Potential economic and industry impacts of the imposition of a truck driver Certificate of Professional Competence in Australia

Cameron Gordon

Potential economic and industry impacts of the imposition of a truck driver Certificate of Professional Competence in Australia

Cameron Gordon

Canberra Business School

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Abstract

In 2003, the European Union (EU) introduced a requirement for a Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) for professional truck drivers operating within the EU. There has been recent discussion of imposing a similar requirement in Australia. This paper reviews the experience of EU trucking industries thus far and assesses indirect benefits and costs of three types: (1) Financial (to trucking firms and industry); (2) Economic (to market sectors); and (3) Social/External (to society as a whole). Based on this analysis of experience in the EU, the paper preliminarily discusses how these issues might play out if a CPC similar to the EU regulation were to be imposed in Australia.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Australian Transport Research Forum 2011 Proceedings
Place of Publication	Adelaide
Publisher	University of South Australia
Pages	1-14
Number of pages	14
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	Australasian Transport Research Forum 2011 - Adelaide, Australia Duration: 28 Sept 2011 → 30 Sept 2011

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Conference	Australasian Transport Research Forum 2011
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Adelaide
Period	28/09/11 → 30/09/11

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Gordon, C 2011, Potential economic and industry impacts of the imposition of a truck driver Certificate of Professional Competence in Australia. in Australian Transport Research Forum 2011 Proceedings. University of South Australia, Adelaide, pp. 1-14, Australasian Transport Research Forum 2011, Adelaide, Australia, 28/09/11. <http://www.atrf.info/papers/2011/2011_Gordon.pdf>

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Potential economic and industry impacts of the imposition of a truck driver Certificate of Professional Competence in Australia

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