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The Growing Skills Gap & How Vocational Training Can Help to Shrink It

GlobalTranz

According to The Huffington Pos t, a wide variety of apprenticeship programs focus on construction and manufacturing, creating a largely untapped resource of new skilled labor that manufacturers could easily access. If manufacturers can embrace this opportunity, the problems presented by the skills gap can be overcome.

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How to Get Your Forklift License: The Ultimate Guide [New in 2020]

Conger

Of course not. How to construct, transport, stack, and unstack loads. With lots of options and aggressive marketing for online certification courses, you've probably had this question cross your mind. Now that we have that out of the way, let's talk about what you can expect from online courses. First things first.

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15 Aerial Lift Safety Tips for Operators, Managers, and Pedestrians

Conger

And since aerial lifts are usually used in the workplace, it makes sense to go to OSHA for the definition. OSHA gives the following definition: "An aerial lift is any vehicle-mounted device, telescoping or articulating, used to elevate personnel, including: Extendable boom platforms. . So, what does OSHA consider an aerial lift?

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The realities of logistics and strategic leadership: lessons from the ADF’s senior-most logisticians – Part 1

Logistics in War

I have been extremely fortunate to interview a range of senior military officers and public servants through the course of academic research in 2017. In order to present the ‘military’ view of a problem in a judicious and ultimately successful manner, military professionals must understand the total concerns of the problem.

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The realities of logistics and strategic leadership: lessons from the ADF’s senior-most logisticians

Logistics in War

Through the course of 2017, and because of my academic research, I have been extremely fortunate to interview a range of senior military officers and public servants. In order to present the ‘military’ view of a problem in a judicious and ultimately successful manner, military professionals must understand the total concerns of the problem.

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Is Saint-Gobain Serious About Reducing Their Carbon Footprint?

Logistics Viewpoints

A worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, Saint-Gobain is present in 72 countries with more than 167,000 employees. Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes materials and solutions for the construction, mobility, healthcare and other industrial application markets.

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When it comes to the truck driver shortage, ‘the struggle is (still) real’

247 Customs Broker

The latter data point is pretty telling, especially when factoring in that unemployment is below 4% and many potential truck drive candidates prefer other options like construction, for example, which tends to pay better than driver jobs and comes with the benefit of being home every day after work, something which is not a given behind the wheel.