shipping companies can’t find enough drivers to meet your needs. progressive insoles aging And lack of jobs among the youngest It exacerbates a problem the industry has been warning about for several years, to the point where companies are already compelled. stop some processes that is, rejecting jobs they cannot undertake.
This is how they condemned it on Tuesday Valencian Federation of Transport and Logistics Entrepreneurs (FVET) which means more than 2,000 professionals currently required to complete staff in the Community of Valencia 600 corresponds to the province of Alicante. The employer estimates it is based on the latest research from the International Road Association (IRU), which calculated a deficit of more than 20,000 truckers in the country as a whole.
Only in the last two years companies claiming to have problems recruiting new drivers rose from 33% to 52%, According to FVET, this is even a “more serious” problem than the decline in activity recorded during the pandemic, the rise in fuel prices, or the economic uncertainty that has also affected activity in the sector. “Companies assure what they assume operational stops“, FVET chairman Carlos Prades stated.
They are clear on the reasons for this lack of experts from the organization and point to what is reflected in the data from the General Directorate of Traffic: Only 0.3% of drivers with C+E permission (required for truck driving) under 25 years oldduring 64% are over 45 years old. So truckers are getting old and not enough new stems added. A situation that greatly affects certain types of special transport that requires special training or, for example, companies that carry it out international transportationforcing drivers to spend several days away from home. It’s a sacrifice that many young people are not willing to undertake.
“We must be able to attract new generations, and that means getting closer to those seeking professional opportunities,” Prades says. The main barriers to entry identified by employers include: high cost of education, which is about 3,500 eurosas well as the process of obtaining a professional qualification certificate and a driver’s license itself.
For example, not being able to register to get a card until the age of 18, young people who prefer the sector they have to wait longer to enter the labor market compared to other professions. In this way, they request FVET to extend the average Technical Degree for Driving Road Transport Vehicles to more institutes; and also that students can leave this training with a card so that they have immediate access to a contract.
The Valencian employers’ association is also demanding that they start work. help To cover the cost of education, as is already the case in regions such as Castilla y León, Galicia, Cantabria, the Basque Country or Madrid.
According to the latest data from the Ministry of Transport, the Community of Valencia is the autonomous community with the third largest volume of goods transported by road, with a total of 261 million tons, after Andalusia and Catalonia. In addition, 10,801 Valencia companies are dedicated to this sector, and there are 50,277 drivers with valid permits. when it comes to the state Alicantethey are some 2,500 companies transports goods by road.