TRANSPORT Wing of Distribution Division ALTC will increase the delivery of driver training from 2003 through an outsourced commercial contract.

The contract will be for C2 (Land Rover) training over a nine-year period with an value of $40 million.

2IC Dist Div ALTC Maj Bob Gough said trainee throughput should increase by about 1400 trainees a year.

“The major increase in driver training is needed to meet the increase in requirement for trained drivers Defence-wide,” he said.

“The majority of soldiers need at least a Land Rover licence in order to enhance the range of tasks they are required to do.”
Contract C2 training will see four contractor training troops for C2 driver training at Puckapunyal and Wirlinga, near Albury-Wodonga.

C2 training at Puckapunyal will primarily focus on IETs passing through ACATC units while Wirlinga will be used for ALTC IET soldiers.

“The real bonus of contracted training is that soldiers will arrive in units with a licence and Land Command units will no longer have to conduct unit courses.”