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Driver Education Ltd.

Truck Drivers
Class 1 or 3

Driving as a Profession for Large Trucks, Tractor Trailers, Ambulances, Taxis and Buses. This course is a supplement to the Basic License Drivers Handbook and covers instruction on:

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Size & Weight Restrictions

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Speed Limits

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Check Stop Inspections

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Transporting Dangerous Goods

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Air Brakes

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Bus Operation

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Fire Extinguishers

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National Safety Code

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Truck Operation

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Trip Inspection Reports

We provide 3 levels of training in both these classes:

All choices include: Knowledge Test, Road Test, and Reclassification of License.  (Class 1 also includes Drivers Medical)

Level 1: 10 hours on the

road instruction includes:

 

 Alberta Air Brakes Course

Level 2: 15 hours on the

road instruction includes:

 

 Alberta Air Brakes Course

Level 3: 20 hours on the

road instruction including:

 

 

 

Alberta Air Brakes Course

PDIC / GODI Courses

TDG Course

National Safety Code

Log books

Pre Post Trips

Chain Up


 

Alberta Class 3 License Regulations


You must be 18 years of age or older to obtain or begin to learn to obtain a Class 3 license. This license permits you to drive:
      - Any motor vehicle, or combination of vehicles, that holders of a Class 5 operator’s license may operate;
      - A single-motor vehicle with three or more axles;
      - A motor vehicle with three or more axles towing a trailer with one or more axles, if the trailer is not equipped with air brakes;

      - Class 2 and 4-type vehicles without passengers;
      - All motor vehicles included under Classes 1,2 and 6, for learning only.
No holder of a Class 3 operator's license shall operate a motor vehicle:

       - That has a seating capacity of more than 15, while that vehicle. is transporting any person other than the operator;

       - To transport passengers for hire.

For a road test for a Class 3 license you can use any single-motor vehicle having three or more axles. An air brake endorsement is required to operate air brake equipped vehicles.
 
 

        

Alberta Class 1 License Regulations


The minimum learning or licensing age is 18 years. This class of license permits an operator to drive:

      - Any motor vehicle, or combination of vehicles, other than a ..motorcycle.

      - Class 6-type vehicles, for learning only.
For a Class 1 road test you need a tractor-trailer combination with three or more axles which is equipped with air brakes. Proof of your air brake qualification is required before a road test will be given. This also includes drivers of farm vehicles registered as tractor-trailers.
 

 

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