Hi from Brisbane all so some Q's

Well, speaking from THIS side of the Commonwealth (Can), most new, in-experienced drivers that are fresh from drivers school usually apply for low paying, crappy local trucking jobs that barely pay the bills. Put in your time and consider yourself lucky to get on anywhere to get experience. Once you have a few years on different peices of equipment, and a clean record, then you can start to write your own ticket.

 

yes there is light at the end of the tunnel, how i did it, unless you know someone in the trucking industry try getting work through a labour hire place like labourforce or workpac helps once you get a years experience you can pretty much canvas any transport company unless your happy working for the temp agencies. i'm not sure how the rules are now i think you have to get an MR first you may have to wait a year then skip hr and go straight to HC.

 

Hi,

From a car licence you can go to a HR and then wait 12 months and straight to an MC. Or as aussiejosh said MR then HC.
MAJOR Training at Yatala or Caboolture can teach you.

Places like Driver recruitment etc might be a good place to start when you have your MR or HR. Good luck!

 

Go hr then mc and have to agree with all the above , but major have a good wrap so that should help u get ya foot in the door to a transport company / recruitment mob like driver recruitment.

 

HR to MC is a much easier transition - specially when it comes to reversing. A few of us went to DECA in Melbourne for a HC>MC upgrade many years ago, and found our "old habits" needed a slap on the wrist when it came to backing up. And our instructor mentioned the guys going from HR > MC were already adjusted to "turn left, go left", as to us HC guys that were so used to "turn right, go left" when trying that reversing part of the course.

Also, I know DECA had a recruitment arm for getting jobs - not sure how many places do that, but I know they did.
They got me into wharf/container work with about a years casual HC experience under my belt

Good luck in your ventures