Training
The Training will be delivered by an experienced and qualified trainer, face to face.
The training follows a specifically prepared course session plan.

Assessments will be conducted using a theory and practical assessment tool. The assessor will inform you of each of the assessments prior to them being conducted.

Roadworthy and inspection checklist

• Be roadworthy
• Be registered
• Have a current registration label and a registration plate fitted front and rear
• Be comprehensively insured
• Meet the Heavy Vehicle requirements for each class (Refer to using your vehicle requirements for the relevant class)
• Be clean and tidy, i.e. no loose articles in vehicle
• Have a windscreen that is in good condition in the area swept by the windscreen wiper path, (i.e. must not be cracked, scored or badly chipped or otherwise defective so as to obscure the drivers or testing officers vision)
• Have doors that open from the inside and the outside
• Have effective front and rear indicator lights
• Have effective brake lights
• Have effective head and tail lights
• Have effective windscreen wipers
• All tyres to be fitted to the vehicle must not show a smooth tread pattern that runs continuously across at least 75% of the tyre width that normally comes in contact with the road, or the whole circumference of the tyre
• Have front seat belts that are in good condition
• Have front seats that are securely affixed
• External rear view mirrors must not be defective where it would obscure the drivers vision
• Have effective reverse lights, and
• Have an effective horn
• Have L plates visibly and securely located at the front and rear of the vehicle.
• Check age and licence requirements, eg. Heavy Vehicle Learner Licence

Your vehicle must be loaded to at least 75% capacity by weight for training or tests. Weighbridge docket must be provided and it must have been issued within 24 hours of the course.