Heavy Combination Course

Is This The Right Licence For You?

A Heavy Combination (HC) licence is required for a prime mover to which is attached a single semi-trailer that has a GVM greater than 9 tonnes. A HC licence is also required for a rigid vehicle to which is attached a trailer greater than 9 tonnes GVM.

A Heavy Combination (HC) licence is generally required for the following driving roles:

  • Container Transport
  • Refrigerated Transport
  • Road Construction & Quarry Driver
  • Bulk Garden Supplies
  • Heavy General Freight
  • Tanker Driver

Further information and an overview of the road transport industry, employment prospects, weekly earnings, current vacancies, and whether you’re the right fit for the industry can be found here.

Course Options

Armstrongs offer a range of weekday and weekend courses. Depending on the amount of behind-the-wheel training you want, students can choose from the following course options.

Course Type Length Fee  
Heavy Combination Automatic (Experienced) 1 day $1620.00

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Heavy Combination Automatic (Express) 1.5 days $1945.00
Special
$1847.75
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Heavy Combination Automatic (Plus) Beginner 2 days $2585.00
Special
$2455.75
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All Heavy Combination courses are only available using an Automatic gearbox configuration. Non-Synchromesh training is not available in a Heavy Combination.

* All heavy vehicle training conducted on a Saturday will attract an additional $120.00. Where a student's course takes place over successive Saturdays, or a series of Saturdays, students will be charged $120.00 for every Saturday that the student's course is delivered. Weekend course fees will also be charged if all, or any part thereof, of the course takes place on a Victorian Public Holiday.

Course Overview

Armstrongs' heavy combination course has been custom designed to develop vital driving skills and knowledge necessary to successfully gain your heavy combination licence.

The course consists of the following components:

  1. Optional Pre-drive Theory Session*
  2. Driver Training

Course fees cover both the optional Pre-drive theory session and driver training. Terms and conditions apply.

*Students have the choice of completing the Pre-Drive Licence Component either (i) as part of their course or (ii) in addition to their course. Students with language, literacy, or numeracy concerns are advised to attend a Pre-Drive session in addition to their driving course. Pre-Drive sessions are delivered at our office and are 1.5 hours in length during which students will complete course enrolment forms, eyesight and height check and will undertake the VicRoads Knowledge Test. It is important that students study the relevant material prior to undertaking the Pre-drive. For those students who wish to complete their Pre-Drive Licence Component within their course, the amount of behind-the-wheel training that a student ordinarily receives will be reduced by that amount of time that an individual student requires to successfully complete the Pre-Drive Licence Component.

Training Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:

  • Correctly start, steer, position, manoeuvre, and stop the vehicle
  • Correctly managing engine power to minimise gear and engine wear
  • Reverse, maintain visibility, and accurately position the vehicle
  • Correctly park, shut down and secure the vehicle
  • Successfully identify and avoid hazards (defensive driving)
  • Safely load the vehicle and use the most appropriate load restraint method
  • Correctly conduct coupling & un-coupling procedures

Pre-requisites & Entry Requirements

  • A current Australian Driver's Licence card; and have held a medium or heavy rigid licence for minimum of 12 months; a secondary form of ID is also required; please refer to Armstrongs' Terms and Conditions for details
  • Wear appropriate clothing, including fully enclosed shoes, either boots or runners.
  • All training and assessment is conducted in English so a practical level of English language comprehension is required. Student's whose first language is not English must contact Armstrongs before booking a course to better assess their suitability to undertake this course and restrictions around the use of interpreters during training and assessment. Failure to do this may result in any course fees paid being forfeited.

Required Training Materials

All required training materials will be provided by Armstrongs upon course payment.

eLearning is available to all students to support their learning, access to this is available through the Resources page of our website.

Applicable Fees

Upon successful completion of your course, there will be further fees payable to be issued with your licence that Armstrongs will collect on VicRoads behalf:

Fee Type Fee
VicRoads Assessment Fee $30.80
VicRoads Issue Fee $34.08

Please note that the VicRoads Issue Fee can only be paid via Mastercard or VISA. No cash payment can be accepted.

What's Included in Your Course

All courses come with:

  • Unlimited Optional Pre-Drive Theory Sessions Prior To Your Driver Training

Depending on the course type you choose, you’ll also get:

  • Express - Two Attempts to Pass Your Theory and Driving Assessment
    Assessments can be stressful and nerves can sometimes cause students to make simple driving errors. That's why all Armstrongs Express heavy vehicle courses include an additional re-test*+. That means you'll have two attempts to pass your theory and driving assessment at no additional cost!!
  • Plus - Three Attempts to Pass Your Theory and Driving Assessment
    If you want more, then you'll get more with a Licence Plus course. Apart from more behind-the-wheel training than any other Armstrongs course, you'll get three attempts at passing your theory and driving assessment+.+.

*Where a student requires a third retest or more, the third retest and any subsequent retest will be at an additional cost.

+Armstrongs additional re-testing policy does not include additional training required before an additional/included re-test is undertaken. Additional training costs apply.

By booking a heavy vehicle license training course you are acknowledging acceptance of Armstrongs heavy vehicle terms and conditions of sale.

No free re-testing included with the Experienced course.

Questions? Call us on 03 9464 6464 or Request a Booking