How do you get a bus licence? - Ellis Driving School
The MR bus licence course is one of the most popular courses offered by Ellis Driving School, educating learners on how to drive a medium rigid bus.
Ellis Driving School is a family owned business and have been in business well over 20 years. Our driving school has helped hundreds of people from different backgrounds and ages in getting their licences, including: C Licence, LR Licence, MR Licence, MC Licence, HR and HC Licences. We take your training in bus driving, truck driving very seriously! Our driving school has been training people from New South Wales including Wollongong, Midagong, Gosford, Pennrith, Bankstown & Newcastle.
Bus Licence
Ellis Driving School provides training to any drivers who are wanting to obtain their Bus licence and become a qualified driver for any public buses or coaches and/or any public relevant public passenger vehicle. There is no practical component to the course.
Course Requirement:
– Must be at least 20 years of age, and have held an Australian driver’s licence for a total of at least twelve 12 months in the two 2 years preceding the date of the application.
– Completed and passed the examination or assessment & be able to work in Australia.
The NSW Department of Transport & Infrastructure will request any criminal history from Australian Police services and a driving history from the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority.
Participants are required to undergo a medical check, provide photographs, and a licence fee of $70 is payable directly to the NSW Department of Transport & Infrastructure.
Course Duration:
– 4 Hours one-to-one in class
Course Details:
– Legislation and Driver Authority
– Customer Service
– Vehicle Operations
– Breakdown & Emergencies
– Driver welfare and Safety
How Do You Get a Bus Licence?
Ellis Driving School, to drive a bus in Australia you need a medium rigid (MR) or heavy rigid (HR) licence, there’s no such thing as a ‘bus licence’. The MR licence covers buses with a gross vehicle mass of more than eight tonnes and no more than two axles. The HR licence covers buses with a gross vehicle mass of more than eight tonnes and three or more axles (including articulated buses).
For either licence, you need to successfully complete HVCBA – heavy vehicle competency-based assessment. You can do this for an MR licence as soon as you’ve had a class C car licence for at least one year (including your time spent on P1). You can start practicing with a supervisor in an MR vehicle as long as you have at least a P2 licence for cars; it’s even possible to get your MR licence before you get a full class C licence.Before you can get the medium rigid licence you must pass the MR knowledge test and an eyesight test, as well as HVCBA.
With a class HR, you must have held a class C licence (at least P1) for at least two years. You can practice with a supervisor as soon as you have a P2 licence.
Like with the MR, you need to pass a knowledge test and an eyesight test as well as the HVCBA or a heavy vehicle driving test. The test is identical in an HR to an MR and is not much more expensive. Getting an HR licence will give you more employment opportunities, so go for that licence if you can.
If you want to apply for the licence, you can fill out this form.
Once you have your MR or HR licence you’ll need to meet other requirements in order to be able to carry passengers. You need to apply for authorisation from the relevant department (e.g. Service NSW in NSW).
To be eligible you must be at least 20 years old (although it’s 21 in some areas), hold an unrestricted driver licence that you have held for a total of at least 12 months in the previous 2 years, be medically fit to drive a public passenger vehicle and have successfully completed Bus Driver Authority training.
In the application, you’ll need to send in a police check that’s no more than 3 months old, a medical assessment no more than 6 months old, a certified copy of your licence, 2 recent passport photos, evidence of training and any payment required.
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Truckdriving schools in New South Wales, including Wollongong, Midagong, Gosford, Penrith, Bankstown, and Newcastle.
To make a reservation with Ellis Driving School, please review the available courses and contact us to make a reservation!
We, the Ellis Driving School, are a family-owned truck driving school in Sydney, and we are proud to have completed 20 years of excellent service to all truck and trailer drivers who require their licences.
We are one of the best driving schools in Sydney, and we have helped many truck drivers obtain their C, LR, MR, HC, HR, or HC licences.
Ellis believes in providing the best service at the most reasonable price.
Apart from catering to the needs of truck drivers, our truck driving school in Sydney also trains them towards a successful career in truck driving. The Ellis truck driving school boasts of excellent driving instructors and well planned driving lessons in the whole of Sydney. Each driver is allotted to a specialised driving instructor, to learn all the intricacies involved in driving a truck on the roads of Sydney and all around Australia.
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