Here at Armstrongs, we are well aware of the type of training services we deliver and we don’t try to pull wool over our client’s eyes that it is anything else.

So let’s be clear. Armstrongs, like all other heavy vehicle providers in the state, are providers of license training and assessment services. And there is no way that Armstrongs or any other training provider can dispute this.

Current Market Offerings Aren’t Designed To Produce ‘Drivers’:

From what is publicly advertised (plus what we hear from our clients and contacts) it appears possible to be issued with a Certificate of Competency for a Heavy Rigid Non-Synchro with as little as half a day’s training under your belt. So that’s four hours if anyone was wondering. The likelihood of any provider being able to turn a novice into a safe and competent “driver” in just four hours is impossible.

The License Threshold is Too Low To Produce ‘Drivers’:

Armstrongs CEO Craig Nicholson spent many a year obtaining his Masters in Assessment & Evaluation, Bachelors Degree in Education & Training, and Associate Diploma in Training & Development, all with a focus on (you guessed it) heavy vehicle driver training and assessment! Craig points out that “There are one hundred and forty six individual skills that a competent heavy vehicle driver should be able to demonstrate but only 38% of those are assessed in full or part when clients undergo their heavy vehicle training and assessment.” No wonder industry complains new drivers can’t drive!

Furthermore Craig explains “those skills that are trained and assessed are mainly low order tasks.” You get what you…train for I guess.

Client’s Don’t Want ‘Driver’ Training:

The overwhelming majority of the client’s we service don’t want driver training in any case. How do we know this? Well, the two most common questions asked by clients when inquiring about getting their heavy vehicle licence “How much?” and “How long?” The answer to the first question is easy enough to justify, but the answer to the second is much harder to convince prospective clients that more training is actually a good thing! We have lost a lot of business purely on the basis that our courses were too long.

Industry Won’t Pay For ‘Driver’ Training:

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So if you need your licence, then Armstrongs has a license training course to suit your needs across all categories of heavy vehicle and using all types of gearbox configurations.

However, if you are part of the small minority out there who would like to learn how to “drive” a heavy vehicle then we would love you as a client. Give us a call.