The Heavy Vehicle Licencing and Employment Pathways working group has been formed to establish an alternate process for licencing drivers and workers, as well as new training structures, in the heavy vehicle sector.
The formation of this group comes following transport industry associations’ frustrations with state and federal governments’ failure to reform nationwide heavy vehicle licencing rules and training programs in the midst of Australia’s trucking labour shortage.
Recent studies have shown that there are over 26,000 job vacancies in the country’s road transport sector.
Many of these transport associations recently met with Senator Glenn Sterle at Parliament House to create an action plan to underwrite the implementation of a structured training regime, drawing from existing models to deliver a clear employment pathway for prospective drivers in the industry.
This meeting followed a highly successful Heavy Vehicle Road Transport Safety Round Table that was attended by 37 leading industry representatives from transport companies, company representatives from key supply chains, the union movement and transport and industry associations.
This group’s establishment was the combined effort of transport industry associations across the country.
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