Training for Heavy Vehicle Drivers

GLR TRAINING RTO (40724)

GLR Training is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) owned and operated by Gwydir Shire Council, offering heavy vehicle training and assessment to anyone wishing to obtain or upgrade their Heavy Vehicle Drivers licence. If you are interested, then GLR Training offers the following nationally accredited training courses:

TLILIC2014 – Licence to Drive a Light Rigid Vehicle

TLILIC2015 – Licence to Drive a Medium Rigid Vehicle

TLILIC2016 – Licence to Drive a Heavy Rigid Vehicle

TLILIC3017 – Licence to Drive a Heavy Combination Vehicle

TLILIC3018 – Licence to Drive a Multi Combination Vehicle

AgSkilled 3.0 Funding Now available!

GLR Training is pleased to announce that we have been successful in securing the ability to provide funded training.  The funding comes under the Smart & Skilled banner and is the AgSkilled 3.0 program stream.

The AgSkilled 3.0 guidelines are fairly specific in nature.  It’s for anyone interested or working in the agricultural plant-growing and livestock sectors.

Agricultural plant-growing includes fibre, grains, productions horticulture, viticulture and rice growing. This includes fodder and forage crops such as forage sorghum, pennisetum, millet, lablab, cowpeas, soybeans, grain sorghum and maize.

Agricultural livestock includes the raising/husbandry of beef cattle, dairy, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry, honey-bees, other livestock, animal management services used for commercial agricultural (food and fibre) production and/or pest/disease management for these livestock animals.

Applicants could be a primary producer, farm employee, industry professional (e.g. agronomist) or someone seeking employment in the sector, including job seekers and school leavers.

To be eligible for the funding you also need to fit into the following guidelines:

• 15 years old or over
• No longer at school
• Living or working in NSW
• Be an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident, humanitarian visa holder or New Zealand citizen

   

  If you meet the above criteria and you wish to apply for funded training, you will need to provide GLR Training with the following information so we can apply on your behalf:

• A copy of your current drivers licence
• A copy of the inside front cover of your heavy vehicle learners logbook

  (issued after completion of RMS knowledge test)

• A letter of support that includes the following information:

   

  Letter of support from employers (including self employed)

  • Business Name
  • Contact Name
  • Contact phone number/email address
  • ABN/CAN
  • Industry sector (i.e. fibre, grains, livestock or production horticulture)
  • Overview of the business (e.g. include enterprise(s), land size, employee numbers etc.)
  • Student/applicant: Full name, Date of birth and Job title
  • Training needs/requirements (relevance of training to current/future role)
  • How will this training benefit you/your business

                          - Economical Return of Investment (ROI) and/or

                          - Workforce retention/recruitment and/or

                          - Industry and regional impact

  • Name and signature of business representative

     

  Letter of support requirement for Contractors

  • Business Name
  • Contact Name
  • Contact phone number/email address
  • ABN/CAN
  • Business address
  • Industry sector (i.e. fibre, grains, livestock or production horticulture)
  • Overview of the business

                - Scope of work

                - Number of employee’s

                - Percentage of business work undertaken on farm

  • How will this training benefit you/your business

                        - Economical Return of Investment (ROI) and/or

                        - Workforce retention/recruitment and/or

                        - Industry and regional impact

Name and signature of business representative

Contractors will also need from a current client/industry representative:

• Supporting Business Name
• Supporting Business Contact Name
• Supporting Business ABN/CAN
• Supporting Business Contact phone number and email address
• Supporting Business Address
• Scope of work contractor undertakes
• Name and signature of supporting business representative

Please note that the funded AgSkilled training is only for Medium Rigid (MR) vehicles and above (Light Rigid-LR vehicles not funded).

If unfortunately, you do not fit into the above criteria but still wish to complete your heavy vehicle driver training we are still able to offer you training for a fee.  Training fees charged at:

Our trainers will do their best to work around your schedule and we can train you in your vehicle or make available a range of HV options to meet your needs. GLR Training will see you through to the completion of your testing and provide you with our unique GLR Certificate as your quality assurance.

Country roads can be killers. Drivers who are not experienced in driving long distances, driving through sun and shadow, driving on tar and on gravel, and driving when roads are wet or grooved, or when the conditions change suddenly, are likely to get just ‘one chance to learn’ before tragedy strikes. Be sure and certain. Train with the experts!

If you require any further information, please contact Karen Withers on 02 6729 3008 or 0476 786 017 alternatively you can send an email to gwydirtraining@gwydir.nsw.gov.au.

Drive safe!