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The Transport and Industry Logistics Skills Council Ltd (TLISC) is one of 11 Industry Skills Councils (ISCs) funded by the Government through the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education.
TLISC is chartered with driving the skills and workforce development agenda across the entire transport and logistics industry which encompasses activities in road transport, warehousing, rail, aviation, maritime, logistics and ports.
Our strategic planning for 2011 – 2014 was prepared in direct response to the priorities and needs of the industry.
We adopt a collaborative and inclusive process opening communication between industry leaders, peak bodies, enterprise owners, their managers and employees. Using this process we gather intelligence on the requirements of specific elements of the transport sector and proactively respond to their training and educational needs.
Our four key areas of focus respond to current and emerging policy priorities of lifting productivity and workforce participate levels, and driving greater industry co-investment in the skills and workforce development agenda.
As the sixth largest country in the world and one which sits geographically isolated from its key overseas markets, Australia’s ability to sustain economic growth relies heavily on efficient transport and logistics systems.
Over 165,000 businesses make up the industry which in 2010 – 11 was worth $100 billion. While often synonymous with the image of transport and logistics, large companies employing over 200 persons constituted only 0.25 per cent of the industry in 2009 while over 64 per cent of businesses were self employed persons.
The major challenges now confronting the transport and logistics workforce have become almost hidden from mainstream recognition and pose a significant risk to industry’s future without a concerted and coordinated response.
Ageing of the workforce in several sectors is creating greater demand for skills replenishment and better utilization of existing skills. This critical situation is compounded by the pull of resources and construction on many of our industry’s youngest and brightest people, and even those on the cusp of entering transport and logistics.
While an outdated image of the industry and its opportunities further exacerbates the issue, a focus on improving the culture and career paths within our industry is now an absolute priority. Optomising the potential of people marginally attracted to the workforce or those atypical to industry’s traditional demographic must also become a major focus of recruitment practices.
New and emerging technologies continue to generate a need for higher order skills within the existing workforce. Workers will be required to harness new knowledge.
A demand for improved language, literacy and numeracy skills are set to further grow in importance as supply chains become more integrated, transparent, accountable and agile.
These and other issues identified in our Annual Environmental Scan’s have significant implications for the current and future workforce, and requirement an immediate response from TLISC, Industry, Governments and the Tertiary Sector more broadly.