppor­


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tunity to climb .to the driving cab ot one; of our three training vehicles and take a demonstration ride and a drive in the training ground, which will illustrate the practical problem of manoeuvring and steering these HGVs.”


Visitors


. about 9 a.m. and run through to approx 5 p.m., according to the numbers of visitors turning up. " We have had to limit the invi­ tation to management of the foreman level and upwards and. although we " ’c especially keen for our mem­ ber firms to send repre­ sentatives, it is not confined to them, “ We will be glad to


The open day will begin


demonstrate our training courses to managements of other firms, irrespective of whether, they pay levies ' the RTITB, s i long as they have a real connection with the road transport in­ dustry.” The importance of the


. generally,; that dri’. r train­ ing achieves its aim.


road i 'nsport industry, and therefore to the communii


Pioneering


done.^considerable pioneer­ ing work, the industry's training schemes generally are only in their infancy. We have made a -ood start, and we I e begun to over­ come


, “ Although our group has


.sophisticated vehicles and the. n •». for maximum


growth oi road ‘■vansport. with new motorways, more


training schemes are - luxury,' says Mr a.vcliffe. With the eontinumg


old attitude that


efficiency tn operating trans­ port, fleets, training is . no longer a luxury—it ls abso­ lutely vital to industrial pro­ gress in the next, decade.’


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THE North-East Lancashire Road Haulage Grouv’s three training vehicles seen on Nelson’s Carr Road Recreation Ground.


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THERE are more reasons than one for looking ahead in the road transport indus­ try, Tlieres the obvious fact


work Is • emphasised by Mr Bob Rawcliffe, chairman c” the group, who says: “ It is absolutely essential to the


that if you slip up with one of the super-heavy vehicles you are going to make a big bang,. And there is also keen competition — both within the industry and from other forms of trans-


■ port. So it’s not surprising that


far-sighted men in North- East. Lancashire’s haulage firms virtually pioneered the new' training schemes which have now spread throughout the country.


Plans hazy


. I t was some four years ago that a handful of men —either at a meeting of the local Road Hauliers’ Asso­ ciation or over a friendly drink afterwards — got the idea of setting up the Burn­ ley. Colne and Nelson Road Haulage Group Training Scheme.


-Transport Industry’s Train­ ing Board had Just been set up, but plans for actual training schemes were hazy.


At this stage the Road


six firms — Fearings Trans- part Ltd, from Burnley: S ta nw ort hs Transport (Burnley: Ltd and its sub­


The local men represented


sidiaries; J. W. Jackson and the'Carr Haulage Co. Ltd, both of Nelson: George Gill Stansfield Ltd. of Brierfield, and Feather and Kent Ltd, originally of Colne.


CHECKING over pomts of the scheme here are Mr James Berry, group training officer, and Mr Bob Rawcliffe, chairman of the group;


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clusion that single firms couldn’t be expected to .tackle these training prob­ lems on their own, and wisely agreed that co-opera- tion was essential.. They wanted to ensure that new heavy goods vehicle drivers would be properly trained, and that the training would cover the drivers’ other responsibilities, to his cm-


They came to the con­ pioyer


firms are the pioneers


0 By ALLAN HALSTEAD


ensure that any. other kind ot training (for example, for clerical workers) would be included and they decided that to achieve all this they would have to engage their own training officer.


driving. They also wanted to


b e s i d e s actual


settled and the RTITB con- culted for advice, they ap­ pointed Mr James Berry , as group training officer to put


Once all chat nad been


the ideas into practice. He was well qualified for


the task, having experience of organisin& and training in connection with transport as a major in the Royal Artillery, and of business generally in Civvy Street.


be done. At that time, -April, 1968.' -the'group's six member firms had 125 vehicles aiid employed about 201) personnel.


There was a good deal to


It has since grown to 42 firms, engaged


directly ori road haulage or on garage work, with about 680 vehicles and more than 1,000 people — those firms being registered with, and paying the levy to, the RTITB.


e i t h e r


task of finding office accom­ modation — now established at Bright Street, off Barden Lane. There were training methods to be devised, and a training ground had to be found capable of taking heavy goods vehicles on a, run of at east 100 yards— without other traffic or obstacles to worry about. And there aren’t many places like that around.


There- was the physical Here the group received


splendid assistance . from Nelson and Colne College oi Further Education, Lanca­ shire County Council and Nelson Corporator On the one hand, the group got ground facilities on the recreation space opposite Seedhill’s “ Little; Wembley.” Training began in Sep­


tember. 1968. and now the enterprise has grown and the first training vehicle has been augmented by two other heavy vehicles. So there are now three—a 32- ton articulated; a 22-ton six- wheel rigid, and a 16-ton four-wheeler.


Experience


driving instructor. Mr H. Murphy, was appointed, and since then Mr Jack Taylor and Mr Kenneth Yates have -Joined ■ the s trength- all of them with a minimum- or 20 years’ experience. They are also backed by facilities for lecturing, and expert tuition from staff at the college at Reedyford.


In August, 1968, the first Since the inception of the


group no fewer than 400 drivers have received train­ ing, and the local group’s percentage of success, at 884, is well above the national average.


I t ’s all vastly different from “ the good old days ’■


when drivers of heavy goods vehicles picked up their skill on the principle of “ watching Nellie ’• (a phrase derived from the weaving trade where women taught their sons and daughters). In those days the lorry


’ ■


trades, standards are not always as high, and the problems on the roads have multiplied with the- growth of traffic.


Terminates


for training has grown, and irom February 2nd. 1973. all HGV drivers must have obtained a full HGV driving licence to be able to con- tinue driving. At the moment a person


Consequently, the need


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minates on February 2nd, 19"" By that time all HGV drivers must have obtained an HGV driving licence if they want to continue at the wheel. They can do that in two


over 21 and with an or­ dinary driving l i c e n c e covering groups which in - . elude a heavy motor car. issued before February 2nd, 1970, is entitled to drive an HGV But that situation ■


’ ter­ u


ways. One Is to prove capability on the grounds of past experience, and that involves a driver show­ ing that he has had at least six months’ work within the year ending February 2nd, 1970, driving HGVs in the class of vehicle for which he. wants the licence and have a certificate of ex­ perience from his employer to send to ’ the licensing authority. . Otherwise drivers must


take HGV tests before their current ordinary drivers’ licence expires. In future, learners will


require a provisional HGV licence and will have -to be accompanied by a qualified HGV driver and display HGV L-plates.


Incentives In the future, too, these


d r i v e r was universally esteemed as the best type of driver on the road. Nowa­ days, in common with other


courses will be. the gateway • to any career In heavy, goods vehicle driving — and that can be very remunera­ tive. Although the basic rate for a 40-hour .week is. about £18, earnings can be increased considerably by


THE driving instructors (from the left): Mr K. Yates,. Mr H. Murphy and Mr J. Taylor.


overtime up to ' the per­ mitted -60 hours a week.;


Then there are incentive


and . bonus . schemes which can augment th e : weekly' pay packet, and a restricted number of special jobs where wages go really high, up to the executive level- regions of £50' and more a week.


, Obviously the ideal way


to get on the band wagon is to be nominated by an employer as a trainee. But’ it is hoped that; p i l o t schemes'now under way will lead to men being sponsored by the Department of Em­ ployment and paid while learning on the course.


For anyone who can’t get started by such means, the


group will accept them as private learners, although the charges are pretty high. A really keen man with driving experience could get through on a five - day course, costing £80 upwards, plus driving and medical tests and licence fees, which could take the total cost near to the £100 mark. But most newcomers need about 10 days’ training, which would put the cost up to around £180 for anyone not sponsored under the levy scheme.


But in these days where the “ late s tarter’’ in cdu-


• cation finds it more and more ’


difficult to get a well-


paid job, this is at least one road that remains open!


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