Trade Apprenticeship Numbers Fall Again
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has put some stark numbers around a challenge HVIA and its members know only too well.
Calls To Reconsider Apprenticeship Cuts
Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia (HVIA) CEO Todd Hacking has written to the Federal Minister for Skills and Training, the Hon Andrew Giles MP, urging the Government to reconsider recently announced changes to employer apprenticeship incentives.
HVIA Members Bring STEM To Life
Some 739 students from 19 schools got up close with the heavy vehicle industry at CSIRO's #WithSTEMYouCan Careers Expo in Western Sydney on August 5, with HVIA members Team Global Express, Daimler Truck and Air Brake Corporation on hand to showcase the sector’s STEM credentials.
Busting Common Myths On Gender Equality
Economist Dr Leonora Risse is still working harder than ever on data-based studies focusing on gender gaps in the workforce.
Applications Open For HVIA Scholarship
HVIA is pleased to announce we will be sponsoring another Trades Women Australia (TWA) scholarship for female apprentices.
Rubber Hits The Road For HV Facility
Construction is under way on the nation-leading Logic Innovation Precinct in Wodonga thanks to $24 million funding from the Federal Government.
Women & Leadership Scholarship Apps Closing
Women & Leadership Australia is offering partial scholarships to support women in the transport and logistics sector to access world-class leadership and workplace skills programs.
New Partnership Fuels Expertise, Drives Workforce
Several of Queensland’s major industry associations – including HVIA – have partnered with an independent school to launch a new Automotive Academy in response to key workforce challenges.
Call For Strategy To Support Shift To EVs
The successful adoption of electric and alternative energy vehicle infrastructure requires a coordinated and holistic workforce strategy that recognises the complex, multidisciplinary nature of the shift, according to HVIA.
Call For Auto To Be Classified As ‘Industry’
Automotive doesn’t appear as a standalone industry in Jobs and Skills Australia’s recently updated Industry and Occupation Profiles.
HVIA Grants Support HV Apprentices
HVIA grants have enabled Transport Women Australia to support female apprentices working in the heavy vehicle industry with life-changing scholarships to support them to be retained in their trade career.
WA’s Body Building Pre-Apprenticeship Takes Off
South Metropolitan TAFE has officially listed the Certificate II in Automotive Manufacturing Production – Bus, Truck and Trailer (Vehicle Body Building Pre-Apprenticeship) in its 2026 VET Delivered to Secondary Students course guide.