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Victa Rail Safety Awareness Courses Celebrate 1000 Candidates

Logistics Business Magazine

Victa Railfreight has delivered its acclaimed Rail Safety Awareness (RSA) training course to the 1000th delegate since starting the courses in November 2013 for staff who duties take them near railway infrastructure in depots, yards, terminals and sidings across the UK.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Driving training programs overwhelmed by interest. The bad news is that truck driver training programs are in need of more resources and instructors to handle an influx of people interested in joining the industry. Many smaller carriers that do not have training programs still require at least a year of experience. warehouses.

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The Final Three Feet is Really Really Important (As We Are Re-Learning)

10xLogistics

Back in April 2, 2013 I wrote a blog post entitled, " Is the 'Final Three Feet' The Most Important Logistics Leg" and it was created after I saw so many empty shelves at a Wal-Mart and I saw how they were restocking in an almost haphazard and unplanned way. Of course anyone in retail knows an empty shelf facing translates into a lost sale.

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World Refugee Day: Cooking up a storm on a WFP-project in Turkey

World Food Programme Logistics

Months ago, she could barely have thought that her training with the Kitchen of Hope livelihoods project would end up going online. It provides chef assistant training to both Syrians under living under temporary protection and Turkish citizens. The 31-year-old fled Aleppo in 2013 and comes from a family of caterers.

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7 steps to a successful retrofit project

Logistics Business Magazine

The advantages: they are easy to use and it does not take long to train employees. Of course they have to budget for it. Over the course of its more than 50-year history, TGW has worked out the most important success factors for such projects. Intensive employee training. But what is the alternative?

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The Progress on the Europe-Asia Rail

Forto

Last year, we took a look at The One Belt, One Road Initiative , also known as the Silk Road initiative, was officially launched by the Chinese government in 2013. According to China Railway Corporation, there were about 6,300 trains that traveled both east and westbound from 2011 to 2017. The Drawback of the Rail Lines.

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Veterans in Trucking: Career Guide for Finding Success After Service

WorkWave

The New York Times published an article acknowledging that “veterans are working, but not in jobs that match their advanced training.” . Of course, those who may not possess all of these skills can easily learn them over time. This can be done by educating them on the different career paths that are complementary to their skillsets.