Ukrainian evacuee is first to be employed as bus driver through recruitment scheme

Ukrainian evacuee within the UK has turn out to be the primary to be employed as a bus driver by way of a recruitment scheme.

Volodymyr Syrotiuk, 61, labored in a warehouse and drove heavy items automobiles close to Kyiv earlier than the invasion by Russia in February 2022.

He has since settled in Brighton and has joined Brighton and Hove Buses as a driver.

Parent firm Go-Ahead started taking steps to rent Ukrainians in November final yr in a programme supported by the Department for Work and Pensions.

The Government has eased the method for Ukrainians to trade their driving licences for British variations.

Mr Syrotiuk mentioned his new job has made “settling into the country easier”.

He went on: “I’d encourage my friends from Ukraine to come here and to seriously consider being a bus driver like me.

“I get to be in a position where I’m responsible for 80 people every journey and it’s satisfying.”

The UK has suffered from a scarcity of bus drivers because the finish of coronavirus lockdowns.

Industry physique the Confederation of Passenger Transport lately estimated that 7% of bus driver positions are vacant.

Content Source: www.normal.co.uk

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