Hi i am a uk hgv driver with 18 years of experience and would like to work in canada. Is there any chance i would be able to get short haul work or do you think that i would have to go down the long haul route. Any feedback would be great

Try the trucking forum.
Also take a look at the wiki

Thanks aviator thats great.

:http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=749906

Short haul supermarket work

hi russjp,do you no of any jobs like the one you quoted that are part of the twp,thanks for your help.

He just gave you the link , did you not read it ?

not sure, but i dont think many trucking companies would let you on short haul if youre on a lmo, most of them will want you on long haul. like i said im not 100% sure on that

HI


Only Long Haul on TWP + LMO.

I do wish people would read the link that i have put on - i am going with an LMO on a TWP doing short haul trolley dolly work for Loblaws in Regina - READ THE LINK BEFORE YOU GO GIVING ADVICE !!!!!!!

thanku russjp. i appreciate your help with this and i will contact loblaws

There's a zillion page thread about Loblaws on the Trucking forum , Why don't you read that ? Then perhaps PM someone who as just started there .

Hi


Loblaws is the only one, that I know of, and it would appear the rules were bent for them. If you read the PNP of the various provinces, they all say "Long Haul Truck Drives" in their semi skilled program. So rather than shouting you may want to at least read the PNP requirements for semi skilled occupations.

I`m well aware of the PNP requirements, are you aware of the distances covered by Loblaws from their Regina outlet ??? Yes they have a lot of runs which mean you are back at the end of every shift but they also have runs where you can be away for 4 days at a time. As far as i`m aware these runs are mainly done by subbies at the moment but as the company hire more and more drivers, it doesn`t take a rocket scientist to work out who will end up doing those runs too.

Hi, we just landed in N.B, My husband was an HGV driver in the uk for many years before we came over, However when he went to "flip" his license, they took all his hgv qualifications off him.He was told it is now canadian policy to remove professional licenses, and he will have to re-sit a local Hgv test .
Just a heads up if you land in New Brunswick x

This is true for all of Canada . Some research might not have gone amiss ?