Transport Minister Nusrat Ghani, ‘The transport industry is leading the way in unlocking brilliant careers and tackling the need for the logisticians of the future.’
Carl Lomas, LSA chairman was with Mike Brown TfL and Beverley Bell, Think Logistics to talk apprenticeships in transport at the July STAT launch.
Express delivery qualification is waiting for the Minister's sign-off to start, but news across the wider transport sector is good for apprenticeships in truck, warehouse & storage and roads.
TfL boss Mike Brown chaired and opened the event with apprentices from the transport sector.
Knights of Old truck driver, Jonathan Field took the top truck spot showcasing apprenticeships in LGV.
Joel Hadfield was the warehouse and storage apprentice, working in Manchester at Amphorea Packaging.
DfE IFA have published the express qualifications, but the final funding agreement awaits sign-off by the Minister to begin.
-Almost 2,800 roads and rail apprentices started training in 2017/18 year.
-Express will lead to 8,000 apprentices a year when the qualifications come online.
-This represents a 22% increase on 2016/2017, with over 5,000 new apprentices having started their training since 2016
The Skills and Apprenticeships Minister was speaking at the July STAT report launch. ‘I welcome the 2,784 apprenticeships created in road and rail in the past year.’
The report shows more than 5,000 apprentices have begun training in road and rail sectors alone since 2016, demonstrating how significant government and private investment into projects across the country is helping to unlock brand new careers, upskilling the workforce and supporting social mobility.
This year, the report shows: an additional 8,000 opportunities will be created every year in the express delivery sector when the new trailblazer quals come online. Training places for maritime cadets will rise to 1,200 over the next 7 years 10,000 apprenticeships as a result of an expanded Heathrow before 2030
Mnister, Nusrat Ghani,
This report shows that significant government investment in transport is playing a key role in creating life-changing opportunities through its high quality apprenticeships - helping us lead the way in unlocking new jobs and ensuring this country has the skilled workforce it needs for the future. Although we are seeing evidence of better BAME representation in the sector, our ambitions are clear. From road to rail, maritime to aviation, we must all redouble our efforts to bring more women into technical and engineering roles, remove barriers, ensuring we bring talented people from all backgrounds together to tackle the skills gap. We are committed to strengthening links between employers in our sector and young people.
Mike Brown MVO, Commissioner, Transport for London and chair of STAT,
The power of collaboration on skills from transport employers who are committed to creating more high quality skills and training opportunities for people of all ages has already provided great results across the sector. The increase in transport apprenticeships is in contrast to the wider trend in apprenticeship numbers and this is vital to address current skills shortages, help fill gaps in future skills, improve productivity and drive growth in Britain for the future.
Nusrat Ghani, Skills and Apprenticeships Minister,
This report shows that significant government investment in transport is playing a key role in creating life-changing opportunities through its high quality apprenticeships - helping us lead the way in unlocking new jobs and ensuring this country has the skilled workforce it needs for the future.
Although we are seeing evidence of better BAME representation in the sector, our ambitions are clear. From road to rail, maritime to aviation, we must all redouble our efforts to bring more women into technical and engineering roles, remove barriers, ensuring we bring talented people from all backgrounds together to tackle the skills gap.
We are committed to strengthening links between employers in our sector and young people, particularly in the creative, innovative world of engineering through our Year of Engineering campaign. I look forward to even more apprentices starting brilliant careers in years to come.
Transport Minister Nusrat Ghani, ‘The transport industry is leading the way in unlocking brilliant careers for the logisticians of the future.’
