Stop tearing your hair out wondering how to find good drivers

Stop tearing your hair out wondering how to find good drivers.

Act now.  Find some new starters to undertake the Heavy Vehicle Driver Apprenticeship.

Why?

Find out here.

Top 5 Benefits of Heavy Vehicle Apprenticeships

Investing in apprenticeships for heavy vehicle driving is more than just filling vacancies—it's building a sustainable, skilled, and committed workforce.

Here's why your business should embrace apprenticeships today:

1. Solve your driver shortage
Rather than constantly advertise, chase your tail to fill driver vacancies, rush inductions and trainings, why not proactively create a plan to grow your own drivers. Creating a plan to train new drivers puts you in more in control of who is in the seat of your trucks. Proactive planning will ensure you have steady pipeline of qualified drivers which will make your business more resilient in times of driver shortages.

2. Create a pipeline of drivers trained the way you want
By engaging drivers on the apprenticeship, you get ahead of the game. It’s your opportunity to train them on the job, learn on the job and create drivers that are properly trained to be job-ready for your business. It will ensure you have a steady pipeline of qualified drivers making your business more resilient in times of driver shortages due to retirements, periods of leave and licence class upgrades.

3. Provides your drivers with a professional trade qualification
Undertaking the Certificate 3 in Driver Operations under the apprenticeship model professionalises your workforce and provides drivers with a sense of achievement by being rewarded with a Trade Certificate. This increases the public profile of the role of a driver and the role they play to keep the country moving.

4. Put money back into your business
Investing in the apprenticeship attracts incentives like payroll tax concessions, workers’ compensation which saves money that can be reinvested into your business. Having a pipeline of your own drivers also prevents having to constantly outlay all the costs associated with replacing drivers.

5. Enhancing Your Employer Brand
Being an employer that invests in training and development boosts your business reputation, increases profile in the driver job market to attract a better quality of drivers into your business.

Conclusion:
Planning your workforce today ensures your business remains competitive tomorrow. Consider apprenticeship programs as a strategic investment in your future driver workforce.

For more information, please contact:

QTA Industry Workforce Advisor – Angela Mottram   E   angela@qta.com.au     M  0401 712 516      W   https://www.qta.com.au/