Saturday, 21 September 2019

Truckers’ Introduction To Heavy Combination (HC) Truck Course Training


Ask any active trucker about life on the road; they will tell you how fun and exciting driving can be. The liberty to move anywhere and anytime at a fast pace with the wind gushing through their faces and excitement coursing through their veins.

But without having a legitimate trucking license, driving can also be detrimental. Perhaps that’s why it is so important for truckers to procure an HC truck license. It will not only expend their career choices but will also keep them out of any legal restrictions.

So, for eager truck drivers wanting to make it big in this exciting and lucrative industry, here’s one course training they should opt for without thinking twice.

About HC Truck License Courses Coverage:-

  • Cabin Drills
  • Pre-operational inspections
  • Starting, moving off, shutting down and securing vehicle drills.
  • Managing gears, steering wheels, accelerators and even brakes.
  • Formulating and maintaining crash averting strategies.
  • Protecting crash avoiding spaces.
  • Knowledge about all necessary road rules and conditions.
  • Learning about hill start and stop.
  • Properly securing heavy load.
  • Reversing techniques.
  • Coupling and uncoupling techniques.
After issuing your HR or MR truck license; you can un-hesitantly begin training with HC class vehicles. And although you may not require a learner’s permit, you will need a supervisor to monitor your training. And it cannot be any supervisor.

She/He should:-

  • Be a licensed driving instructor holding an HC (or higher) class driving license.
  • Have held a legit HC truck license for 4 years minimum.
  • Be a youth driving instructor at some truck driving school in Sydney and hold a current HC truck (or higher) class of driver’s license.

Your Requirements:-

  • As P1 and P2 license holders are not eligible for an HC truck license; you will need to possess a class MR or HR license.
  • You will have to clear the eyesight test and also pass the HC knowledge test.
  • You have to get an HVCBA log book and guide, and also clear the Heavy Vehicle-based assessment to acquire their Competency Certificate.

“If You Fail The Practical Driving Assessment?”

You will need to sit for your practical driving assessment after a minimum of 7 calendar days. This is to give learners more time to brush up on their training and course lessons so that they can achieve the required standard.
(However, you will again need to pay the practical assessment fee).

“If I You Pass The Practical Driving Assessment?”

After you have cleared your practical driving assessment; your existing licence record will get updated and showcase that you are eligible to hold an HC class truck licence in Sydney. Furthermore, a new license card will get issued when you renew your old one.

With HC License You Can Drive:-

  • Tow trucks
  • Concrete trucks
  • General Freight Delivery trucks
  • Logging trucks
  • Refrigerated trucks
  • Fuel tankers
(You should look to replace the existing licence card with the new one as it will reflect your upgraded class of license).
Now that you know about all the course and the key requirements enrol for HC licence course training in Bankstown at a trustworthy truck driving school.