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Support grows for Sector Stills Counci
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• Some of the largest trade organisations and unions are giving unanimous backing to a bid to create a Sector Skills Council (SSC) for road haulage. Ft accepted, the council could make strides towards addressing the chronic shortage of drivers and skills within the industry.
A 22-page document has been submitted to the government justifying its creation and it is hoped an answer will be given shortly. The Freight Transport Association, the Transport and General Workers Union and the Road Haulage and Distribution Training Council (11110TC) are among the organisations to have thrown their weight behind its creation.
RHDTC chairman Grain Westcott is certain the gover ment acknowledges the in& try needs an SSC, but be is wc rind it will not differentb between the different modes transport: "The only gremlin the fact that the Overrun has the idea that the ent industry has the same retell' meats and one SSC will stiffic he says. "We talked to the col ens and we all agree that don't want one SSC for the In The Road Haub Association also backs its ei ation. A spokeswoman says:" look to it to promote train within the industry and to rez address the skills issues."