SINGAPORE – A healthy and balanced bus driver is a much better driver. This is the philosophy of Singapore’s newest bus company, which is why Tower Transit is making it mandatory for every one of its drivers to learn exactly how to live a healthier lifestyle.
Since January, regarding 300 of the company’s bus drivers have actually gone through a work environment good health programme made by the good health Promotion Board. The Starting Right programme is section of the orientation programme for every one of brand-new drivers.
It entails a full-day workshop that teaches participants exactly how to consume and drink healthily. Drivers learn exactly how to read nutritional labels, plan healthy and balanced food, and make healthier meals selections through a virtual supermarket tour. It likewise entails mass exercise.
After the workshop, the drivers undergo good health screenings that are conducted within Tower Transit’s Bulim bus depot. Two weeks later, they grab one-to-one coaching sessions to assistance them achieve their good health goals.
According to the HPB, Tower Transit is the just transport business to make the work environment good health programme mandatory for its drivers. It is likewise the just business to have actually personalised coaching for participants.
“We look out for our bus captains’ personal, bodily and mental wellbeing due to the fact that a healthy, positive bus leader is a huge asset to us,” said Tower Transit Singapore managing director Andrew Bujtor. “A bus leader that is suit and well is much better able to concentrate on his or her driving, and is much more inclined to serve along with a smile and delight in his or her job.
“No quantity of cash worldwide can easily get that, which is why the ‘Starting Right’ programme is crucial to our bus captains, to us and to our passengers.”
The next phase of Starting Right will certainly take position after June. This will certainly manage workplace-related good health problems such as great driving ergonomics and sitting posture.
Apart from workshops, Tower Transit is likewise making sure that it provides A healthy and balanced environment for its drivers. The canteen at Bulim Depot does not serve white rice, just brown rice and regarding 70 per cent of drinks sold in the vending equipments will certainly bear the HPB’s healthier choice symbol. The depot likewise has actually table tennis and foosball tables to encourage the drivers to be much more active.
The programme is currently making a difference along with some drivers. “I used to believe brown rice was hard and tasteless, yet we were taught exactly how to cook it so that it comes to be soft and fluffy,” said bus leader Tay Hwee Yeow. “Now I’m much more encouraged to consume healthily and to make healthier selections at the supermarket or at hawker centres along with my family.”
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