Excellent news. We are so pleased it helped. Thank you for your kind comments

Thanks Mo. Not sure about motivation speaking. I tend to find I make people go to sleep when I start talking

@@seanpargeter25 No ways am still awake and still waiting to watch for some more😜 Thanks so much, very informative and with high degree of integrity.

How much did it set you back all together boss?

@@seanpargeter25thanks very much. Your comments are greatly appreciated.

Thanks very much

Morning Tony. Thank you for leaving such a nice comment. Looks like you just have the driving to do. But just dont go with scummy brokers. Find a good company in your area. Good luck with it all. Sean

Nice one. Glad it helped. Just don’t use a broker

Thank you. Glad it helped

Thank you for you comments and continued business Great to see we both have excellent longevity 😎

Thanks for your comments You cannot fail CPC do maybe get theory test out of the way first Good luck Mr J!

Thank you Henry Glad it helped Just don’t us a broker mate!!! Sean

​@@EPTrainingServicesLimitedDon't worry, I won't. I'm planning on coming in for a chat on Friday!

Thanks Jack. Hope the advise proves to be useful.

That’s very kind of you to say. Thank u Just avoid those pesky brokers mate!

Thank you. I hope this guides you in the right direction. Just stay clear of those brokers!!!!!!!

Thank you very much for your kind comments Hope the info helped

Thanks Lee. Glad the info helped Just trying to warn good people like yourself against those rip off brokers. Good luck mate

Thanks James

Thanks mate. Glad it helped. Sean

Thank you very much for leaving a lovely comment Glad it helped!

We are only here to help you and we are glad we have done that. Thank you

Thanks Jass. Glad it helped

Thanks Essex Transport Training.

Thanks hope it helped

Cheers Scott! Class 2 is the way to go first. Please make sure you don’t book with a broker!

Your welcome Hope it helped

Hi and thanks for your comments. I am sorry to hear you took a route, which in hindsight you would not have taken. It's not your fault though as you were exploited and taken advantage of by these operators. We need drivers and good people are getting ripped of at the first point of entry. What a great advert for our industry! It's not right and not fair. . I hope everything goes well and you get you HGV licence soon. Please let us know how it all goes

Thanks, keep up the good work; it’s people like you that represent the industry well.

May of the other are just greedy

Thank you very much Pleased we helped Sean

@@EPTrainingServicesLimited where abouts are you based? I’m doing my case studies and hazard perception tomorrow (31st March) passed theory last Friday.

Sorry just read you’re in Surrey. Might be a bit of a trek for me as I’m in Chelmsford Essex. Shame as I’d have liked to do my training and Practical with your company

@@maverick9767 No problem Just contact Paul or Hayley at Essex Transport Training They are in your area and a top company

@@EPTrainingServicesLimited Thank you appreciate that! 😎

Cheers Chris for your comments. Sorry you got piles. Must be years of sitting on that hard drivers seat. They are much more comfy these days.

Thank you. Just avoid that broker scum!!!!!!!!!

Thank you.

Our pleasure!

No problem

Thanks mate. Bloody brokers

Got my test today 🤞🏾

@@vandj5000 how did you get on?

@@Harrythepot failed mate, it’s annoy because I never make excuses but they could have easily passed me ffs

​@@vandj5000do you have to pay all over again? Sorry to hear that mate

Thank you for your lovely comments.

Congratulations

Thank you

Thank you. Hope it helped

Thanks very much. Hope it helped. Sean

Thanks. It's best to go class 2 as it's less expensive than class 1 and less challenging to acquire. Also the money is good for class 2.

@@EPTrainingServicesLimited it's not so much the cost as the navy are putting me through the test it's more about going from driving a car then getting into a class 1 vehicle. It's a big jump and if the money is just as good with class 2 then I'm happy enough with that as due to retire from the armed forces soon and just need something not so stressful

Thank you

Thank you Michael Glad it helped

Thank you for your comments and glad they helped. Class 2 is a good idea. I agree with you If you go to my website and check my most recent blog it names all the brokers. Maybe worth checking and if it is just go direct. Thanks Sean www.eptraining.co.uk/news/article/who-are-the-hgv-training-brokers

If I can help at least one person avoid the brokers then that’s one less person being taken for a ride

I have already found your site and like the fact you have lots of pricing of various combinations of training (something a lot of companies seem shady about). I will check out the blog and as I'm only about an hour away from your training base and may well book further training with you when the time comes.

Thank you. Hope it helped!

I know Drivers' hours can be a quite daunting at first and there is a lot of misinformation out there.

Thank you

Thanks for the comment. Glad it helped

Thanks. Yes the same process is require for C1. That includes the Driver CPC!

Thank you very much. Glad it helped Just avoid the brokers and you will be fine

Thank you

Thanks very much indeed

Thank you for your comment

Best idea mate

I wish you had too I am guessing you maybe went via a middleman May I ask which broker you signed up with? Sean

20 years ago. Where does the time go. Glad you and us are still here!

@@EPTrainingServicesLimited I am mate but sod all that long driving and city driving, I done all soughts, I’m working airfreight now like I done since 2004, hardly any driving, just waiting lol Got my truck bed/night heater and KZfaq Easy money :)

Hi Bootcamp is a crock of shit. Too much times wasting and poor training. Typical government. Please check ONLINE to see if you have provisional C and CE.

Thanks Mark Good luck with your licence application You can drive a 7.5 tonner whilst waiting for your rigid Good idea!

We use Driver Theory4all Very good

If I was you I'd buy the dvla official book I found that a lot easier than the computer software. And as for the hazard precision test the software was nothing like the one I was given on my test

@@supersprinter1564 The book is good and for some it's ideal. But it's bulky and doesn't do mock tests. But it's whatever works. The HP is a joke. Just dont click too early!

@Sean Pargeter I passed in December but failed the theory twice using the computer software decided to buy the book and after only a couple of hours I was scoring in the mid 90% after a week doing a couple of hours a night I knew basically every answer and didn't need to do mock tests well I decided not to do mock tests because from my failed attempts I noticed they are nothing like the computer software anyways .and your also right Hazzard perception is a pain as the software I was given to practice wasn't cgi and my actual test was lucky I scored 78 on my first attempt .my reverse test I found easy and also found the practical test easy minus a few nerves at the beginning only got 2 minors on that test found a new job 1 days after passing and my wages went up 12k per year and I do 4 hours a day less work well worth putting the effort in as the rewards are great 👍

Hi Wisdom and thank you for your comments. You just follow the steps above however you will need to exchange your non UK licence for a UK one. You can exchange your licence at the same time you apply for your provisional HGV via DVLA. Other than that it's the same as per my video. Thank you

Thank you. Glad it helped and we very much look forwrad to seeing you

Thanks Robert for your comments. It would be lovely to catch up and have a chat

Thanks V much hope it helped

Hi and thanks for your comments. Firstly I am not advertising nothing….simply providing free advice based on my experience. I advise people to go for glass 2 as 1, it’s less expensive than class one 2, it is a less challenging driving test to pass on a cat C that CE. If you know how to reverse a trailer before you start the class one course will help. It’s really not that easy to reverse a 44 tonnes, as well as uncouple and recouple And then there the one hour on road drive and you have to give a good drive. I must admit it can look easy but actually doing it really is not that straight forward. 3, the money drivers earn between class one and class two is really not much different 4, the HGV driver shortage is with the cat C more than CE 5, employers are not overtly keen on taking those on that skipped cat C and went straight to CE. It’s all about experience and they still prefer the cat C and then CE route There are many other reason. I am not saying don’t go straight to CE, that is your choice and whatever you choose I am sure will work for you. The government changed the rules not down to road safety improving or there are better drivers out there. It was a political choice to tackle the driver shortage. Brokers are middlemen. They are not needed. You can do all this with a good local training company. I am not doing myself out of any income In fact my business is doing very well. I find that if we provide real sensible advise rather than trying to grab all your money then people trust you. In turn they will come back again for other courses and recommend their friends and family. We have customers that have been with us for over 30 years. Good luck with your choice

Spot on mate. I've been in this game for over 30 years and doing Class 2 first does not gain you the experience you need for Class 1. It probably pulls you in the wrong direction, and considering that even under the previous EU staged system, you could still go straight to class 1 immediately after passing class 2, then there was absolutely no requirement to gain any experience whatsoever before progressing to class 1. It was nothing more than an EU money spinner for the training industry. If you want to crack the class 1 reverse before starting your training, simply practice with a car and trailer as its no different to reversing a truck and trailer. Check out the old B+E car and trailer reverse test on You Tube and you will see that it was exactly the same as the C+E truck and trailer test. If you can crack the B+E with your own car and trailer, you will have no problem cracking the C+E.

@@xj358 thanks JP for your comments Spoken like someone who knows his stuff

Thank you As long as your 18 u don’t have to wait at all However I would recommend you obtain at least 6 months on road car driving experience It’s not ideal to go to HGV without much on road experience

Thanks very much. Government funding is available in the form of Bootcamp. However it's over subscribed and to be honest a complete joke of a system. People end up waiting literally years to get their licence via Bootcamp. When it should only take 3 months. Too many sham companies have the government contracts. Your best bet is to finance this yourself.

Glad it helped and you saved a lot of money. You don't need these brokers who will exploit and take advantage of you. F**K The Brokers

Well said and that advice is spot on. There are too many people ripping people off and never more so in the HGV training industry. It's not right and needs to be called out! Thank you for your comments!

Hi You can do 3a and 3b on the same day However you must have passed 3a to then take the 3b test In light of this it may be best to do the 3a one day and then pass 3b on another day. That way if you fail 3a you will have time to retest (only have to wait one day) . Module 4 will no doubt be done on a separate day after passing 3a and 3b Good luck

Hi and thanks for your comments. It was bad biting and after Covid But these days for provisional applications it’s no more than two weeks

Its disgusting the way they take advanatage of you. It should NOT be allowed

Do you have to pay all over again?

We are based in Surrey Please be careful who you do business with

Thank you so much god your kind words. I got we are based in Surrey. A wee bit too far. Big Wheelers in Wales are very good. Good luck 🤞

Hi mate Thank you glad it helped We are in Surrey Essex Transport Training in Colchester are brilliant

@@EPTrainingServicesLimited Cheers guys. Quick question, I started out my career building the bodies on lorries and I want to finish it driving them, I'm 52 now so wanted to ask have I left it too late?

Thank you and sorry for the late reply. The average age of the lorry driver is is 55 so you are just a youngster!!!

Hi You have to start over again and do everything in the video. Your driver CPC will be for bus only Thank you

Sorry to hear that. 600 applications and no job? It can be hard with no expereince but do keep with it. If you keep putting in the eactivity you will get a start. Good luck!

Trying to go straight into a class 1 job probably isn't realistic. Ideally, you want to go to a company that operates with different vehicle types and start on the rigids or 7.5tonners. Prove yourself there and you'll get the opportunity to graduate to the artics.

forgot to say i was on buses and then coaches biggest 51 ft harder to drive than a artic except for reversing of course currently on class 2 now abit of tramping and now over 1400 application's for class1 jobs and nothing been on the class2 for a year now getting to the point i wish i never took my class1 what i should of done is gone with Stobart's driving school passed with them so im tied to them for 2 years but when i went and got my class1 they then didn't want to know even though i was accepted on there in house training live and learn i suppose.@@raithrover1976

Hi Stu Thank you and yes you do the CPC case study at the theory test centre. You can do it the same time as the multiple choice and hazard perception Good luck 🤞

Exactly the same as the video You will only need to exchange your non uk to uk Easy

Thanks LA

Good afternoon and thanks for your comments. The national brokers are not good They have they no trucks or employ instructor. Please, please do NOT fall for their BS! You have J Coates and Neil Codd in your area. Good companies. You should get your class 2 and CPC for approx £2K Good luck mate and let us know how you get on Sean

Not sure what you mean ? Are you referring to the theory training material? If so we use driverthrory4all

Yes it does. If you have class 1 then they will also give you class 2 and 7.5 tonners.

Hi Chris Yes you can do your HGV from 7.5 tonnes It’s the same process if you did not have 7.5 tonnes The only difference will be how you complete your driver CPC You will need to do the 35 hours for CPC and NOT modules 2 and 4 We are based in Surrey do maybe a bit too far Just don’t go with a broker

Thanks for your reply

Ok thanks There is no need to read a number plate before the practical test

Thanks is this because you have already done your medical and have been issued provisional licence? How certain are you that you don't need to read number plate before Hgv test ?

@@BABZ786 after 25 years running a HGV training school you can rely on me when it comes to this information. Anyway you have already passed an eye test at the provisional application stage. And that test is harder than reading a number plate.

So I won't be asked to read a number plate at Hgv Practical test? Sorry for asking these questions 😊 just been wanting to be sure

Hi I been told by another driving provider you read a number plate in b part what's b part

We recommend drivertheory4all Very good way to learn Thanks

Yes it is

Cheers

Hi No You need to do the CPC before u can drive and be paid to drive. You can do modules 2 and 4 technically speaking but it’s a ball ache as u can’t book the CPC case study test online. You have to ring the DVSA etc. IMHO it’s better and easier to do the 35 hours as there is no exams to pass and you WILL learn more doing the 36 hours rather than modules 2 and 4 Thank you

Yes ok I understand now thank you for the reply I can see the 35 hrs would give me a much better grounding I was all set to book the case studies as I live really close to the centre but might hold off now I think it can be booked here www.gov.uk/book-theory-test but many thanks for information much appreciated

@@manleynet No problem. Glad we helped!

You will earn nothing that you dont aready know if you do Modules 2 and 4. The 35 hours is not much better however I am sure you will learn more

@@seanpargeter25 Thanks Sean I was not even aware I could just do the 35hrs till I see this video my circumstances are different to most as I found out I can get C&E though my existing employer but I possibly would not do this for a living there is a bunch more to this but that's the basics but finding out exactly what is required I must confess takes some research hence if I was wanting this for a living then anymore reading this I would advice to get everything delt with right from the start with a training company such as EP 👍

Thank you www.eptraining.co.uk We are based in Surrey

Thanks Just Google Drivertheory4all

No I am sorry we are only in Surrey. Dont use a broker

Hi mate If you pass class 2 then you will have a class 2 licence

I just had a thought. If you are going from car to class 1 why are you doing a class 2 test when it really is not needed. That's doing two tests to get 1 licence when you can do this in one test. Who are you signed up with for your training?

@@seanpargeter25 hi it’s rochdalelgv training

If you go onto their website it explains the steps of car to class 1 I’m open to any advice etc

Hi Mark, Ace Driver Training are in your area and NOT a broker. We are in Surrey. Thanks for watching the vid. Hope it helps.

Cheers Sean 👍🏼

@@MJWC66 No problem Mark

Hi Cypher The money is good Class 1 is between 35 and 55k Class 2 is between 35 and 47k

​​​@@EPTrainingServicesLimitedjust a question, I'm a south african hgv driver with 14years experience I have a UK driving licence for cars, I did the D2 and D4 form already. I want to know what do I need to do next to receive the E+C or class 1 driving licence?

Thanks Russell Once you pass the 3b the driving examiner will take your licence from and you will get a new one within 7 days. Once you pass 3b the CPC card will be sent through automatically to you. You don’t need to do anything. You should get your CPC card within 7 days of passing the 3b Hope this helps and thank you again Sean

@E.P. Training That really did help and was so straight forward. Thank you Sean