Figures show more people enrolling in transport and logistics courses, despite a drop in enrolments for women and Indigenous students
By Ruza Zivkusic-Aftasi | September 4, 2013
There are fewer women and Indigenous students enrolling in transport and logistics courses in Victoria, latest figures show.
Despite an overall increase in vocational training in the sector (8 per cent from 2008 to 2012), enrolments for women and Indigenous students continue to drop, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Director for Higher Education and Skills Group John Spasevski says.
Speaking at Freight Week 2013 today, Spasevski notes the interest in transport and logistics courses has more than doubled in the past four years, with 38,100 enrolments recorded in 2012.
The western region of Melbourne showed strongest growth in enrolments this year.
Occupations such as truck driving and store person were most in demand. Courses on warehousing operations, driving operations and logistics are in the top three.
People aged 25 years and over make 70 percent of the enrolments.
However, figures for those aged between 15 and 18 years continue to fall.
