Class 1 Experience and Equivalency

Total Hours: 40

Total Cost: $4,000.00

Class 1 Road Test Permit: $217.00

Contact us by phone to pre-register and pay for all courses. Visa and MasterCard are accepted by phone, and Debit/Cash are accepted in person.

This course allows current Class 3 Drivers to take a condensed version of the Class 1 Training if they have 2 years of documented Class 3 driving experience.

To take the Experience and Equivalency program, drivers must:

• have a valid Alberta Class 3 driver’s licence

• have held an Alberta Class 3 driver’s licence or the equivalent driver’s licence from another Canadian jurisdiction for 2 or more years

• have 2 or more years of work experience operating a motor vehicle with 3 or more axles (vehicles that require at least a class 3 license to drive)

• apply to the Government to have their experience verified

• submit the application form with requested documentation of experience

Click here to download the application form for verification of experience, complete it, and submit to the Government at: trans.driver.prog@gov.ab.ca

Course Details:

This course is taught only on 13 and 18-speed manuals. It includes:

• 11 hours of classroom training.

• 22.5 hours of in-vehicle training

  • 9 hours driving time

  • 13.5 hours of ‘off-road’ maneuvers (couple/uncouple, backing)

• 6.5 hours of “in-yard” training (inspection activities)

This price includes the use of the tractor-trailer unit for the 2-hour Government road test. This price does not include a Driver’s Medical or the Government Road Test Permit.