Complete your Heavy Rigid Truck Licence upgrade in our Mack fitted with an Automatic gearbox.
Or complete your Heavy Rigid Truck Licence in our Western Star fitted with a Roadranger gearbox.
Our Western Star Roadranger can also be used to complete your Heavy Combination Truck Licence .
We also offer Heavy Combination Truck Licence upgrades in our Automatic Mack.
If the assessment is completed in an Auto or Synchromesh gearbox a “B” condition will be endorsed on your licence. This will not allow you to drive a non Synchro/Road Ranger gearbox.
If the assessment is completed in a non Synchromesh/Road Ranger gearbox a condition will not be endorsed on the licence and therefore you can drive any gearbox configuration.
Contact us about our Condition "B" Removal services
Small trucks with a gross vehicle mass (GVM) of up to 8 tonnes. Any towed trailer must not weigh more than 9 tonnes GVM. Buses that seat more than 12 adults including the driver and a GVM up to 8 tonnes.
To upgrade to this Truck Licence class you must have held a Class C licence (not learner) for at least one year (including red P plates). Any time you've spent on a P1 licence counts, but you can't practice to drive an LR vehicle, or upgrade to an LR licence until you hold a P2 or full class C licence.
Trucks and buses with a GVM more than 8 tonnes and two axles. Any towed trailer must not weigh more than 9 tonnes GVM.
Have held a class C licence, (except a learner licence) or equivalent for one year or more. Any time you’ve spent on a P1 licence counts, but you can’t practice to drive an MR vehicle, or upgrade to an MR licence until you hold a P2 or full class C licence.
Trucks and buses with a GVM of more than 8 tonnes, and three or more axles. Any towed trailer not weighing more than 9 tonnes GVM. Bendy buses. Even though these vehicles are articulated, they’re treated as rigid vehicles.
Have held a class C licence, (except a learner licence) for at least two years. Any time you've spent on a P1 licence counts, but you can't practice to drive a HR vehicle, or upgrade to a HR licence until you hold a P2 or full class C licence.
Articulated vehicles with three or more axles. Heavy rigid vehicle trailer combinations including unladen dolly, with three or more axles. Any towed trailer with a GVM of more than 9 tonnes.
Have held an MR or HR licence for at least one year. Any time you've spent on a P2 MR or HR licence counts, but you can't practice to drive a HC vehicle, or upgrade to a HC licence until you hold a full class MR or HR licence.
B-doubles. Prime mover, low loader dolly and low loader trailer combinations. Road trains.
Have held a HR or HC licence for at least one year. Any time you've spent on a P2 HR licence counts, but you can't practice to drive an MC vehicle, or upgrade to an MC licence until you hold a full class HR or HC licence.
If you hold a licence that is endorsed with a condition "B" Ask Us about our Condition "B" Removal services
Criteria 1 – Pre-operational Check
Criteria 2 – Cabin Drills
Criteria 3 – Start, move off, shut down and secure
Criteria 4 – Manage Steering
Criteria 5 – Manages Gears
Criteria 6 – Manages Brakes
Criteria 7 – Manages Accelerator
Criteria 8 – Create & Maintain Crash Avoidance Space
Criteria 9 – Protect Crash Avoidance Space
Criteria 10 – Road Rules and Directions
Criteria 11 – Reversing
Criteria 12 – Hill Stop/Start
Criteria 13 – Load Securing
Criteria 15 - Bus Stop (Bus Only)
The Training Course must be completed which consists of the criteria listed above. You will be trained and assessed on these criteria, when you are up to standard you will be “signed off”. Once the Training course is completed you will be required to sit the Final Competency Assessment, which is a final drive that will be video recorded as an RMS requirement. After the FCA has been completed successfully You will be issued with a Certificate of Competence
1. Pass the relevant knowledge test (Rigid or Combination).
2. Pass a medical (Multi-Combination Only)
2. Pass the relevant eyesight test.
3. Obtain the relevant HVCBA Learner Logbook & Guidebook
4. Give us a call and book in your training
5. We train & assess you against the course criteria
6. We perform your final Competency Assessment & issue you with a Certificate of Competence (CoC)
7. Take your CoC to Service NSW & upgrade