Starting a career as an HGV goods driver can be an extremely beneficial career move. In order to give yourself the best chance of success in your new profession, you´ll need to be properly qualified and skilled in driving the vehicles of your choice. This means you´ll need a top quality HGV driving school to teach you everything about the trade. With over 30 years´ experience of driving instruction, we´re one of the most established driving schools in North Wales and a great place to do your HGV training.
Located in Llandudno, our driving school uses only the very best and most highly qualified HGV driving instructors to make sure you have the best possible chance of passing your test first time. Our specialty is intensive, residential driving courses that teach you all you need to know in a single week. We have an excellent track record and are a great place for anyone thinking of learning how to become an HGV driver.
We´re open for fifty weeks of the year, so you´ll have loads of choice when it comes to deciding when you want to take your course and, as we´re located in such a lovely area of North Wales, you´ll have lots of options when it comes to finding great places to stay while you undertake your HGV training.
Read on to find out more about what you can expect if you choose to have HGV driving lessons at our North Wales driving school.
Benefits of the being a HGV driver
There are multiple benefits to undertaking HGV training and becoming an HGV driver. One of the best benefits is that you get to spend your time out on the road, travelling around the country and sometimes even going abroad, depending on who you work for. This means it can be a great job for people who don't exactly relish the idea of being stuck in the office all day.
Another benefit of starting an HGV job as a driver is that hours are available to work 24/7. You'll often get good flexibility over what hours you work, so if 9 ‘til 5 isn't convenient from you, there is also likely to be early and late shifts available. Goods need to be transported at all hours of the day and night, so there's definitely potential for variety in your work routine.
You'll also have excellent career prospects if you have HGV lessons and start a job as a driver. For instance, you might decide you want to stay as a driver for your whole career. Alternatively, you could take advantage of various opportunities to rise up through the ranks and put your practical driving experience to good use in management roles. For instance, HGV drivers often go on to become transport managers and directors of the companies they started off by driving for.
Having an HGV qualification is also really valuable as it's recognised as a professional occupation and your qualification should transfer to most other countries across the world - meaning that if you want a job where you get to see the world, there's potential for that, too.
What does being an HGV driver involve?
Being an HGV driver is a skilled job, which is why it is so important for you to first undertake HGV training in order to become a qualified driver. Typically, you can expect to make deliveries to a whole range of different companies across different industries. The specific industries you deliver to will depend on the company you drive for, but you could find yourself transporting everything from petrol to food.
As an HGV driver, you will be tasked with driving expensive, often state of the art lorries. You could find yourself going all over the country as part of your job. As well driving, you'll also have to make sure you have all the correct documentation for the goods you are transporting and make sure transactions are carried out as they should be. You'll also get to interact with people from a wide range of industries when you deliver your goods, so a good attitude with other people and a flair for customer service will definitely help you.
You'll also need to be comfortable in your own company as you could be spending quite a lot of time on the road, travelling from place to place. This, though, is what attracts a lot of drivers to the profession in the first place, so as long as you love driving and don't have a problem with long journeys, this shouldn't be an issue for you. Another thing you'll need to know about is HGV maintenance and care so you can ensure your vehicle returns in as good a condition as you were given it in.
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Our driving school, located in North Wales, is a great place to undertake an HGV driving course. One of the main benefits is that you can take part in a residential course. This means that you'll receive intensive training that gives you a thorough introduction to everything you need to know if you're looking for HGV jobs, as well as enabling you to pass much faster than you would if you had a series of single lessons. Our students often pass their course in a week, rather than the months it can take elsewhere, so we're very proud of this record and our intensive HGV residential courses.
We make use of highly trained instructors to give you intensive, one to one tuition. This means that you'll benefit from HGV training that is tailored to your specific needs, with help exactly where you need it, when you need it.
Our location in North West Wales also means that you'll benefit from a quiet, structured learning environment so you'll be free from distractions and able to focus on your HGV training. You'll learn all about HGV driving as well as the vehicles themselves, standing you in good stead for when you start your search for HGV jobs once you've passed your test.
If you want to learn more about what will be expected from you in HGV jobs, read on to find out more about what it involves.
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