Heavy Rigid Vehicle
This allows you to drive ANY rigid vehicle including Vehicles with 3 or more axles and Prime Movers.
PLUS Any towed trailer with a GVM of up to 9 tonnes, and this class also includes Bendi-Buses.
To get a class HR ( Heavy Rigid) licence it is necessary to:
- have held a minimum of a class C licence or equivalent (not a Learner’s Licence) for at least 2 years;
- pass an eyesight test;
- pass a knowledge test;
- ·pass a class HR driving test or complete a Competency Based Assessment Test
At DAVIDS we offer AUTOMATIC or CONSTANTMESH gearboxes in the HR Licence class:
We also offer HR AUTOMATIC
This takes some of the pressure off you and allows you to concentrate on the other major factors required to competently operate a heavy vehicle in traffic, especially while you are learning, without restricting you to driving an automatic truck once you have completed all competencies to obtain your licence.
· When you do your licence in a truck with a synchromesh gearbox which is like a car manual, or on an automatic you will get a conditions “B” placed on your licence that only restricts you from driving constantmesh gearboxes where you have to double shuffle to change gears (this type of gearbox is no longer as common as it used to be in HR vehicles and is not usually found in most Japanese or European trucks like Isuzu or Volvo
· If at a later date you wish to remove the condition “B” from your licence, you simply take a loaded MR vehicle or above to the RTA and do a gearbox assessment. Alternatively, upgrade your licence class in a constantmesh gearbox at a later date.
· If you currently have a MR licence and it has no conditions “B” on it, then you can upgrade on an automatic and still have an unrestricted licence issued to you.
Assessment
This is a NSW RMS approved Licence course. Drivers will be trained and assessed against the RMS competency standards by our RMS accredited assessors. After the required standard of competency has been achieved the RMS will issue the appropriate licence.
Cost
We specialise in one day courses. These courses suit most people that can competently drive and do so regularly.
However we can revert to an hourly rate if more, or less time is required to complete all of the RMS licence requirements.
