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Transportation and Logistics
The competition tasks of this skill category are based on the Vocational qualification in logistics.
The qualification titles of the basic qualification are lorry driver, bus driver, articulated vechile driver, service logistics operative, maintenance operative and ground services operative.
The professional who have completed the qualification may work according to the competence area for example in transporting people or goods in a transport company, industry, at airport, in warehouses of different companies or in the public sector.
Semifinal
The page will be published later.
Final
The page will be launched in March 2025.
Results
The results will be published after the final.
Description of the skill
A driver and an articulated vehicle driver transport different goods in traffic with van, lorry and vehicle combination. They use different loading equipment in their work, such as a forklift, crane and wheel loader. The work tasks include load handling, customer service and terminal tasks. Moreover, the tasks include management of telematics for logistics (GPS tracking devices, different navigation systems, smart cards, devices for wireless communication).
A bus driver transports passengers in local traffic, express coaches, liner and charter traffic. The bus driver’s job is a service profession.
The competition is individual.
Skill requirements
Competitors
- verify the terms and conditions of contract related to the employment relationship
- begin to work
- work safely in the work environment of the logistics sector and identify the risks related to data security and occupational safety
- work in the digital operating environments required by the work task
- follow the principles of sustainable development in their work tasks
- work energy-efficiently in their work tasks
- prepare a lorry for a work assignment
- load a vehicle correctly
- drive the vehicle in outdoor areas and inside terminals
- drive the vehicle in traffic
- work using Finnish, Swedish or Sámi in customer service situations
- work in the best interests of their profession and workplace
- take into account the impacts of human factors on occupational and road safety
- prevent crime in transport through their activities
- take action in problem situations
- hand over the vehicle at the end of the work assignment
Skill competition managers
Jani Tontti
Marko Hallisto
Akseli Väisänen
Skill
steering group
- Marko Hallisto, Turku Vocational Institute
- Akseli Väisänen, Turku Vocational Institute
- Jani Tontti, Salon seudun ammattiopisto
- Jussi-Pekka Räsänen, Savo Vocational College
- Sauli Lehtinen, Keuda
- Kalle Salo, Keuda
- Jarmo Iivari, Educational Consortium OSAO
- Johanna Plyhm, Stadin AO, Helsinki Vocational College
- Mari Vasarainen, Employers’ Federation of Road Transport ALT
- Tuulikki Aikio, Finnish Transport Workers’ Union AKT
- Mikael Elo, Toyota Material Handling
- Timo Repo, Finnish National Agency for Education
- Tuomas Syvänen, Gradia
- Timo Kesseli, Savo Vocational College
