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'Save RTITB' plea

19th December 1981
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OAD Transport Industry Training Board director general Eric Tina!l aimed for the Government's Achilles heel last week by claiming let plans to split the board will be a waste of public money. JOHN ARKER reports.

A radical restructure of the oard with greater autonomy in le direction of statutory aining arrangements, includig control of financial arrangelents was unveiled by Mr Tinall at Wembley last week.

Methodical studies undertaan by the board's staff since mployment Secretary Norman ebbit reprieved the RTITB while )ntemplating its splitting up to separate boards, for motor ahicle retail and repair, and for )ad haulage, have demonsated that the two boards solupn would be in Mr Tindall's ords "an immensely costly aste of money".

It would, he said, be a dilution f the considerable skills and exertise gained by the board in le past 15 years and could lead substantial costs due to the )ntraction of staff and the need employ outside assistance hen required at a much higher )St.

Mr Tindall said there were ays of meeting the aspirations the Road Haulage Association -id other employers' associa3ns which did not involve such drastic solution.

Discussions at the RTITB Dard meeting last week had ghlighted the difficulties and lxieties of the different sectors, Jt it was now possible to put irward a proposal following full scussion in the industry and ith the Manpower Services Dmmission.

The proposal was for a frameo rk which recognised the )eds of employers' associa)ns without disrupting the inJstry's present training 'stems and dissipating the re sources.

The latest manpower data compiled by the board's manpower and intelligence department shows that 572,000 people would be left within the statutory scope of the board after its slimming down with the loss of passenger transport and security staffs.

Of these, 336,000 158.7 per cent) are within the motor vehicle retail and repair sector. Road Haulage employs 162,000 (28.3 per cent), vehicle bodybuilders 27,000 (4.7 per cent), motor factoring 21,000 (3.7 per cent), power rental and hire 15,000 (2.6 per cent), and furni ture removals 11,000 (1.9 per cent).

The RTITB is now suggesting that six sectors of the industry should each have an autonomous council which would act as an operating board. Each would receive delegated powers from a holding board for complete control over levy and grant training objectives, specialist training staff and those training resources and facilities used by the sector.

A holding board should be set up to collect levy for the autonomous councils to disperse grant payments, to provide common training and other research and development of administrative and technical services and resources used in common by different sectors of the industry.

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