The European road freight industry is one of the most important sectors of the European economy with more than one million professional drivers. The profession is set to face serious challenges over the next years: a shortage of drivers, an ageing workforce and forecasts predicting that most journeys by trucks will be automated by 2030.
The Steer2Career project aims at supporting the industry through these changes, including by developing curricula and learning programmes to assist road transport companies in preparing their professional drivers for autonomous and semi-autonomous driving in the future.
Funded by the Erasmus+ programme, the project will prepare two sets of guidance notes: one for managers and one for professional drivers. These documents will focus on the required competences, social skills and attitudes for professional drivers, with the aim of assisting managers in their work to reorganise drivers’ tasks within a company.
Steer2Career
Preparing truck drivers for the challenges of tomorrow
The European road freight industry is one of the most important sectors of the European economy with more than one million professional drivers. The profession is set to face serious challenges over the next years: a shortage of drivers, an ageing workforce and forecasts predicting that most journeys by trucks will be automated by 2030.
The Steer2Career project aims at supporting the industry through these changes, including by developing curricula and learning programmes to assist road transport companies in preparing their professional drivers for autonomous and semi-autonomous driving in the future.
Funded by the Erasmus+ programme, the project will prepare two sets of guidance notes: one for managers and one for professional drivers. These documents will focus on the required competences, social skills and attitudes for professional drivers, with the aim of assisting managers in their work to reorganise drivers’ tasks within a company.
IRU's role
IRU Projects will focus its efforts on preparing and disseminating career guidance for industry stakeholders, based on previous research conducted into career and training opportunities across the European Union.
As part of the career guide, IRU Projects will design an advanced training manual for professional drivers, which will include a section on customer service skills. In certain countries, training on long truck combinations and eco or euro-combis will also be provided.
IRU will organise a workshop in Brussels with interested stakeholders to gather feedback on the training materials developed and to share best practices on how to recruit and retain professionals. The results will be used to strengthen the training guidelines for professional truck drivers.
Project results
The project will deliver a set of tools:
Overall, the Steer2Career project will help the industry to prepare drivers for the automation of the sector, either by helping them to adapt to their new tasks or by providing them with information on retraining for a new career within the industry.
Partners: 5 partners from 5 EU Member States
Project Coordinator: Transformotion
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Erasmus+ Programme under grant agreement No 2018-1-UK01-KA202-048259
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