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• Skills shortages and future requirements for the labour force
  • The transport industry is one of four industries which are explored in this paper. The following four issues are considered: skill shortages due to insufficient workers being trained; skill shortages as a result of people choosing to work in other occupations other than that for which they are trained; current skills gaps; and current and future requirements. Key findings of the project highlight the importance of well-developed common key generic employability skills with variations based on specialisation according to each industry, as well as the need for on-going renewal of individual skills.
• Senate: Workforce challenges in the transport industry
  • This is a record from the Official Committee Hansard by the Standing Committee on Employment, Workplace Relations and Education, into workforce challenges in the transport industry. Issues covered are: the skills profile of the current workforce, current and future skill, and labour supply issues, strategies for improved recruitment, training and retention, and ways of meeting employer demand in regional and remote areas.
• Fatigue management regulation
  • This web page presents information about the new fatigue laws scheduled for implementation in September 2008. There is a list of state and territory regulatory authorities; a list of commonly used terms in heavy vehicle driver reform; and a number of fact sheets including an overview; driving hour options; basic and advanced fatigue management; standard driving hours for the solo bus sector; record keeping; new work diaries; and information for managers and staff with loading/unloading duties. There are also links to information about DVDs on drug and alcohol policy; NTC heavy vehicle driver fatigue; and motor vehicle driver instructor resources.
• Employment outlook for transport and storage
  • The transport and storage industry is the eighth largest industry in Australia employing 4.6% of the total workforce as at May 2007. This report covers employment characteristics, trends, and prospects in the Transport and Storage industry, and highlights specific sectors where job growth is strongest. The analysis of characteristics includes workforce ageing, employment share by gender, educational profile, weekly earnings, average hours worked, and regional and occupational employment.
• 2007 industry survey into entry, training and career advancement in the Transport and Logistics industry
  • Findings in this report are: cost and access of acquiring an occupational license may be a barrier to entering the industry ; valuing experience over qualifications may decrease the number of people entering into transport and related industries from TAFE and University sectors; very little training is undertaken by people prior to entering the industry; and once working in the industry, occupational licenses are more highly valued than other training modes. Few people had planned a career in transport, but commented that workplace training was beneficial to their career after they had accepted a role in transport and logistics. Information to attract new personnel needs to be distributed where it is likely to be most effective e.g. in other related industries, or among TAFE and University students.
• Aircraft pilots: Survey of employers' recruitment experiences
  • This survey covered issues relating to the diversity of the aviation business; recent recruitment experiences and strategies; training experiences and strategies; retention experience and strategies (including staff turnover); and future recruitment expectations. Recommendations are: the need to implement workforce planning; improve communication between employers of pilots about future recruitment needs; increase workplace flexibility to attract and retain pilots; improve the image of becoming a pilot as a career option; and increase the use of bonding arrangements so thatthe cost of training is not a barriers.
• Work challenges in road transport: Truck driver recruitment, retention, and retirement research project
  • This is stage one of a research project where interviews with industry stakeholders reveal a current shortage of truck drivers in the Long Distance sector, and in some regional and rural areas. Forecasts indicate that the demand for road transport services will increase faster than the growth in truck driver employment. This report aims to identify retention levels among the current truck driver workforce; issues and perceptions of drivers currently leaving the industry; existing retirement plans; current road transport industry plans for new driver recruitment and training; attitude of young people towards employment as a truck driver; and the current and potential role of women working as truck drivers.