Subsequent week is Nationwide Apprenticeship Week (tenth – sixteenth February), and the British Worldwide Freight Affiliation (BIFA) is internet hosting two on-line occasions to remind its members that apprenticeships can present a really perfect entry level for attracting contemporary expertise into the trade.
The primary, on February twelfth, is geared toward anybody that’s new to the logistics trade or is at the moment finishing an apprenticeship.
The session, titled ‘Ask an ex-apprentice’, will characteristic 5 workers from the freight and logistics trade who’ve all accomplished an apprenticeship in some unspecified time in the future within the final ten years.
They are going to be sharing their recommendation, their apprenticeship experiences, and showcasing among the alternatives that the trade has given them to date.
Between them, they’ve accomplished a variety of various apprenticeship requirements, so will have the ability to ship diverse perception into the world of apprenticeships.
There may also be an opportunity for members to ask them any questions they might have concerning the apprenticeship pathway and what they might have carried out in a different way, realizing what they know now.
The next day, BIFA will host a second on-line occasion entitled ‘Navigating the apprenticeship panorama’. That is geared toward employers and can discover among the requirements obtainable in transport and logistics, in addition to how a candidate can discover non-logistics apprenticeships, and the processes concerned in making use of.
The session may also have a look at how employers can use apprenticeship levy funds to upskill current workers utilizing administration apprenticeships.
BIFA member companies director Carl Hobbis, who has accountability for the commerce affiliation’s coaching and growth programme mentioned: “Most of BIFA’s members are SMEs and could also be nervous about apprentice recruitment. So, throughout Nationwide Apprenticeship Week, BIFA needs to share its personal expertise of using its first two apprentices to assist information and reassure members concerning the course of concerned.
“Round 1300 apprentices have already taken the Worldwide Freight Forwarding specialist apprenticeship pathway, with nice success.
“Nevertheless, solely 146 apprentices have began the specialist apprenticeship over the past 12 months, the bottom variety of begins since 2018.
“For almost all of our members, navigating the apprenticeship panorama could appear a minefield. We hope to exhibit it isn’t, and that utilizing this pathway to draw contemporary expertise works, in addition to showcase the impression they’re making.
“It’s vital to proceed to recruit apprentices and construct capability to start out equipping a brand new era with the information and expertise to face the challenges forward. We’re at an vital crossroads, and we should shield the way forward for the sector, which has an ageing worker dynamic and desires an inflow of latest blood.”
BIFA director basic, Steve Parker concludes: “Now, greater than ever, we have to promote the trade and provides younger individuals employment alternatives. We now have had an apprenticeship commonplace for worldwide freight forwarding for eight years and the sector continues to be within the highlight because of the present provide chain disruptions. So, what a good time to offer somebody a chance of a profession in freight forwarding and logistics.”
