Manpower in the haulage industry
Page 22
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
• By 1973 it is estimated that the total number of people employed in road haulage will have risen to 240,000. This compares with 216,000 in 1968 and shows an increase of over 10 per cent.
In vehicle distribution and repair the estimated increase is even more striking, namely 30 per cent. During the five-year period 1968 to '73 the number employed in this major sector of the road transport industry is expected to have risen from 345,000 to 445,000. During the same period, however, in passenger transport figures are expected to decline 10 per cent from 263,000 to 233,000.
These estimates as to trends will be of considerable interest to all involved with planning in road transport. They are extracted from a booklet just published by the Road Transport Industry Training Board entitled "Manpower in the Road Transport Industry".
This survey of manpower and labour turnover in the industry provides for the first time statistical information in greater detail than ever before. Within its 76 pages there are many detailed tables setting out the employment pattern in road haulage, according to the employer's main activity, the employees' occupations and the size of firm. In addition to national tables, corresponding tables are also given, in each case, for the nine regions of the Board.
In particular the booklet provides a factual basis for quantifying training needs and the further planning of training facilities within companies and by the Board.
Copies of the booklet are available, free of charge. from the Publications Officer, RTITB, Capitol House. Empire Way.Wembley.