Truck Driver Application for New Zealand

New Zealand is a small and beautiful country of 5 million people, and every year a couple thousand truck drivers will get selected to immigrate and settle.
We select truck drivers for New Zealand companies and we are looking for professionals with the following requirements:

- Clean criminal record (No criminal records in any country)

- Clean immigration record (never illegally stayed in any country)

- Proven experience in heavy articulated trucks of at least 5 years

- Intermediate or higher level of English (IELTS 4 or above)

- Age 25 to 50 years old

- Excellent health

- ONLY with experience driving in Europe, America or South Africa, those are the markets we know well and their drivers tend to adapt faster and easier to New Zealand.
This form is meant to organise your skills and experience in a way that it is easier for us to find suitable candidates. Still it is necessary to attach your CV.

The companies in New Zealand are looking for certain types of truck drivers with experience in certain loads and roads, as well as other skills they find relevant.

Once you submit the form we will have it in our database. Due to the high volue of condidates applying, only candidates who are matching the companies' needs will be contacted.

This is a genuine recruitment effort and candidates will never be asked to pay any recruitment fee or any other type of fee to our agency.
Driving Experience

Our recruitment market is limited to certain countries we know well, if you do not have driving experience in those countries, please do not continue filling in this form.
I have experience driving in Europe, America or South Africa

YesNo. We are sorry but we do not currently recruit from any other area, we have plenty of candidates from our preferred markets.
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*
Your level of English is over 4.0 in the IELTS test. (If you cannot reach 4.0 in every band, the visa is not possible)*
Upload your English test results if you have them, even if they are not current (Only PTE, IELTS, or TOEFL iBT are accepted)

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Criminal record

You must hold a clean Criminal Record 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 combinationPressurized tanker ( flour, powdered cement, etc)Tankers: food-gradeTankers: Chemical/FuelTankers: Compressed GasDangerous goodsLogging 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 carrierHi Ab/ Palfinger Cranes
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 on 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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Driving Experience

Personal Information

Criminal record

Immigration record

Alcohol and Drug free policy

Health requirements

Experience

CV upload

References