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Why So Few Road Haulage Students?
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Mr. W. MacMillan (Scotland) made these points in seconding the resolution that was carried with only two dissentients, that "in view of the needto safeguard the future of the road haulage industry the Association should set up a committee to consider the desirability and practicability of sponsoring an executive and technical training scheme ".
He said also the Geddes Report advocates abolition of licensing, and under another Government his recommendations may be adopted. If, however, professional training of managers were accomplished we could urge upon any Government bent on a freefor-all the Dutch system of requiring a qualification in transport education from a man before permitting him to operate a transport company. This would at least mitigate the threat of chaos.
Proposing the resolution Mr. A. McFarlin (Metropolitan and South Eastern) said that haulage of the future required personnel capable of dealing with today's headaches and the c40 difficulties ahead such as the threatened shortage of man-power for service industries and more road traffic movements during what appears to be a slowing down of the road programme.
In the Royal Society of Arts transport examination only one in 10 entrants came from road haulage; of the 1,357 full members of the Institute of Transport only 72 are from road haulage.
Supporting the resolution Mr. R. B. Brittain (Eastern) said that the express carrier group visited Ireland recently and in the south CIE. nationalized transport seemed to be ahead of us in training all grades.
Also in support, Mr. E. R. Taylor (Metropolitan and South Eastern) said that his sons had been trained in industry and that more advantage should be taken of existing facilities.
Mr. J. T. Rodwell (West Riding) said that he had spoken to training college principals who did not know what was needed in transport.