Zaad Lathiff - Award Recipient

CILTNZ Award Recipient completes post-graduate level studies in quick time.      

Walter Glass & Zaad Lathiff                       

Around the end of March 2011 Zaad Lathiff, a Senior Transport Officer-Commercial Vehicles at the NZ Transport Agency’s (NZTA) Palmerston North,  arrived at the door of The Logistics Training Group (LTG) wanting to know his options for undertaking  a reputable Logistics & Supply Chain Management qualification. He informed us that he had applied for, and had been awarded, the CILT NZ “Transport Research and Educational Trust Award” to cover his fees and was keen to start as soon as possible.

We spoke about his options and what he wanted as his ultimate outcome. It transpired that Zaad has an impressive technical background and considerable experience in heavy commercial transport, but he was also interested in the wider issues of the transport logistics function and how it integrated into wider supply chain activities.

It was clear that Zaad was an intelligent person but he was somewhat nervous as it had been quite some time since he had attempted study and he did not have a degree. We discussed the qualifications that LTG had available; namely the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) (UK) Professional Diploma in Logistics & Transport, and also the CILTUK Certificate in Logistics & Transport.  LTG teaches the former at post-graduate level and the latter at graduate level.

Zaad went away with plenty to think about ....Click for complete article.