Working in transport
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TRANSPORT these days comprises a huge sector of the economy, and there is overlap between land, sea and air. Any young persons thinking of a career in this industry are faced by a vast number of possibilities — provided thay can find jobs.
If they are at all interested in Working With Trucks and Buses then a copy of the book of that name by David Leeming (Batsford £5.75) is likely to be a help. A quick examination will show that there is great potential besides driving jobs — not that these need be any kind of dead-end. We must add that anyone with ambition would also find copies of CM worthwhile (see CM August 29 in particular).
However, David Leeming's book gives a large insight, within 112 pages, into road transport. There is advice on how to write a letter of application for a job, and plenty on apprenticeships.
Many young entrants in transport have a relative or friend in the industry, but they cannot expect one individual to be explicit on everthing. What's a sixwheeler; the TEC; the CPC; the loTA? Or "How do I train to be a bus driver?" and "Would I find a transport manager's job boring?"
The author does not glamorise the industry, but gives a bit of background so that youngsters — and perhaps older people thinkin about a change of career — can get a general idea of wha goes on.
B. T. Batsford Ltd, 4 Fitzhardinge Street, London W1H OAH.