LGV C1 7.5 tonne / Ambulance / Horse Box / Camper

For this LGV class you will need a full car licence, medical, LGV provisional licence and be a mini-mum age of 18 years. Training vehicles are modern, well maintained easy to drive vehicles but are small lorries and not vans. Car drivers who passed their test after 1st January 1997 will only be able to drive vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes gross weight. Any weight above this and you will need C1 entitle-ment on your licence.

Most ambulances have a gross weight of 4.4 tonne and require a C1 licence to drive them.
Horse boxes and campers that exceed 3.5 tonne will require a C1 licence to drive them.

The Course
Training is in accordance with the DSA sylla-bus, supplied by fully qualified DSA registered instructors. Our courses are tailored to suit the individual and will cover off road manoeuvring, braking, and vehicle checks. The course offers all the practical experience you will need to drive a large vehicle safely and to pass your practical test. The test will be taken on the last day of the course.

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

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.

When you pass…
Automatic driving licence issue
When you have passed you test, your examiner will ask you if you want him to send you licence off for you. A new licence will be issued automatically by the DVLA. You will be given a pass certifi-cate to prove you have passed your test. DVLA will send your new licence by post; which can take up to 3 weeks.

Sending your licence to DVLA
If you pass your test but do not want to use this automatic service, or have a licence issued before 1 March 2004, you will be given a pass certificate by the examiner. On the back of the pass certificate it tells you what you need to do next. This involves sending your licence and appropriate fee to DVLA who will then check your application and issue you with a new full licence.

If you don’t pass…
If you fail the test you should ask the examiner for some feedback, with your instructor present.

Please contact us to book in on this course.