Re: Austrac requires drivers

["deano" <dsma@pigpond.com>]

FreightCorp advertised for Assistant Drivers on Saturday (Daily Advertiser
Wagga Wagga). They specified minimal qualifications as training is provided.
There is quite likely a large pool of ex SRA Junee/Cootamundra blokes still
floating around who have the required
road knowledge. Some of them might be tempted to come out of redundancy if
the money was right.
Dave Proctor <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> "Stuart Thyer" <s.thyer@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au> wrote in message
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> > In article <jZnY4.14$KR2.1575@vic.nntp.telstra.net>, "Thommo"
> > <mjthom@hdc.net.au> wrote:
> >
> >
> > >For anyone who is interested Austrac advertised for drivers in
Saturdays
> > >Border Mail.  The Add reads: Train Drivers (casual or Full-Time):
Austrac
> > >Rail Limited are seeking applications from suitably qualified crew
> personnel
> > >to work their trains.
> >
> > So is NRC Melbourne, they need 5 drivers, qualified.
>
> [...snipped...]
>
> Just on this, with all of the operators seeking QUALIFIED drivers, who is
> supposed to train the crews these days, and should an operator decide to
> train some drivers, how can they be assured that these crewpersons won't
> defect to the opposition?
>
> It is all well and good to try and attract FA or FC crews at the moment,
but
> sooner or later, new crews will have to start to be trained, but nobody
will
> want to do it unless they can get some security for their investment.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Dave
>
>