{"id":16199,"date":"2019-06-10T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T18:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/?p=16199"},"modified":"2021-08-12T12:33:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T23:33:47","slug":"winz-quotes-for-driver-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/winz-quotes-for-driver-training\/","title":{"rendered":"WINZ or MSD quotes for driver training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you are receiving a WINZ benefit and want to improve your career prospects by building your driving skills, they may pay for courses, but you need to get us to provide a quote for you to supply to WINZ. Talk to your case officer and suggest which courses will help you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Courses that will help job seekers get into the workforce are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/course\/forklift-f-endorsement\/\">Forklift F endorsement (unit standard 18496) plus operator&#8217;s certificate<\/a>: Passing this course means you can operate a forklift in a warehouse, yard or on the road. The theory is done online and the practical can be done at any one of TR Driver Training&#8217;s 12 branches nationwide<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/course\/forklift\/\">Forklift operator&#8217;s certificate<\/a>: if you don&#8217;t need the F endorsement, the forklift operator&#8217;s certificate will give you a 3-year certificate to operate a forklift in a closed warehouse or yard. The theory is done online and the practical can be done at any one of TR Driver Training&#8217;s 12 branches nationwide. This can be a new or refresher course &#8211; the theory is the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/course\/logbooks\/\">Logbooks and work time: heavy vehicle drivers<\/a>: with over 3000 logbook infringement notices issued by police in 2018, it&#8217;s important that drivers ensure they know their obligations as fines are expensive and can cause loss of licence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/course\/pre-trip-inspection\/\">Pre-trip inspection: heavy vehicles<\/a>: trucks are expensive and freight is valuable. Learn how to do a proper pre-trip inspection so that you minimise downtime with expensive repairs and breakages, and you ensure that the load is safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/course\/fleet-driver-plan\/\">Fleet Driver Plan<\/a>: The gold standard in improving your knowledge of the road rules, advanced driving and driver health and safety. Used by thousands of people nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/course\/towing-low-speed-manoeuvring\/\">Low-speed manoeuvring and towing<\/a>: Most damage to company cars and trucks is caused in low-speed accidents. This course helps reduce the risk of you denting a company vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/course\/dangerous-goods-d-endorsement\/\">Dangerous goods endorsement<\/a>: A D endorsement on your licence means you can carry dangerous goods and it improves your prospects as a driver. The D endorsement has to be renewed every five years. Do the theory online and come into any one of TR Driver Training&#8217;s 12 branches to do the final assessment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are receiving a WINZ benefit and want to improve your career prospects by building your driving skills, they may pay for courses, but you need to get us to provide a quote for you to supply to WINZ.<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/winz-quotes-for-driver-training\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16199"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28824,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16199\/revisions\/28824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}