Heavy Vehicle Courses | Truck Driving Schools | Heavy Vehicle Driver Training | Melbourne Australia

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Heavy Vehicle Driver Training Courses

One-on-One Tuition - The Barkly Difference

For more than 40 years, Barkly Driving School has provided high quality, comprehensive professional heavy vehicle driver training to thousands of students. Our programs are unique: unlike most driving schools, Barkly’s truck driving instruction is conducted on a private, one-on-one basis.

There is never more than one student in a truck. You won’t find groups of students crowded into a truck for observation time, as with many schools.

Observation time simply means that students sit in the truck and watch each other drive. Trucking schools often do this to cut their own costs and artificially inflate the total hours of behind the wheel training most of which is not student driving. Barkly believes observation time offers minimal instructional value.

We believe you learn to drive by driving, not watching. At Barkly the focus is on you. We value our students, their safety and their training. Barkly does not compromise this to save money by training several students in a truck. Your training is too important to us. Contact us to talk about the Barkly difference.

Heavy Vehicle Driver Training Courses

Courses for all heavy vehicle categories are tailored to suit the customers needs and timeframes.
All courses are conducted from our location or off-site depending on the needs of the client.

Major elements of all schedule heavy vehicle courses include:

Road law and regulations
System of vehicle control
Skill maneuvers
On-road practical driving
Driver attitude
Licence test assessment.
A ratio of 1 student per Instructor.

For customers who cannot afford the time off or the upfront costs of all scheduled courses, Barkly Driving School offers competency based training on an individual basis.

List of Courses

Our current courses are listed below. For more information on a course, click the link.

Costs of Competency Based Training for One Hour Lessons: (incl. 10% GST if applicable)

Light Rigid Vehicle	$80.00 1hr
Medium Rigid Truck	$80.00 1hr
Heavy Rigid Truck	$90.00 1hr
Heavy Combination	$110.00 1hr
Testing Fee	$180.00
Booking Fee (Test)	$60.00
Licence Fee (Vic Roads)	$25.00
Truck and Bus hand book	$10.00
Theory Classes	$100.00
Knowledge re-tests	$35.00
Knowledge Test Interpreter	$50.00
Knowledge Test Verbal	$50.00

All fees are subject to price rise without notice.