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The logistics associations AMÖ and BWVL, the driving school associations BVF and MOVING, as well as the DFA have presented a joint position paper aimed at improving the qualification of professional drivers. The industry representatives make proposals to ensure the quality of driver training and further education remains at a high level in the future.
(Bonn) Furthermore, modern measures for reducing bureaucracy, digitizing instruction, and creating incentives for an attractive profession and optimal conditions for drivers, training institutions, and employers are to be implemented.
Overall, this should contribute to combating the shortage of suitable, qualified professional drivers. This is to be achieved with decreasing costs while maintaining high training quality. Specifically, the proposals include examinations in accelerated basic qualifications in additional foreign languages, a simplified, Europe-wide uniform conversion of driving licenses from non-EU countries, and a continuation of funding at least at the current level. In addition, the mandatory lessons should allow for more flexibility through the introduction of a blended learning approach.
With time- and location-independent e-learning phases alternating with in-person instruction, as well as the use of powerful simulators, the efficiency and attractiveness of training can be increased. EU legislation and proposals for optimizing driving student training have already provided for these possibilities for some time.
Maintaining Training Quality
The driving school and logistics associations consider proposals to reduce training requirements as counterproductive to eliminating the driver shortage. Ultimately, these would lead to more accidents, higher CO2 emissions, and a resulting poorer image of the industry and thus the profession. High quality in training and examination contributes to the high attractiveness of the profession.
The joint position paper can be found here
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