Human resources
17 Sep 2009

SfL Seeks Views on New Qualifications

Skills for Logistics (SfL) the Sector Skills Council for the freight logistics industries works with employers in the sector across the UK, to agree and maintain standards of competence. These National Occupational Standards (NOS) provide an industry wide reference to the knowledge and skills needed to work in logistics, and underpin a range of qualifications and training frameworks.

Consultation events are being organised throughout the UK between September and the end of 2009. Each of these events will review one of the following occupational standards Warehousing and Storage, Logistics Operations Management, Supply Chain Management and Traffic Office. The purpose of these events is to ensure that the current NOS remain suitably up-to-date for the workplace. This includes considering advances in technology and modern working practices that may have an effect on the required competencies. The NOS will then be used as the bases for development of qualifications for 2010.

Interested employers are asked to contact Mick Woodward at mick.woodward@skillsforlogistics.org.

Skills for Logistics is the Sector Skills Council for the freight logistics industries. It is a registered charity and an independent, UK-wide organisation run for employers, by employers, to tackle the skills and productivity needs of the logistics sector. It is owned and led by the industry and has the active backing of over 100 of the UK's top freight transport businesses as well as the leading trade bodies and Trade Unions. The British Association of Removers, the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK), the British International Freight Association, the Despatch Association, the Freight Transport Association, the Road Haulage Association, the Transport and General Workers Union, the UK Warehousing Association and the United Road Transport Union all support the organisation.

Skills for Logistics' programmes include work-based qualifications and Apprenticeships for a wide range of occupations across the sector, industry based degrees and school careers and curriculum materials demonstrating the importance of Logistics to the nation. Skills for Logistics has also developed the Professional Development Stairway. This sets out a comprehensive framework of training and learning for the freight logistics industries. For further information visit www.skillsforlogistics.org.

If you would like to know more about how Skills for Logistics can help tackle the skills and productivity needs of employers in our sector, email SfL at info@skillsforlogistics.org

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