In conjunction with Wodonga TAFE, Volvo Trucks Australia has launched Iron Women, a driver training and licensing program aimed specifically at females.
The three-module course covers all facets of driver training, from compliance, fatigue management and load restraint to initially obtaining a Heavy Rigid (HR) licence.
Two weeks of classroom theory will be followed by one week of on road heavy vehicle training at Wodonga TAFE’s Barnawartha, Victoria, Logic Campus.
Iron Women participants will train in a Volvo FL Electric rigid and a counterweighted Volvo FH 500 I-Save prime mover.
The program aims to challenge traditional driver stereotypes and encourage women to enter the road transport industry.
On completion the participants will receive their Certificate III in Driving Operations.
After 12 months on the job as a HR driver, the participants will complete their final module of training and undertake their HC licence test.