Coho Group – The path to a rewarding career
From starting as a truck driver at Coho Group seven years ago, Cameron O’Brien has worked his way into his current role as a driver trainer.
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Training the safe heavy vehicle drivers of the future
A career in heavy vehicle training can be enormously fulfilling. Interacting with different people daily, helping people achieve their goals and developing the safe heavy vehicle drivers of the future are all great reasons to become a trainer.
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Driver Delivery: Your key to a rewarding career in transport
With the Australian freight task on track to triple by 2050, the road transport industry is busier than ever. We need motivated, competent, young people to join the industry, with a satisfying and rewarding career as a transport professional available to the right people.
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VTA continues its push for genuine licencing reform
With the current issues the industry is facing with driver shortages, training has come into the spotlight like never before. Our ageing truck driver workforce and difficulty in attracting young people into the profession has only served to exacerbate the problem even further.
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VIDEO: Driver training program getting more women in the driver’s seat
With 22 women having already completed the female driver training program being run by Hanson and Alex Fraser, and a further 12 set to start their training in May, there are now plans to ramp things up even further.
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Tasmania launches pilot program for new industry workers
A new statewide pilot program in Tasmania has been launched to up-skill heavy vehicle licence holders in the wake of industry shortages.
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Heavy vehicle simulator for WA TAFE
Collie TAFE in WA will receive $670,000 in government funding to purchase its own heavy vehicle simulator, as part of a new $25 million funding initiative to help get people into industries with high demand.
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Free training program for new truckies
A free online training program is now being offered to new truck drivers, aimed at helping them to better understand their obligations under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL).
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Pilot truck driver training program launches in WA
A pilot truck driver training program has now begun at South Regioinal TAFE in Collie, WA, aiming to deliver advanced skills to truck drivers to increase productivity and industry safety.
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