Explore the Logistics sector
Discover how goods move from A to B, and all the planning behind it
Logistics is a major industry in the Goulburn Valley, supporting agriculture, transport and export.
You might enjoy logistics if you’re:
- Organised and active
- Interested in vehicles, systems or planning
- Motivated by movement, coordination and teamwork
Types of placements:
- Hands on: For students who like vehicles and want to get outdoors
- Detail driven: For students who like structure, systems and keeping things organised
- Automotive dealership: For students who like vehicles and enjoy helping people
- Warehousing: For students interested in how stock moves through systems
- Waste: For students who enjoy planning and seeing how systems fit together
- Logistics All-Rounder: For students interested in logistics broadly, and how it connects agriculture, manufacturing and exports
Where to look:
- Transport companies and courier services
- Warehousing and distribution centres
- Vehicle yards (e.g. Holden, Toyota)
- Cold chain and produce handling sites
- Waste and resource recovery services (e.g. FOOTT Waste)
- Agribusinesses and export firms
All-rounder (Logistics)
Logistics
Suited for these work settings:
- Organisations with both yard and office functions
- Transport firms with varied roles
- Warehousing and distribution centres
- Logistics teams with scheduling, dispatch and field components
Waste
Logistics
Suited for these work settings:
- Waste collection and recycling firms
- Environmental services teams within councils or utilities
- Organisations managing fleet coordination, compliance and resource recovery
Office organiser
Logistics
Suited for these work settings:
- Transport companies
- Courier services
- Fleet management teams
- Regional logistics hubs
Warehousing
Logistics, Manufacturing
Suited for these work settings:
- Large manufacturers with internal warehousing and dispatch teams
- Food, beverage, packaging and equipment producers
- Sites with production lines, inventory systems and logistics coordination
Automotive dealership
Logistics
Suited for these work settings:
- Vehicle sales and servicing yards
- Fleet coordination and delivery teams
- Parts and accessories inventory units
- Customer service and booking desks
Fleet and dispatch
Logistics
Suited for these work settings:
- Fleet yards and vehicle depots
- Warehouse and dispatch zones
- Loading bays, transport hubs
- Maintenance and cleaning teams
Timetables explanation
These examples are provided to give inspiration and ideas to those in industry who need support to establish work experience opportunities. Please use these as prompts – everything is negotiable, including:
- Days of the week – your offering does not have to span five days
- Time of the day – your offering does not have to be broken up this way. We do recommend a 9am start and 3pm finish to allow students to travel by bus during school term.
- Responsible Team Member – your staffing responsibilities do not have to span several teams, you may wish to structure this as a shadowing scenario, with one person responsible, or any iteration you prefer.
You can use these as guides to create your own – or contact GMLLEN to be sent an editable copy of this table.
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