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Logistics and Supply Chain Skills Group
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The Logistics and Supply Chain Skills Group (LSCSG) was established in 2019 to support the promotion of careers, skills development and sustainable employment in the Logistics and Supply Chain sectors in Ireland. The LSCSG was set up following recommendations made by the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs. The Group includes key stakeholder representatives from government, academia, and industry, and is currently chaired by the Department of Transport, on the basis of the Department's links to the wider transport industry. The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment also play a key role in the work of the Group. The Group provides a forum for practical action and collaboration aimed at addressing the skills needs of the sector.
Two industry-/academia-led subgroups were established in 2021 to aid in the progression of the Group's Work Programme. The objective of Subgroup 1 is to improve alignment between curriculum and industry needs by establishing occupational profiles, exploring the feasibility of developing educational and promotional tools for use in second level. The objective of Subgroup 2 is to encourage best practice amongst the sector by developing talent (new and existing). A third Subgroup was established in 2022, whose objective was to plan and help co-ordinate the inaugural Logistics and Supply Chain Skills Week, which was held from 27 March to 1 April 2023. This Sub-group is now working towards Logistics and Supply Chain Skills Week 2024. A fourth Subgroup was established in late 2023 to identify key messages for dissemination during Logistics and Supply Chain Skills Week 2024.
In 2022, the Group completed work on a number of documents relating to careers in Logistics and Supply Chain. These include a ‘Careers in Logistics and Supply Chain’ brochure, which details the variety of job roles in the sector and an ‘Overview of Existing Education and Training Provision in Logistics and Supply Chain’ document, which outlines all education and training opportunities currently available in logistics and supply chain and which is periodically updated to include new courses.
In order to improve the profile of the Logistics/Supply Chain sector, and make it easier to recruit talent, the LSCSG also finalised two information notes:
All of these documents can be viewed and downloaded below.
One of the priorities for the Logistics and Supply Chain Skills Group in 2023 was to identify and promote research workstreams in logistics and supply chain in order to provide interested parties a list of research networks and institutes in Ireland that may be contacted in order to pursue research into logistics and supply chain topics and challenges.
This Irish Logistics and Supply Chain Research Networks and Institutes
document is now available to view download below.
On 27 March, 2023 Jack Chambers TD, Minister of State with special responsibility for international and road transport and logistics, launched the first ever Logistics and Supply Chain Skills Week (Logistics Week), which took place from 27 March until 1 April.
The objective of Logistics Week was to promote the logistics and supply chain sector to students, new entrants, and potential career changers. Over thirty events, both online and in-person at venues across the country, were successfully held during the Week.
Logistics and Supply Chain Skills Week 2024 will take place from Monday 26 February to Saturday 2 March 2024. It will consist of a mix of in-person and online events at both national and regional levels. Further details can be found on gov - Logistics and Supply Chain Skills Week (www.gov.ie) . 6 Key messages relating to Logistics and Supply Chain Skills Week 2024 are now available in the LSCSG publications below.
The LSCSG has published 3 Annual Reports to date. The first summarises the Group’s work from its creation in 2019 until the end of 2020, while the second and third Reports outline the Group’s achievements in 2021 and 2022 respectively. These Annual Reports can be viewed and downloaded below, with Irish language versions available for the 2021 and 2022 reports.
In 2021, the then Minister of State for Transport, Hildegarde Naughton T.D., asked the Logistics and Supply Chain Skills Group to examine the Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) driver shortage and to make recommendations, with specific regard to actions that can be taken by Government and the industry. These recommendations are aimed at ameliorating the supply issue, without undermining the working conditions and health and safety of drivers or other road users. The Group’s recommendations were submitted at the end of 2021 can be downloaded below.