Top Class Bus Driver Training School - Ellis Driving School

 

Ellis Bus driving school boasts of excellent driving instructors and well planned driving lessons in the whole of Sydney.

Ellis Qualifying for your HR licence will cover you to drive any MR (Medium Rigid) or HR (Heavy Rigid) bus or coach. This type of heavy vehicle drivers licence also allows you to drive an articulated bus. There are not many buses fitted with crash gearboxes as most buses use automatic gearboxes. The chances of you having to drive a bus or coach with a non-synchromesh (Road Ranger) gearbox are very unlikely.

 

 Bus Licence

EllisDriving School also trains drivers who want to get their licence and become qualified drivers for public buses, coaches, and/or any other relevant public passenger vehicle. The course has no practical component.  

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?

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.

Medium rigid bus (2 axles)

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.

Heavy rigid bus (3 axles)

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.

 

How to become a bus driver in NSW

The thought of getting behind the wheel of a bus for the first time may sound intimidating. Do not be discouraged! Bus Licence Ellis Driving School can make the process of becoming a bus driver less daunting.

There are two main documents that you need before you consider jumping behind the wheel of a bus with 13 seats or more in NSW:

 

 

1. Heavy Vehicle Licence:

The first document required to be qualified to drive a bus is the Heavy Vehicle Licence.

Most route buses only have two axles, one at the front that steers the bus, and one at the back that drives it. A bus like this (that is over 8 Tonne GVM) requires at least a Medium Rigid (MR) licence.

MR licence training and assessment, although covering trucks and buses, can be performed using a bus. This gives prospective drivers a headstart before they have even passed their heavy vehicle licence test. By doing such training using a bus, drivers have already spent a day behind the wheel of a bus in a controlled, safe environment with a skilled and qualified Driving Instructor.

Obtaining a heavy vehicle licence can be achieved through completing Heavy Vehicle Competency Based Assessment (HVCBA). Driving Instructors who undertake this assessment must fulfil compulsory criteria such as:

•     pre-start inspections;
•     braking;
•     steering;
•     reversing and hill starts.

 

2. Bus Driver Authority Card:

The second document you need to drive a passenger vehicle with 13 seats or more is a Driver Authority Card. The RMS issues these cards.

As part of the application for a Bus Driver Authority Card, applicants must complete a training course.

Ellis Driving School is registered with Transport for NSW and the RMS to deliver this course.

This course is delivered online, meaning it can be completed in the comfort of your own home. Not only is it more convenient, but it reduces your carbon footprint. Ellis Driving School doesn’t need to print paper books for you to use and you don’t need to travel to the training location.

Once your training is complete Ellis Driving School will issue you your certificate that must be included in your Bus Authority Application.

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