Ready to launch your career in Commercial Truck Driving?

Oxigen is a great place to launch your career in commercial truck driving. We understand that gaining a commercial driving licence is sometimes daunting and expensive, so giving our team members the opportunity to learn and gain a truck licence is beneficial for our employees as well as taking steps forward in repairing Ireland's shortage of commercial drivers.

Oxigen offers two pathways in which our staff can gain a C / CE licence:

1. Taking lessons and tests in a local driving test centres, with all expenses paid by Oxigen.
2. Joining an Apprenticeship Scheme in ATU Sligo which runs during the academic year, in which apprentices attend online and in person classes to gain their licence and to learn more about logistics and safety.

Oxigen offers Option 1 all year round for general operatives that want to learn how to drive a commercial vehicle and take the test for the C / CE licence in their own time. Option 2 is available to employees during the academic year (i.e. September - June), in which they will have to dedicate one day a week to their classes.

ATU Sligo is the co-ordinating provider of the Transport Operations & Commercial Driving Apprenticeship with the Freight Transport Association Ireland as the industry partner. The Transport Operations and Commercial Driving Apprenticeship provides the academic qualification, practical training and work experience that supports a vibrant and exciting career in the freight distribution and logistics sector. Apprentices will receive expert driving lessons and training in advance of completing their C / CE driving test and attaining the Driver CPC qualification. On successful completion of the programme, apprentices will also receive a Higher Certificate in Business in Transport Services.

✓ To add value to both the apprentice and the employer, by providing opportunities for upskilling

✓ To enable and encourage academic progression and continuous professional development

✓ To position the apprenticeship not just as a job, but as the starting point for a career in the sector

✓ To provide regional jobs within the regions by being a nationwide Government supported programme

✓ To facilitate progression on to follow on qualifications, building the concept of commercial driving and transport operations as a lifelong career, for example a diploma, degrees and/or the advanced freight distribution and logistics qualifications

We are currently hiring new apprentices to be trained as truck drivers. Oxigen will pay for the training you recieve plus the driving test - in retrun, candidates must be employeed as a bin operative during the training process.

If you are passionate about earning your C licence and building a career in commercial driving, Oxigen provides the training, support and experience you need to get started.

Please contact: hrmanager@oxigen.ie to enquire about getting a role with Oxigen and starting your appenticeship.