The sector is expected to generate 10 million jobs by 2027. With the growing deployment of new-age-technologies in transportation, warehousing, and distribution, the opportunities are growing for new generation latented in technology to make a career in the logistics industry.
Skill development in the logistics sector is yet to achieve the desired momentum as there is lack of efforts on part of the industry to institutionalise skill development initiatives. Given the growing demand of logistics and supply chain services, it is critical for the industry to develop an institutional framework to generate trained human capital.
Allcargo multi-skill development centre launched by Allcargo Group aims to build trained human resource pool equipped with the sector-specific skills so that the logistics industry can enhance its service delivery capabilities and elevate its growth trajectory. Located at Bokadvira, Uran near JNPT, Navi Mumbai, the centre aims to plug the skill gaps in the industry and strengthen the employability of the youth with industry-specific training.
Trainers at the centre are Logistics Skill Council Training Of Trainers certified. It operates under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) model and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) flagship scheme of the Union government. The goal is to help students gain employment as consignment booking assistant, consignment tracking executive, inventory clerk, documentation assistant and warehouse picker/packer, heavy vehicle drivers and impart then necessary training. The programmes
aim to hone their skill proficiencies in areas such as warehousing documentation, booking, loading, unloading, tracking, MIS, picking and packing processes.
Under its CSR initiative, Allcargo Group has launched the NIPUN programme with centres at Gautam Budh Nagar and Dadri in UP, Mangaluru, and Chennai. Nipun is an initiative by Allcargo Logistics and Avashya Foundation aimed at skill development of youth from the drought-hit backward areas of Maharashtra. The Group aims to expand the pool of trained young professionals for the logistics sector.
The centre opens avenues for organisations across the logistics ecosystem to recruit skilled, trained and industry-ready candidates to boost their logistics operations. Allcargo Group aims to train 10,000 students at PMKK and NIPUN centres by 2030.
The logistics industry offers a plethora of career opportunities for the youth of the country. As a per a report released in 2023 by the staffing firm TeamLease Services, the logistics sector is likely to generate 10 million jobs by 2027. With the growing deployment of new-age-technologies in transportation, warehousing, and distribution, the opportunities are growing for tech talents to make a career in the logistics industry. As customer demand is becoming time-sensitive and flexibility-driven, strengthening operational efficiency has become core vision of the companies. Management students specialised in logistics can explore rewarding career avenues in logistics and supply chain industry.
