CAREERS IN TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS
‘Transport’ is all about moving freight and passengers by air, rail, road and sea and ‘Logistics’ is the systems that make it possible.
The Australian transport and logistics (T&L) industry is responsible for the way Australia moves products, services and people, and covers six broad areas: road transport, rail transport, aviation, maritime, and warehousing and distribution, and the network includes ports, roads, railways, freight terminals, airports, distribution and materials handling centres.
Almost everything that we purchase has at some stage been transported by air, sea, rail or road and stored before or after its distribution. In many cases items are dealt with by numerous people within the transport and logistics (T&L) industry before they are purchased.
The transport and logistics industry provides services to a huge range of industry sectors including agriculture, wholesale, retail, mining, tourism, manufacturing, fishing, construction and forestry, to name just a few! With such a large range of career opportunities being offered, there is a career that suits everyone.
Interesting Facts
The Australian T&L industry employs over 460,000 people directly and indirectly, in around 165,000 businesses across the nation. That's about 1 in 5 Australian jobs.
It represents 14.8% of our National GDP.
The Australian and New Zealand freight and logistics market is estimated at over $66 billion per annum.
It is anticipated that the freight task in Australia will double in size by 2015