LGV C+E Class Arctic (Old Class 1)

The Course
This course requires lots of skill and judgement whilst driving and manoeuvring a large vehicle.
Our training courses are tailored to suit the individual and will cover off road manoeuvring, braking exercise, vehicle checks, uncoupling and re-coupling and safety check questions. The course offers all the practical experience you will need to drive a Large vehicle safely and to pass your practical test.


Objectives
This is a practical driving course, all trainees will receive tuition in all aspects relating to the C+E Category LGV test, safe manoeuvring and reversing, vehicle control and uncoupling / re-coupling. The driving test will be taken on the last day of the course.


What do I need
A full category C licence with provisional C+E Artic entitlement is required. No additional theory test will need to be taken. We supply everything else, all course material, safety questions/answers, information booklet, training vehicle and trailer and fully qualified instructor.


The C+E Class Artic Test
The test itself is the same as the Rigid test but requiring all the skill and judgement needed to drive a large vehicle with a trailer. Also after the test drive you will be required to uncouple and re-couple the trailer. This is done off road at the DSA test centre.


What will the test include?
Drivers seeking vocational licence entitlement should be experienced and technically expert, the as-sessment criteria reflects this. At the beginning of the test you will be asked five vehicle related safety questions which will be a combination of "show me" and "tell me". A driving fault will be re-corded for each incorrect answer to a maximum of four driving faults. If the candidate answers all five questions incorrectly, a serious fault will be recorded.
After the safety questions you will be examined on your general driving and on set exercises.
The set exercises will include:
Reversing into a bay (S Shaped reverse)
Braking exercise
The drive on the road last about 60 minutes and the overall test takes about 1hour 10 minutes

What happens during the test?
During the driving test the examiner will give you directions which you should follow. Test routes are designed to be as uniform as possible and will include a range of typical road and traffic condi-tions.
Throughout the test you should drive in the way you have been taught. If you make a mistake, don’t worry about it, it might be a less serious driving fault than you think and may not affect your result. The examiner will be looking for an overall safe and comfortable standard of driving.
You can make up to 15 driving faults and still pass the test (16 or more results in failure). However, if you continually incur the same driving fault, it will become serious by repetition. If you commit or incur one serious or dangerous fault you will fail the test. If at any time your examiner considers you to be a danger to other road users your test will be stopped.

Driving test standards
All examiners are trained to carry out the test to the same standard, they do not have pass or fail quo-tas. So as long as you demonstrate the standard required you will pass your driving test.

Weather conditions
The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) do not conduct tests in bad light or in adverse weather condi-tions for the safety of the candidate and the examiner. They will arrange another appointment at no further cost, but compensation for the use of the vehicle is not payable.

After the practical test
When the driving test is over, the examiner will tell you whether you passed or failed. You can re-quest feedback on your test from the examiner, who will then go through your performance during the test.


Course Content
* Health & Safety at work
* All relevant law
* Loading & Restrains
* Reversing & Manoeuvring
* Vehicle inspections
* Course material supplied
* Training to DSA test standard
* Uncoupling & Re coupling

Please contact us to book in on this course.