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Interested In Career As Hgv Driver

  • 04-01-2006 8:59pm
    #1
    mitsubishi1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 109 ✭✭


    Hi,
    I am very interested in a career as a HGV Driver.
    I currently have a full B licence.
    What I am looking for is any advice anybody can offer me as to where I would go to get information on this career etc.

    Any help would be appreciated.


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  • #2
    vector
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,756 ✭✭✭vector


    mitsubishi1 wrote:
    Hi,
    I am very interested in a career as a HGV Driver.
    I currently have a full B licence.
    What I am looking for is any advice anybody can offer me as to where I would go to get information on this career etc.

    Any help would be appreciated.

    Step 1 -Visit oasis.gov.ie to see what class of licence you require (ie. you already have B and that is good for a car, but see what you need to the heavier vehicles)

    Step 2-Get a provisional licence in whatever class it is (passport photo > eyesight test > theory test > motor tax office)

    Step 3-Using goldenpages.ie find out a driving school in your area that provides its own vehicles.

    Step 4-Apply for driving test

    Step 5-Pass the test

    Step 6-Using goldenpages.ie find out the names of hauliers and send them your CV

    This is just a quick outline, maybe your should talk to a few hauliers and join a union or whatever the de facto requirements are.


  • #3
    Scober11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 130 ✭✭Scober11


    Fairly pricey to get an artic licence (lessons and all) and you have to get a rigid licence first... HGV driving can be a fairly lonely life on the road especially on continental work...If you succeed getting licence try one on the big haulage contractors like Musgrave group or Tesco as usually they have very competitive rates of pay, union ,and good machinery.......... I don't hold a licence for here but an American company brought a load of us over a few years back, trained us and gave us trucks and away we went all over the country..its a good way of finding out if its a job you like and and a bit of a holiday.


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