HEAVY RIGID (HR)

TLIC3004  Drive Heavy Rigid Vehicle (Release date: 29 February 2016)

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A motor vehicle that has 3 or more axles and a gross vehicle mass (GVM) greater than 8 tonnes.

 

Experience required to upgrade your licence or remove a restriction:

Must have held:

• ​C (Car) class licence for at least two (2) years; or

• LR (Light Rigid) class licence for at least one (1) year; or

• MR (Medium Rigid) class licence for at least one (1) year.

 

When can you start learning to drive:

• 12 months after attaining your car licence (C class), NOTE: you will only be eligible to sit the HR (Heavy Rigid) Assessment after you've held your C (Car) class licence for two (2) years!

• On attaining your MR (Medium Rigid) class, LR (Light Rigid) class licence or C (Car)                                                                      

       class licence.

 

Click HERE to got to the Department of Transport website for all the info on HR.