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Rover spawns drivers
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THE COLLAPSE OF the MG Rover car plant could significantly boost the number of trainee truck drivers in the West Midlands.
Initial feedback suggests truck driving will be one of the two most popular choices of job among the 5,000 redundant workers.
David Disley-Jones, spokesman for the region's six Learning and Skills Councils, says more than 400 ex-employees were seen within the first two days of opening an advice centre at the car plant last week.
"HGV work is being considered by serious numbers along with electrical jobs." he says. -But there are skill shortages throughout the East and West Midlands in the automotive and manufacturing sectors so it's also important to make sure these skills are not lost to them."
Alex Nelson, MD of transport training company RTITB in Telford, says a lot of industries will be looking to the MG Rover workers to help reduce skills shortages: "We would be very willing to help if people needed training in order to move into logistics.
"On the production line they are mainly going to be engineers so their literacy, numeracy and problem solving skills should be good. as well as their dexterity. It should all bode well should they want to become lorry drivers."