Transport training gets E18m
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• Training in road transport was subsidised during the past financial year to the tune of £18 million, according to the 1986/87 annual report and accounts of the Road Transport Industry Training Board.
The RTITB report reveals that the number of people trained in road transport rose by 14%, from 77,000 in 1985/ 86 to 88,000.
This is below both the 1979/ 80 peak and the forecast requirements for the 1990s, but the training Board says it is "an encouraging trend and reflects a greater committment to training than almost any other industry in Great Britain".
During 1986/87 the board says its "major initiative" was its supported, open learningbased Management Development Scheme: MD90. The modular scheme uses a project-based approach to management development and training, and 500 companies The number of people trained in road transport was up by 14% during 1986187.
have already invested £170,000 in over 3,000 MD90 packages.
The board claims its two MOTEC centres have moved nearer to "financial self-support during the year . . utilisation is close to capacity".
In April this year the board took over the running of the National (Dangerous Substances) Driver Training Scheme.
It also continues to administer the Young HGV Driver Scheme, and during 1986/87, 54 trainees successfully completed their training under this programme.