Yes!, If you want to “lift” the gearbox restriction on the Licence that you currently hold, then you have to use a vehicle with the gearbox type that you want to drive to undertake your training and assessment. For example, if you currently hold a MR with a B condition then you would need to use a truck with a road ranger gearbox (non-synchromesh) to undertake your practical driving test and this will lift the restriction to get you an open licence (unrestricted)

Your licence number will be loaded with your new class of licence once you have a paid a loading fee to the Department of Transport. If requiring a new licence card stating all classes of licence held you will be charged an additional fee.

The short answer is YES! We frequently train people who have an auto licence to drive trucks. In many ways it is easier to train auto drivers than manual drivers. Driving a truck, especially those with a Road Ranger gearbox is very different from driving a four on the floor manual car. In fact manual drivers often find it harder to change gear than Auto drivers who have never used a clutch or gearbox in their life.

We are often asked which HR Licence should be obtained before applying for work in the mines. Really, this is down to you to do your research. Some mines will require a HR open Licence; some sites will only require a HR with a B condition. Most of the large dump trucks are automatic and therefore a HR with a B condition will suffice but the mine could be running other sorts of vehicles within it’s’ operation – so better to check and be safe than sorry.

The simple answer here is knowing your road rules. All too often our instructors are spending hours instructing drivers on the road rules they should already know. To pass the assessment you need to put in an almost perfect drive. The small number of people who fail the assessment usually do so because their road rules are not up to scratch.

For example, do you know how to indicate at a roundabout? How many times does your indicator have to flash before you change lanes? Which lane do you turn in to when turning from a single lane road to a dual lane road?

If your memory needs refreshing on these, go to the Department of Transport interactive quiz.

You will need to have held a C class Car licence for at least one year for Light and Medium Rigid Trucks and for two years for Heavy Rigid classes. For Heavy and Multi Combination classes you will need to have held a Heavy Rigid licence for one year.

If you are going to be obtaining your LR or MR licence, then you will need to get your learners permit from The Department of Transport, which must be carried on you during all lessons and produced on the test day with Department of Transport. As soon as they have issued this you are ready to drive. At the same time as you get your test entitlement from Department of Transport you can complete the therory test. For MR (Medium Rigid) you will need to have passed this before you can take a driving test.

The test consists of ten questions, of which eight must be answered correctly. The ten questions are chose randomly from a set of seventeen questions so you will need to know the answers to all seventeen questions.

When you have the test entitlement and your theory test, give us a call and we will book your first training session at our nearest branch ASAP.

We do refresher training, VOC (Verification of Competency) Fitness to Hold and Extra Ordinary Licences (court order must be supplied)

The Beetle is not just there for cosmetic purposes although we think it looks good. If you look carefully at Herby you will see it is full of concrete. The reason being, is that the truck has to be loaded for you to do a driving test. We felt that the novelty of a Beetle looked better than plain drab concrete blocks. So poor old Herby now weighs about eight tons.

Training is available between the following times:

Monday to Friday: 6.30 AM to 4.00 PM
Saturday: 6.30 AM to 11.30 AM.