New tools deliver vital industry labour data
New tools deliver vital industry labour data
Redesigned CTHRC website delivers data to support business plans, recruiting strategies and more
OTTAWA, Ont. (January, 2010) – Canadian fleets now have access to comprehensive online tools that combine economic indicators and labour trends, making it possible to generate reports that can be used to support everything from business plans to recruiting strategies.
The new Labour Information Highway Demand Data Tools – built into the Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council’s (CTHRC) redesigned website at www.cthrc.com – incorporate data and projections spanning from 1987 to 2016. Users of the online tools can access the information with simple drop down menus, generating results that can be sorted nationally, regionally, provincially or by occupation.
"This is the first time in the history of the Canadian trucking industry that all of this data has been available through a single source," says Sandy Lewis, the CTHRC’s Manager of Projects.
Free access to the Labour Information Highway - Basic tool provides Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data and the labour demand for nine key occupations including:
• truck drivers• truck-transport mechanics• truck-trailer technicians• parts technicians• shunt drivers• cargo workers• dispatchers• freight claims, safety and loss prevention specialists• foremen, supervisors and managers
The Labour Information Highway – Advanced tool offers users access to a much wider array of key economic indicators.
In addition to the GDP and labour demands for the nine key occupations, the Labour Information Highway – Advanced tool incorporates unemployment rates, details about shipments, weights, distances traveled, revenue, truck numbers, vehicle-kilometres traveled, the Consumer Price Index and population figures. Its labour data includes the size of the labour force, participation rate, incomes, wages and salaries. Details about the industry’s profitability and productivity include the weight, distance and revenue per shipment, in addition to overall revenue and tonne-kilometres traveled. Cross-border information incorporates the Canada-U.S. exchange rate, export and import data, Canadian trucks returning from the U.S., the total number of trucks entering Canada, and U.S. trucks entering Canada.
Annual subscriptions to this version of the tool are available at a cost of $350 per trucking company, association or provincial sector council.
All of these results can be used to generate graphs and populate spreadsheets with figures for further analysis.
To access the Labour Information Highway – Basic tool or to subscribe to the Labour Information Highway – Advanced tool, visit www.cthrc.com. Both tools can be found by selecting the "Industry Research and Reports" tab, and then selecting "Labour Market Information".
