Truck Driver Application for New Zealand

If you are an experienced heavy articulated truck driver with a good level of English and no criminal record looking at working in New Zealand, please fill out this form and we will contact you to discuss your options.
New Zealand companies are looking for professionals with the following requirements:

- Clean criminal record and clean immigration record

- Proven experience in heavy articulated trucks for at least 3 years

- Intermediate or higher level of conversational English

- Age 25 to 55 years old

- Excellent health

- Single, with partner or a family, no visa restrictions

- Strong work ethic

- Health and Safety conscious

- Able to follow instructions
After your fill out this form we will contact you for an interview, to assess your English level, the type of experience you have and the documents we require as proof. We will then check your background to make sure your CV is accurate and you are a fit to New Zealand roads.

We will have a chat about when you are ready to come to New Zealand, how to study online the relevant road code and provide you with the 120 pages eBook "Driving trucks in New Zealand" (Spanish and English versions available) which is a real crash course that will set you up for success and a fast adjustment to your new country.

This is a genuine recruitment effort and candidates will never be asked to pay any recruitment fee.
Personal Information
Full Name*

First Name / Nombre Last Name / Apellidos
Nationality*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip CodeCountry
Nationality of your driving licence. If you hold driving licences from other countries please list them all even if they are expired*
Birth date*

MonthDayYear
Phone Number*

Area CodePhone Number
E-mail*
Level of conversational English*
Criminal record

You must hold a clean Criminal Record (or Certificado de No Antecedentes Penales) to qualify for this visa. You must have a clean Criminal Record for each country you have been living for more than 12 months during the last 15 years.
Are you able to provide a clean criminal record*

YesNo
Immigration record

You must have a clean immigration record in order to qualify for this visa. That means you were never caught overstaying, breaking the conditions of your visa, working illegally, etc. The government in New Zealand will check this before granting you a visa.
Do you have a clean immigration record?

YesNo
Alcohol and Drug free policy

New Zealand transport industry is a drug free environment with drug and alcohol testing not only at the beginning of your sponsorship but also with random tests over the year. A positive result will cancel your work visa immediately. You must be alcohol free during your job hours and able to pass a clean drug test at any time. That includes Marijuana or other recreational drugs, as all of them are illegal to use. (Prescribed drugs and medicines that do not interfere with the ability to drive/do the job safely are allowed)
Do you understand there is Zero Tolerance for drug and alcohol use in New Zealand?*

YesNo
Health requirements

To get sponsored in New Zealand you must be in good health to be able to carry out your job. Also you must be free of infectious diseases as TB, HIV, Syphilis and other sexual transmitted diseases, Hepatitis, etc. A health check is mandatory before the visa application process starts.
Are you in good health and free of infectious diseases?*

YesNo
Experience

With articulated trucks
Years of proven experience with an articulated truck*
Proven experience with the following loads*

Doubles/Triples combinationTankers: food-gradeTankers: Chemical/FuelTankers: Compressed GasDangerous goodsLog trucksStock trucks /cattle/sheep/horsesOver dimensional loadsExtra heavy weight loads exceeding GMW of 60 tonnesRefrigerated trailerCurtain-side trailerBox trailer/dry van trailerContainersTipper trucksConcrete mixersPump/ sucker trucksFlat decksLow-boy, Low-loader, Low-bed, Machinery transporter.Tow truck, Recovery vehicleAuger truckCar carrierCranesPressurized tanker ( flour, powdered cement, etc)
Proven experience with the following roads*

Big city, high density trafficNarrow roadsWinding roadsMountain roads, mountain passesDriving in snowDriving in icy roadsDriving in dirt roads, rural roadsDriving in muddy roadsDriving in dense fogCorners with the wrong camberOne lane bridges, one lane tunnels
Proven experience with the following gearboxes*

AutomaticManual European (Synchro-mesh gearbox)Manual American (Crash box, Double de-clutch gearbox like Eaton, Fuller, Mack,...)
Additional skills

Defensive Driving coursesStrong Health and Safety backgroundTower CranesMobile cranesForkliftMachinery: LoaderMachinery: ExcavatorMachinery: RollerMachinery: BulldozerMachinery: Asphalt paverMachinery: HarvesterMachinery: Container loaderMachinery: Log loaderBasic truck mechanical repairsExpert truck mechanical repairsBus driverNight shiftRotating shiftsWorked in MinesWorked in Oil & Gas sites (Refineries, etc)
Have you served in any of the following public service bodies?

ArmyPoliceAmbulance ParamedicFirefighter (volunteer or professional)Civil Defense groups
List all the countries you have been driving a truck, including your own.
Have you ever driven on the left side of the road?*

YesNo
Have you ever driven a vehicle with the steering wheel on the right side of the cab?*

YesNo
Do you have experience working in mines? If so, write the name of the company managing the mine (Rio Tinto, Bechtel, BHP, etc) and the location.
For example: Bechtel in Quebrada Blanca, Chile
CV upload

Please upload your CV in English
CV upload*

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Link to your online CV
LinkedIn link or similar
References

Please list name, role, company and phone number
Name
Position in the company
Company
Phone Number

Country code -Phone Number
Name
Position in the company
Company
Phone Number

Country Code- Phone Number
Name
Position in the company
Company
Phone Number

Country code -Phone Number
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Personal Information

Criminal record

Immigration record

Alcohol and Drug free policy

Health requirements

Experience

CV upload

References