Workforce Matters
Class 1 Driver Licensing - Growing the Ōpōtiki Community Driver Mentor Programme
In 2017, Ōpōtiki District Council established the Ōpōtiki Community Driver Mentoring Programme, in partnership with other funders, such as the Bay of Plenty Regional Council who provided the vehicles used in the programme. Eastbay REAP delivers this programme locally and almost 300 young people have achieved their Restricted or Full Licences to date. We're pleased to also be working with other local Class 1 Driving Instructors and Defensive Driving teachers as well. Working together, we can improve our rate of licenced drivers, and road safety. This is a free service that provides mentoring, practice drives in both Ōpōtiki and Whakatāne, a pre-drive practice immediately before your official test, and a vehicle to practice/sit your test in, if needed.
Pop into Eastbay REAP at 93 Church Street, Ōpōtiki, between the hours of 8:45am-12:15pm Monday to Friday, to see how they can help. Or, you can contact the Ōpōtiki mentor Nams directly at Nams@eastbayreap.org.nz.
Read more about our mahi!
We've created a series of informational pages that appeared in the Ōpōtiki Newspaper during the first half of 2023, covering a range of the mahi our team gets up to. You can view and download these below.
- Read and download our Mahi Ora Ōpōtiki brochure. PDF
- January 2023 Workforce Matters - Cadetships at Council. PDF
- February 2023 Workforce Matters - Class 1 Driver Licencing. PDF
- March 2023 Workforce Matters - Training and Employment Stories. PDF
- April 2023 Workforce Matters - Apprenticeships. PDF
- May 2023 Workforce Matters - Working with Ōpōtiki College. PDF
- June 2023 Workforce Matters - Employers and Success So Far. PDF
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Workforce Development Co-ordinator | Genral Workforce enquiries |
Maia Calcott | |
maiac@odc.govt.nz | workforce@odv.govt.nz |