Those companies in search of contract import clerks, export clerks, warehousemen, tally clerks and so on can have available to them a list of qualified people who may fill a vacancy immediately. by Terry Hutson The recently opened Johannesburg branch of the Maritime Academy is implementing a national database incorporating all student records and study history. This is designed to supply the freight industry with a detailed history of prospective employees.
Only those students who have completed sufficient courses and have satisfied criteria set by the Maritime Academy will be represented by the recruitment division, announced Peter Fitt (Jnr.), who heads up the Johannesburg operation. Clive Alder has been appointed to oversee the recruitment division.
Fitt told FTW that special needs of specific freight operations would be dealt with by ensuring students have completed all relevant computerised freight systems, such as the Compu-Clearing system. Those companies in search of contract import clerks, export clerks, warehousemen, tally clerks and so on can have available to them a list of qualified people who may fill a vacancy immediately. This will extend to roadfreight courses which incorporate driver instruction, including hazardous goods, documentation courses for cross-border operators, and a wider understanding of the industry.
Recently in KwaZulu Natal a lot of attention has been given to ill-informed heavy-duty drivers left in charge of hazardous cargo on often overloaded rigs, with little or no knowledge of the potential danger of their cargo.
This followed several accidents in the province, including one in which a Gauteng-based clearing & forwarding company is to be prosecuted for falsifying documents and allowing a highly hazardous and explosive cargo to be transported by road from Durban harbour. The road tanker was subsequently involved in an accident, blocking the N3 freeway for several days.
