[SimonH]

hi to all and a happy new year :nice1

we are looking at moving over to NZ (from mansfield uk)i have just done the online visa and pasted :nice1 , ive sent 6 emails out checking to see if they employ english truck drivers, ive had 1 reply all ready. looking good so far. now wheres the best place to live we have 3 boys aged 18m/3yrs/5yrs and they love the beech. we dont want to be to far out as i could be away from home most of the week :exit so its not fair to have the wife and kids on there own:D

cheers

simon

[SimonH]

anyone living in or been new plymouth or inglewood?

[Andy&Carol]

Hi Simon, I know there's a couple of threads re New Plymouth look in 'Locations' you don't need to go too far back Nov/Dec time if memory serves.

We're in Ilkeston, so not too far away.

Enjoy the forum, it's great, very friendly and VERY informative.

All the best

[cathgates]

Hi Simon, we also live in Ilkeston like Carole & Andy, my oh, Karl is also a HGV driver, but we couldn't see how we could apply for the residency visa without being on the long term list?
Any advice and info on how we could do this would be very gratefully received.
Thanks
Cath X

[SimonH]

hiya to both of you

all ive been doing is emailing all the transport companys, then all being well a job offer bingo:raebanana , did my visa as though id had a job offer to see if would pass and yes i did, they even rang me today to sort things out and all i have to do to get things rolling is email or ring them as soon as i get an offer:uhoh :nice1 ive only applied for the full time working visa

Congratulations on passing New Zealand Visa Bureau's Online Skilled Visa Assessment still a long way to go me thinks :(

[cathgates]

:( I thought for one glorious minute that you'd found a loop hole in the residency visa!! Yes, we are doing similar, we will be emailing potential employers once we have a date to arrive, hoping that Karl is offered a job before we arrive to apply for a working visa, but if not, we will arrive on a holiday visa and apply once either of us gets work.
Cath X

[Kim39]

Hi to a fellow British trucker. Should you need any info on the game down here then just ask and i'll do my best to point you in the right direction. I hope the research you have done is thorough enough to know that its not like back home unfortunately. Please be aware that you will not get PR from the role unless you find a company who are accredited. There is pressure being made to allow the role to enter the LTSL, but currently they are backing away from allowing this to happen.

Good luck

Kim

[Hannah]

Hiya Simon H, check out my posts on New Plymouth - we've been here 2 yrs)
I'll PM you (I'll forward a message I sent to someone else who asked about what it's like here). Feel free to forward any questions, but apologies if theres a delay in my answer as i'm rarely around the forum these days (too busy walking the mountain and walking the beach....all of which can be done within half an hour of each other in NP!!!!)
cheers,
hannah

[steviec]

Hi Simon H
If you need any info on truck driving over here, like Kim has said, I will try and point you in the right direction.
It is easier to get employment once you have moved here.

[SimonH]

unless you find a company who are accredited

ive found one of them :D i know its not going to be easy as its back on to a log book (never used one, but ive had to through a few tachos away in the past years lol) as for wages am i right in thinkin 65hrs should bring me in around $60k ishiam not one for working weekends but if get my hours in monday to friday jobs a gooden :nice1 (being one of the last of the old school truck drivers start on tippers on 17% so i know how to earn money with a wagon + we are running our small transport busineess at the minute)should bring me around, now could a family of 5 live on this ok 3 boys 18m/3yrs/5yrs we will have some kind of morgage as well

ive got 15rys artic and wagon and drag uk/europe/north africa trailer wise flats 90ft + stgo loads, curtainsiders,box trailers, powder tankers, fridges and i also have my fork lift truck licence


ive been looking at hookers pacific any good ? they run out of most the big cities from what i can find and one of them is new plymouth
thanks for all the replies

hannah please can you send me the pm pleaseeeee or you can mail me simon@smhtransport.co.uk

simon & michelle and the 3 boys from hell :wah ;)

[IanW99]

It isn't a good idea to post your email address on a public forum, you may want to remove your email address or it may be picked up by spam robots, if you can't edit it, then ask the admin to remove it.

Ian

[SimonH]

It isn't a good idea to post your email address on a public forum, you may want to remove your email address or it may be picked up by spam robots, if you can't edit it, then ask the admin to remove it.

Ian

not a problem mate, ive got the spam filter on :nice1

[Kim39]

ive found one of them :D i know its not going to be easy as its back on to a log book (never used one, but ive had to through a few tachos away in the past years lol) as for wages am i right in thinkin 65hrs should bring me in around $60k ishiam not one for working weekends but if get my hours in monday to friday jobs a gooden :nice1 (being one of the last of the old school truck drivers start on tippers on 17% so i know how to earn money with a wagon + we are running our small transport busineess at the minute)should bring me around, now could a family of 5 live on this ok 3 boys 18m/3yrs/5yrs we will have some kind of morgage as well

ive got 15rys artic and wagon and drag uk/europe/north africa trailer wise flats 90ft + stgo loads, curtainsiders,box trailers, powder tankers, fridges and i also have my fork lift truck licence


ive been looking at hookers pacific any good ? they run out of most the big cities from what i can find and one of them is new plymouth
thanks for all the replies

hannah please can you send me the pm pleaseeeee or you can mail me simon@smhtransport.co.uk

simon & michelle and the 3 boys from hell :wah


So all in Simon it comes down to an hourly rate of $17.75 ph, which in respect is the normal rate for a trucker. Now with that said 65hrs a week is really the max you can do under the new rules, but the rules still weigh heavily on the employers side as you are still entitled to do 70, so that would mean that the employer could still call on you for a Saturday/Sunday to get the other 5 off you. They can in fact have you working over 7 days, but they must give you a 24hr period off after that. As for Hookers themselves i don't know much about them, apart from to say they are a major player within the industry. If i was you i would try and negotiate a higher hourly rate if you get an offer, as i am currently driving a 3 tonner and am being paid the same rate as you will be on:D


Kim

[SimonH]

i was going to be sly and try and push them up to £50k lol for a 40hr week cannt see it some how :uhoh :D