1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194 
The Training Diredive 'might force up costs'
Page 10
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
The EU Training Directive seems to have won :entative approval from the industry but there are Fears that wage bills could rise Andy Salter reports.
;PEAKERS AND delegates at ast week's Commercial Motor onferenee on the forthcoming 7ompulsory TrairUng Directive ;ave cautious hacking to the L:gislation. which is due to take 'act from September 2009. But me speaker warned it could force ip wage costs. Represen t a fives from the Freight Transport Association and the United Road Transport Union we]corned the introduction of the I egislation, claiming it would make the road transport industry more attractive to recruits as well as raising the overall level of professionalism.
While sounding an equally positive note regarding the intention of the regulations,high-prolile road transport lawyeriames Backhouse urged the industry not to overlook the potential costs associated with the legislation.
Raising the spectre of increased wage hills, Back house said: "if the intention is to make the industry more professional and raise the standards, then it will have to attract a higher calibre of driver.
"This will mean competing with the other professions, which already offer an improved package and genuine career paths for their entrants."
As we reported last week, a number of areas of the legislation are currently out to consultation. '11-he industry is urged to submit responses to the paper to ensure the legislation is framed in a way that will raise skill levels without causing havoc (see www.dsa.gov.uk).
• See next week's CAI for a full conference report.