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The first group of apprentices together in October 2018
Technology (DIT) and the first of the industry-led programmes to be delivered by DIT School of Management.
The training modules covered by Dublin Institute of Technology are as follows:
Year 1:
Introduction to Logistics & SCM (in DIT) Introduction to Customer Service (in DIT) Communications and Professional Skills (in DIT) Introduction to Customs and Int. Trade (in DIT) IT Fundamentals (in DIT)
IT Practical (on the job)
Team working (on the job) Reflective Journal (on the job)
Year 2:
Road Freight Logistics (in DIT)
Air Freight Logistics (in DIT)
Sea Freight Logistics (in DIT)
Distribution & Warehousing (in DIT ) Quantitate Analysis & Excel (in DIT) Understanding Customer Service (on the job) Reflective Journal (on the job)
Work based project (on the job)
Apprentices will be assigned a workplace Mentor who will guide Apprentice through their journey on this programme. Mentors are individuals with years of industry experience and are trained by DIT to carry out this role. Their responsibility is to ensure that Apprentices hit their makers along the two-year journey and provide knowledge and insight where an Apprentice requires support.
The new Logistics Associate programme demonstrates what industry can achieve when working collaboratively. The consortium of professional bodies supporting the programme includes; Freight Transport Association Ireland (FTAI), The Irish International Freight Association (IIFA), the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers Ireland, and The Supply
Chain Management Institute (IPICS).
Currently, the following companies in the Logistics, Freight Forwarding, Shipping, Distribution, Air Freight and Haulage sectors have the first cohort of apprentices, these are; BWG; Eucon; Flynn Transport; DHL Express; DHL Global Forwarding; DHL Supply Chain; DSV; Geodis Ireland; Harris Group; Keelings Logistic Solutions (Ballymun); Kuehne + Nagel; Lenehan Transport; Manifests Ireland; National Vehicle Distribution; PRL Group; and Toner Transport & Logistics.
By 2020 the government plans to have 72 apprenticeship programmes in operation (currently there are 25 with 11 new validated programmes) and 9,000 registrations for apprentices per annum. The new Apprenticeship will be overseen by the National Apprenticeship Council, while the further education and training authority SOLAS is the lead agency responsible for apprenticeship on behalf of Government, working in close partnership with the Higher Education Authority, Quality and Qualifications Ireland, industry and education and training providers across further and higher education. SOLAS’ responsibility includes maintenance of a national register of employers approved to take on apprentices and a national register of apprentices. The guidance for employers is to support Apprenticeship programmes (which must be industry led) by mapping positions and people into positions that fit in with available apprenticeships.
Apprenticeships help form a culture of progression within industry that will ultimately result in a better skilled workforce and will help future proof the sector in the years to come.
Many thanks to Aidan Flynn of FTAI and Declan Allen of DIT for their contribution and use of photographs for this article. For more information on the Logistics Associate Apprenticeship visit www.dit.ie/business/schools/ management/logisticsassociateapprenticeship/ or to become an employer www.laa.ie.
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