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Class 3 Driver Training - Tuition Waived

With a Class 3 license you will be able to drive a single vehicle with three or more axles, or a vehicle with three or more axles towing a trailer with one or more axles (only if the trailer is not equipped with Air Brakes)

Curriculum includes:

New:

Safety Practices

  • Hours of Service - Log Books
  • Pre & Post Trip Inspections
  • National Safety Code
  • Rules and Regulations
  • Vehicle and Load Documentation
  • Maintenance and Servicing
  • Driver Training - Practical Application

In-Class Instruction 8 hours

  • In-Cab Instruction - 20 (standard transmission)
  • In-Yard Instruction - 4.00 hours

Students will incur the following expenses: Driver’s Abstract and License Class Change, both payable to Registry Office.

Admission Requirement:

  • 18 years of age or older
  • Current Alberta Class 5 Driver’s license, no GDL restriction
  • Current driver’s abstract (within 3 months)
  • Physically fit

For more information about these courses and to register contact Continuing Education in Lac La Biche toll free at 1-888-745-0719 or email training@portagecollege.ca or check out the upcoming courses box down below.

Tuition: $3,300.00     

We acknowledge that Portage College’s service region is on the traditional lands of First Nation Peoples, the owners of Treaty 6, 8 and 10, which are also homelands to the Métis people. We honour the history and culture of all people who first lived and gathered in these lands.
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