New Zealand Recruits Drivers From Philippines As Immigrant Workers To Help With Buses In Wellington

Six new skilled immigrant workers arrived in the city of Wellington in New Zealand. These new immigrants are from the Philippines and they were recruited to work in New Zealand as drivers. Wellington has had problems with the bus system and these individuals are there to help out. The government has tried to find the right people to help out from the locals who are already in the country but they were unable to complete the workers needed. That is why they had to look abroad and recruited these six Filipino drivers who are going to do their share.

Last month, there had been a shortage of bus drivers in Wellington. This caused some trips to be canceled and plenty of commuters to be late or be inconvenienced. Greg Pollock, the general manager of public transport for the Greater Wellington Regional Council, has remarked that there are not enough people in the city who are willing to do the job. Thus, this prompted the government to look further outside the city.

The arrival of the new bus drivers

Scott Thorne works for NZ Bus. He stated that there were new arrivals to New Zealand and they have been recruited to fill up the vacancies for bus drivers. They were from the Philippines and they also had a great amount of experience as bus drivers. Thorne stated that they believe that it is an immediate solution to the problem that they have at hand. It may be a small solution but the government still needs to look at the wider picture and find solutions that would help stop this issue from happening again. Shortages of bus drivers affect the whole city and that is not a good thing.

Thorne also continued to say that the government also has to help out in making sure that the new immigrant skilled workers who have come to New Zealand should be able to adapt well to the new life that they will be living in the country. The community should help out too so that adapting would be easier for these bus drivers. After all, it is going to be a whole new life as compared to the one that they lived before when they were still in the Philippines.

Training has started

Kevin O’Sullivan is the secretary of Tramways Union. He said that there were indeed six drivers from the Philippines who have been recruited to become bus drivers in New Zealand. The training for these new bus drivers has already started. These immigrant workers also have with them work permits for a year. They also have agreed and signed the collective agreement that the city already has. After the training, these new bus drivers would be able to do the job and get the buses going.

Extra assistance to help you make your plans to move to New Zealand come true can be received by choosing the right program from Global Visa Support: http://globalvisasupport.com/nz.html.

You get personal help too. Talk to Global Visa Support experts today and move to NZ as soon as possible: http://www.globalvisasupport.com/contacts.html.