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IfATE calls for more action to grow skills for transport and logistics sector
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has published a report following a major review into skills training needs for the transport and logistics sector.
Sustainability and digitalisation are considered the top priorities for employers in the coming years and enhancing skills in these areas will be vital for helping meet the UK’s target for net zero emissions by 2050, given transportation is one of the highest emitters of greenhouse gas emissions.
The report also identifies nine core principles and characteristics that employers will be asked to prioritise when developing apprenticeships and wider skills training in the future: decarbonisation and sustainability, data skills, equity, diversity, and inclusion, continuous improvement, safety and regulation, customer experience, business and ethics, security and, well-being and welfare.
“The world of logistics is changing rapidly and it’s vital that our members stay ahead of the game when it comes to training and education,” said Jonas Keat, Policy Advisor at Logistics UK. “So we very much welcome this report as guidance and a benchmark for the future.”
To support Trailblazer groups in integrating these principles and characteristics into their occupational standards, common knowledge, skills, and behaviour (KSB) statements have been created against the nine themes – the full list can be found here.
*www.logistics.org.uk/campaigns
Published On: 18/05/2023 16:00:00
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Logistics UK highlights members’ concerns about new UK Border Model with Cabinet Office Minister
This week Logistics UK’s Head of Trade and Devolved Policy Nichola Mallon attended a roundtable meeting hosted by Baroness Neville-Rolfe, Minister of State at the Cabinet Office, to highlight members’ concerns about the draft Border Target Operating Model which will introduce from October 2023 new controls on imports from the EU and Rest of the World.
The meeting follows a letter Logistics UK’s CEO, David Wells, had sent to Baroness Neville-Rolfe requesting a meeting with our members to discuss their concerns, queries, and suggested solutions.
Speaking after the meeting which included other representatives from the logistics sector, Nichola Mallon said:
“The logistics industry ensures we all get the goods we need when we need them. It is our members who keep the UK trading and today’s meeting provided a timely opportunity to highlight to Baroness Neville-Rolfe the concerns our sector has, the challenges they are facing and the potential solutions we believe government should include ahead of final publication of this new UK Border Import Model.
This week Logistics UK’s Head of Trade and Devolved Policy Nichola Mallon attended a roundtable meeting hosted by Baroness Neville-Rolfe, Minister of State at the Cabinet Office, to highlight members’ concerns about the draft Border Target Operating Model which will introduce from October 2023 new controls on imports from the EU and Rest of the World.
The meeting follows a letter Logistics UK’s CEO, David Wells, had sent to Baroness Neville-Rolfe requesting a meeting with our members to discuss their concerns, queries, and suggested solutions.
Speaking after the meeting which included other representatives from the logistics sector, Nichola Mallon said:
“The logistics industry ensures we all get the goods we need when we need them. It is our members who keep the UK trading and today’s meeting provided a timely opportunity to highlight to Baroness Neville-Rolfe the concerns our sector has, the challenges they are facing and the potential solutions we believe government should include ahead of final publication of this new UK Border Import Model.
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