DGSA Training Class

Fully Funded Category C Driver Training:

This course is designed for candidates who are currently unemployed or on a low income and living in County Durham or South Tyneside who currently hold a valid UK driving licence and wish to drive a rigid vehicle, RTP offer the relevant training required for them to start a career within the transport and haulage industry.

Route to gaining a licence:

  • Classroom Training – 2 days per week, duration 6 weeks.
  • LGV Medical – Attend an LGV medical exam and have a D4 Medical form completed by your GP.
  • Licence Application – Complete D2 licence application and send to DVLA along with the above D4 medical form.
  • Theory Tests – Pass Hazard Perception and Multiple-Choice theory tests.  Both theory tests can be booked by clicking here.
  • Practical Training – Complete intensive practical training with our DVSA registered instructor.
  • Practical Tests – Pass practical reverse and driving tests.
  • CPC – initial or periodic (as applicable)

Course Objectives:

The candidate will learn how to drive, manoeuvre, reverse and park a rigid vehicle in various situations. As well as this, perform routine safety checks, maintenance and inspections.

Course Content:

  • Introduction to the course
  • Introduction to the vehicle
  • Basic Manoeuvres
  • Safety Checks
  • Maintenance Inspection
  • Driving
  • Reversing
  • Coupling/Uncoupling
  • Practical Tuition

Duration: 6 weeks

Ratio of 2 trainees per instructor per rigid vehicle.

Practical driving test on final day of tuition.

Please Note: All delegates must be 19 years of age or over.

Please contact us for latest prices and available training dates.

Classroom DGSA Training

Classroom based 5-day Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser course.

Our classroom course is held in Billingham every quarter.

Exams and ADR manuals included.

Booking the course and Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) exams can be time consuming, so once you’ve provided your details we will book your DGSA examination with SQA, on your behalf.

You will receive all your learning materials including the ADR manuals on the first day of the course. We will send you further information about what you should (and shouldn’t) do in our pre-course guidance.

ADR Manuals

The main text for the course will be provided on the first day of the course. ADR consists of two volumes, but don’t worry, they are not designed to be read front to back, they are reference manuals.

The Course

The classroom course lasts for 5 days and is an intensive course, so it is important that you attend each day.

The Exams

You are required to pass three exams to qualify as a DGSA by Road: Core, All Classes, Road. The exams you sit are ‘open-book’. You use the ADR manuals (and other texts) to answer the questions presented. This means you are not required to remember what’s in the ADR; it’s more a test of how to find the correct information.

Please contact us for latest prices and course availability.

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Regional Training Partners

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