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Road Haulage Load Planner Careers

Road Haulage Load Planner Careers

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WORK ENVIRONMENT:-

Being a load planner, you will have to manage the freight transfer around the countryside. It will be your job to ensure goods are transferred in the most efficient manner, considering the costs, schedules and health and safety.

You may carry out the work for a road haulage company or other businesses with their own vehicle fleet like trade chains.

Your job will include:

  • analyzing load plans with the customers
  • totaling on how much it will charge to formulate all deliveries

  • making the easy way to load and unload the goods
  • settling on the number of vehicles required to deliver every shipment of goods
  • administering every delivery as it creates its trip
  • creating the back-up plans to cover changes in the situations

You might utilize the computer software packages to assist with some of these duties and responsibilities, for instance, to go with the load size with the vehicle required to move them.

QUALIFICATION, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:-

You don't need any specific qualification to begin work as a apprentice load planner, though employers will request you to have good standard of general education and some employers might desire a GCSEs in Mathematics and English. Experience of working in the transportation or distribution will give you the benefit when searching for the job. A background in stock control or administration can also be helpful.

You can also enter into this profession through an Apprenticeships scheme with the road haulage firm. The series of apprenticeships offered in your area will be based on the types of skills the employer require from their personnel and limited jobs marketplace.

For all the details about Apprenticeships, go through www.apprenticeships.org.uk.

TRAINING DETAILS:-

Once you are employed, you will basically get the training on the job, and you can be requested to work towards a Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) in International or National Road Haulage.

You can also finish National Vocational Qualifications in Logistics Operations Management (Level 3). Check the Skills for Logistics website for all the information concerning training selection.

You can also make an improvement in the career prospects by finishing the UK Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Certification, Advanced Diploma and Diploma qualification- check the site of CILT for all the details of the distance learning alternative and colleges.

SKILLS and KNOWLEDGE:-

  • excellent communication and customer service skills
  • computer skills
  • capability to work flexibly with the team
  • ability to solve the problems and adapt new changes
  • capability to work under pressure to meet the deadlines
  • good negotiation skills

SALARY AND OTHER BENEFITS:-

  • Initial salaries can be between £ 14,500 and £ 19,000 yearly.
  • This can increase to between £ 20,000 and £ 28,000 for superior positions.

WORKING CONDITIONS:-

You will frequently work in the shifts on rota, which will include nights and early mornings.

You will generally be based in the office in the haulage depot or in the warehouse.

DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES:-

You will be working with the transport, removal and courier firms, with the distribution divisions of big companies. In big organizations, you can make a progress to the position of regional or senior load planner. With additional qualification, you can turn into the distribution, transport or supply chain management.

You will see that the following links will be helpful for you for the job vacancies:

  • Jobs in Transport
  • Careers in Logistics
  • Transport Jobs Network
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