Despite a shortage of bus drivers, several training courses in the country are temporarily closed. A decision that the Transport Workers’ Union is critical of as it creates canceled tours and overcrowded buses. According to the union, over 4,000 drivers are missing. The education in Falkenberg will be closed in February.
16 weeks behind the wheel and in the theory room. Soon Paul Farjallah in Falkenberg will be a fully trained bus driver.
But Paul will be one of the last to attend the Vocational Academy’s training in Halland. Despite the lack of thousands of bus drivers in the country, several training courses are temporarily closed, which Transport företagen is critical of.
According to Arbetsförmedlingen Väst – which is now closing down the training courses in both Skaraborg, Fyrbodal and Halland – this is due to the fact that today there are too few who pass the tests to become bus drivers and it is intended to start new training courses in the future where the requirements have changed.
Hear the employment agency explain more in the player above.