Female garbage truck driver training program in Ipswich gets anti-discrimination exemption
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Having driven trucks for much of her life, Ms Janson says she has enjoyed navigating waste trucks for the past three months.
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Rumbling through the streets in her garbage truck, scooping up bins in its path is just another day in the office for Belinda Janson.
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Women only make up about 26 per cent of the transport industry workforce in Australia
The QIRC granted an exemption to the council to advertise for a training program for female waste truck drivers
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IPSWICH City Council will recruit only women for a rubbish truck driver training program, believing there are too many barriers in place for them to progress in the industry.
The council applied for exemption from sections of the
Anti-Discrimination Act in order to advertise for and recruit only female drivers to be employed for a program to obtain a heavy rigid licence.
They would be hired as trainee drivers, which usually requires them to already hold a HR licence.
It was granted in a ruling by Queensland Industrial Relations Commission deputy president John Merrell, with the exemption to apply for three years.
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