Presentation of Six New Zealand National Certificates to
Bill Gibson-Patmore.

Drivers on Call Training Director, Bill Gibson-Patmore, certainly knows what it’s like to be in the shoes of an up and coming trainee.

The Tauranga man recently achieved six National Certificates in Driver Education and Heavy Transport Driving making him one of the best qualified trainers in New Zealand.

Tranzqual’s Northern Regional Manager, Chris Fryer, presented Bill with his certificates and said he believed it was the first time a student has achieved such a broad range of these qualifications, and it underscored the value of the NZQA system supported by Tranzqual Industry Training Organisation.

Bill Gibson-Patmore, Training Director of Drivers on Call Limited, was presented with the six certificates by Chris Fryer, the Northern Regional Manager of TRANZQUAL Industry Training Organisation.

Bill has had wide experience of professional and commercial driving involving many aspects of road transport. He is also a very experienced adult educator and commercial driving tutor, with over three thousand delivered lessons to his credit.

However, he says, the study towards these higher level National Certificates was a means of verifying that experience with a set of formal and relevant qualifications.

The certificates were achieved over an intensive three-month period through NZQA-approved, Private Training Establishment, Vertical Horizonz Group.

“It was a confirmation of my skills and knowledge and it was felt it would be in the best interests of our company, our staff and our clients to complete.”

“It means I know how the study and assessment system works having completed it myself. I can assess trainees to the highest level possible through the NZQA and Tranzqual system and provide them with the best driver training in the country.”

Drivers on Call is a nationwide company established by Bill and his wife Judy to assess, train, and qualify, professional heavy truck drivers; and to supply them as a contract relief driver service to various road transport operators throughout New Zealand.

"We want a driver supplied by Drivers on Call to be the best available relief heavy truck driver to meet the specific needs of the assignment he or she has been placed on. That person will be safety-trained, drug-free, properly licenced, verified with skills,  and committed to excellence in delivery of that assignment”

To meet these values Bill has chosen to implement assessments and training plans for all staff, based on the Tranzqual administered Unit Standards library, and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority's NZQA Framework.

“Unit standards implementation is the only robust and universal form of industry recognisable performance measurement,” Bill says.

"On the job assessment and verifying skills while advancing all Contract Drivers towards formal qualifications is an integral component of the Drivers On Call business."

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Bill Gibson-Patmore, Training Director of Drivers on Call Limited, was presented with the six certificates by Chris Fryer, the Northern Regional Manager of TRANZQUAL Industry Training Organisation.
 

 
(pictured above, left to right: “Blaize Robinson, General Manager of Vertical Horizonz Group; Chris Fryer, Northern Regional Manager of TRANZQUAL Industry Training Organisation;
Bill Gibson-Patmore of Drivers On Call; Bill Hadley, Transport Assessor, Vertical Horizonz Group.)

More details may be seen at www.driversoncall.co.nz
 

Schedule of NZ Qualifications awarded to Bill
Six individual New Zealand National Certificates:

• New Zealand National Certificate in Driving (Education & Assessment) Driver Educator

• New Zealand National Certificate in Driving (Education & Assessment) Heavy Motor Vehicle

• New Zealand National Certificate in Driving (Education & Assessment) Light Motor Vehicle

• New Zealand National Certificate in Driving (Education & Assessment) On-road Motorcycle

• New Zealand National Certificate in Goods Service Vehicle (Heavy Vehicle Driver) Heavy Combination Vehicle

• New Zealand National Certificate in Goods Service Vehicle (Heavy Vehicle Driver) Heavy Rigid Vehicle

Other qualifications and NZQA standards held may be seen here>