PTA aims for 'competence'
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THE employment of at least one "professionally competent" transport manager from January 1, 1978, in line with the EEC Directive on Admission to the Occupation of Road Transport Operator, has prompted the Freight Transport Association to prepare a range of educational programmes.
Initially, the programme will take the form of one-week residential transport management courses to cover the examination syllabus.
The second stage, planned to be introduced on January 1, will consist of a programmed learning course for private study.
This course will be supplemented by one-day teach-ins at regional centres.
The first residential course in September, now in detailed preparation, will cover the full professional competence syllabus course as well as the application of knowledge to given transport situations.
From the Autumn, the directed private study course, but without the one-day teach-ins, will be made available to participants at the residential course.
A special one-week residential course is to be held in November at the Tunbridge Wells training centre of the FTA for those needing to take the international professional competence examination.
Self-teaching by directed private study differs from ordinary textbook learning in that the subject matter is broken down into a number of steps presented in logical order.
These steps may be termed frames, each frame leading to the next frame and building up the student's knowledge with the aid of check questions.
The teach-ins linked, to the self-teaching programme, provide reassurance to the student that he is making reasonable progress.
Lecturers at the teach-ins can supplement information as necessary and check details learned to date.
The new FTA training services will be restricted to FTA member companies and their employees.