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Taxpayers' money will put women behind the wheel
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A government subsidy is designed to encourage women already working in logistics to train as truck drivers. Chris Tindall reports,
OPERATORS IN the Midlands and London are being offered government money to train women truck drivers in an attempt to tackle the under-representation of women in road haulage.
The scheme is designed to encourage women already working in logistics to become drivers; training schedules will be flexible to fit in with their work and family commitments. Candidates will be offered female trainers, access to mentors and lessons in economical driving; if successful they will gain a Category C LGV licence and a Driving Goods Vehicles NVQ.
The Department for Education and Skills will pay up to40% of the training cost as part of the 'Women & Work — Women into Transport' initiative run by Skills for Logistics. The scheme is being rolled out by driver recruitment firm Clearstone.
If you're a woman working in the industry and are interested in becoming an LGV driver we urge you to speak to your employer about this opportunity; if you're an employer interested in training female staff as LGV drivers then get in touch with Clearstone," says Heidi Boateng,project manager at Skills for Logistics.
• Contact: Clearstone on 01608 677618 or Skills for Logistics on 01908 313360.