Hi there hi all
I am new here new to driving industry wanting to be driving a truck (living the dream) Who would have thought it would have been this hard. Well I am starting from the bottom medical filled in, Entitlement back so practice my theory mind boggling amount of stuff to learn about road users, weights, hight limits road markings driver hours road signs abs jack knifing sheeting securing the load and the list goes on and on still have another 3 modules left to do. ( initial new driver cpc 5 modules).
Module 1.a 1.b
Well now I have passed my theory and hazard and can move on in this journey to the next part . The practical and cpc before I can drive professionaly.
Module 3
I have rang every company advertise as a hgv training school in my area with in a fifty mile radius of West Yorkshire I have managed to stay away from the train now and pay later deals or the we have schools across the country with national pass rate of a 99% and advise you new be wanna be hgv drivers too to not go near them!!!
Now what I have found that in Rotherham and Doncaster Sheffield training companies are a few hundred cheaper 300-400 then ones local to me . East yorkshire is cheaper then training companies In the West Yorkshire region, but i really can’t afford to be traveling back and forth to training center everyday and the thought of doing test in another cite (a city i never drove in)
On phone everybody is positive, helpful will speak to you will tell you how much courses cost make you feel good it’s the things u wanna hear when your starting out. I guess I will not know what it’s like until I try these schools training providers out my self as I don’t have any friends who have trained or done there Hgv licence or many friends that are drivers.
I don’t want to hand money over to just anybody i jave worked hard to save this money to take the leap there is no government funding for these sort of courses You have to invest in your self no body wants to be ripped of
As I have found out that anyone with a hgv licence who has held it for three years can become a hgv training provider how will I and people know and be able to tell the difference from the good bad and ugly training providers who give a bad name to all. Make it hard for us to put our trust in a product or service
Is it better to go with a company that has facilities and school and pay that extra few hundred or some one who is doing a cheap course
They say “that does not include your test fee u pay that towards the test agency” oh another line I have been hearing recently is “we don’t pay any vat on that so we don’t charge you that like most companies out there” " we have been doing driver training for six month "
I have booked some driving assessments this week to gain some experience and even then some people are charging 55 per hour to do them I will be using this time do get some experience behind a 7 and half tonner before booking any courses
would rather loose a £100 then £1000
What sort of things should I be on the look out for how will i know yeah this is the school for me that i want and know will help me get me to my destination of passing not just take my money and say thank you please come again and do that to the next person who is in the same situation as me who has worked hard to get what he wants.
Also if anybody has recently sat the module 2 if they could please describe what they thought of it and what to expect as you people and people that don’t know. There is not much out there for module 2 part of the test Guess it’s just a case of keep paying till u pass
I will be looking to book my cpc and driver training at the same time just need to make sure it’s the right place/people /trainer/provider
I will keep people updated as to what happens when I get behind the wheel of 7.5 for the first time in my life
P.s I am scared of heights
Take care fellow trunkers
Within 4 days I was declared test ready (not sure I felt it), and passed with 4 minors, which was a surprise because I was sure I’d failed when I failed to spot a car as I came out of a junction (and I blocked a pedestrian crossing). There’s a recommended list of trainers somewhere. You shouldn’t be paying for an assessment and should be doing it in the vehicle you will be taking a test on.
