Ports training scheme
Two UK leading logistics companies have backed apprentice, graduate and back to work schemes to help solve the expected shortfall in future logistics employees.
Representatives of PD Ports and DSV Road Limited told attendees at a Multimodal Exhibition seminar on staff recruitment and retention last month that the training and recruitment schemes they had implemented over the past few years had proved a huge success.
PD Ports has created a two year foundation degree specific to the ports industry and its business in particular to help secure its workforce of tomorrow. So far, 30 people have participated in the scheme, which involves external lectures, work placement and internal training.
The North East UK ports and logistics company has also created a dock operator apprentice scheme in conjunction with local organisations which prepares the unemployed for work and, if they successfully complete an interview, take part in an 18 month apprentice scheme at PD Ports. The dock operator apprentice programme was specifically designed to offer job opportunities to those who are long term unemployed or who have never worked.
PD Ports has set up a health and safety passport scheme and a dock operator NVQ Level 2 programme.
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