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MR Medium Rigid Truck Licence
An MR (Medium Rigid) licence covers any truck or bus with 2 axles. You must have held a car licence or higher for at least 12 months to be eligible for this truck licence.
| What can I drive? | Rigid | Number of Axles | GVM |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
1 | 2 | GVM greater than 8T. Any towed trailer must not weigh greater than 9T GVM |
There are 3 types of licence
Licence Conditions ExplainedImportant Information
Your current licence makes a big differenceQualify for your MR medium rigid truck drivers licence
Looking for a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) offering MR truck licence training on the Gold Coast? Our truck driver training school at Arundel offers flexible training and skill assessment options to help you qualify for your MR driving licence.
Servicing the Gold Coast and Brisbane, The Driving School is a Government-approved training organisation specialising in fast and flexible heavy vehicle and truck driving courses.
We provide training and assessment for every type of heavy vehicle at our purpose-built truck and heavy vehicle training facility — including the MR drivers licence.
To help you get your MR medium rigid truck licence, we offer several training pathways including individual lessons and a ‘Licence in a Day’ option. In some cases, we can come to your place of business for group truck driver training.
Located 23 minutes from downtown Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast and just 50 minutes from the Brisbane CBD, our Arundel location is easily accessible from most Southeast Queensland and northern NSW areas.
What can I drive with an MR driving licence?
An MR drivers licence covers you to drive any vehicle with 2 axles (1 steer and 1 drive). This includes motorhomes, buses, certain types of trucks, tow trucks and local freight vehicles.
Here are some of the vehicles you’re permitted to drive with a medium rigid truck licence:
- A Light Rigid (LR class) vehicle
- A bus or truck (including a prime mover or a mobile crane) over 8t GVM with a maximum of 2 axles
- A Medium Rigid (MR class) motor vehicle towing one trailer (not a semi-trailer) that has a GVM not exceeding 9 tonnes, and no other type of trailer.
The MR driving licence offers good job opportunities for:
- local freight deliveries
- removalists
- car carriers
- coaches and buses.
If you’re eligible for your MR drivers licence and you’ve held your car licence or higher for more than two years, you might want to consider training for your HR (Heavy Rigid) truck licence instead. Holding an HR ticket will open up an even wider range of job opportunities.
For more information about this course, please click the tabs below.
- What do I need?
- MR Unconditional
- MR Condition B
- MR Condition A
- MR Licence in a day
- Tips about this license
What do I need to obtain my MR Licence
- You must have held a Car Licence (or higher) provisional, probationary or open for at least 12 months
- If you are upgrading from a Car Licence, you must also pass the Department of Transport and Main Roads written knowledge test ( Click here to practice ) and the on road practical driving test
- If you currently hold a LR Licence, a written knowledge test is not required.
- If you currently have a Medical condition on your Licence, you need a medical certificate for the class of licence you are applying for
- If you are going to use your MR Licence to drive a bus, you may also need to obtain your driver’s authorization from TMR
If you have held your Car Licence or higher for over 2 years, you may also be eligible for your HR Licence
MR Unconditional
Although these trucks do exist in the industry, they are very rare.
- At the present time, we have no MR non-synchromesh vehicle in our fleet.
- However, we do have a HR non-synchromesh vehicle in our fleet.
- Alternatively, we can train you in your own vehicle (must be over 8 tonne GVM with 2 axles and meet TMR’s requirements)
If you have held your Car Licence or higher for over 2 years, you may also be eligible for your HR Licence
MR (Medium Rigid) Licence Condition B
How many lessons will I need? (on average)
From an Automatic Licence – Must use a Manual (synchromesh) vehicle and have good current manual skills.
- Between 4 – 6 Lessons
From a Manual Licence – can use either Manual or Automatic Vehicle
- If using a an Automatic Vehicle between 3 – 5 Lessons
- If Using a Manual Vehicle between 4 – 6 Lessons
- There is no minimum or maximum lesson requirement
- We just recommend you take lessons until you feel confident, test ready and employable.
- On completion of your first “assessment” lesson it will be possible to give you an estimate of what your lesson requirement will be.
How much will it cost?
- MR Driving Lessons $100 per hour GST exempt
- MR Warm up drive and Test $240 GST exempt
- MR Licence in a Day Course $595 GST exempt
* If using your own vehicle $80 per hour GST exempt plus Travel
Other associated costs:
- Mid-week Practical Driving Test Booking Fee $66.30 incl GST
- Saturday Practical Driving Test Booking Fee (TMR temporarily suspended Saturday testing due to Covid-19)
- Written Knowledge Test (if required) $25.75
Job Opportunities
- Around town freight, local deliveries, most big companies
- Surfside Bus Lines
- Multi Drop Freight
- Furniture Removalists
The MR Condition B Licence is a good option if this licence is all that you need, that is fine. However, if you are looking for work and are eligible to sit for your HR Condition B at this time, we would recommend this pathway from the outset. The requirements of the practical driving test are almost identical and there are far more jobs on offer for a HR driver than an MR driver. The future benefits gained far outweigh the additional cost involved.
If you have held your Car Licence or higher for over 2 years, you may also be eligible for your HR Licence
MR (Medium Rigid) Licence Condition A
How many lessons will I need? (on average)
- Between 3 – 5 using a Vehicle with an Automatic Gearbox
- There is no minimum or maximum lesson requirement
- We just recommend you take lessons until you feel confident, test ready and employable.
- On completion of your first “assessment” lesson it will be possible to give you an estimate of what your lesson requirement will be.
How much will it cost?
- MR Driving Lessons $100 per hour GST exempt
- MR Warm up drive and Test $240 GST exempt
- MR Licence in a Day Course $595 GST exempt
* If using your own vehicle $80 per hour GST exempt plus Travel
Other associated costs:
- Mid-week Practical Driving Test Booking Fee $66.30 incl GST
- Saturday Practical Driving Test Booking Fee (TMR temporarily suspended Saturday testing due to Covid-19)
- Written Knowledge Test (if required) $25.75
Job Opportunities
A MR Condition A Licence is very restrictive in terms of job opportunities, however perhaps your employer has only automatic trucks in their fleet.
- You may be purchasing your own vehicle / motor home
- You may have a disability that prevents you from driving a manual vehicle
If you have held your Car Licence or higher for over 2 years, you may also be eligible for your HR Licence
MR (Medium Rigid) Condition A and Condition B only
Cost $595 GST exempt
Licence in a Day is an option that is available to you, if you are busy working and struggle to find the time to do the lessons. You can take a day off work and focus on the job in hand.
This is not our preferred method of training but it can be convenient.
With the option of Saturday testing, you may not even have to take a day off work
Breakdown of Cost:
Price includes:
- 1 hour Assessment Lesson
- 3 hours of training (breaks as required) plus your actual practical driving test (approx. 1 hour).
- Our vehicle to use during these allotted times
Price does not include:
Other associated costs:
- Mid-week Practical Driving Test Booking Fee $66.30 incl GST
- Saturday Practical Driving Test Booking Fee (TMR temporarily suspended Saturday testing due to Covid-19)
- Written knowledge Test (if required) $25.75
Outline of Process
- It is recommended that an assessment lesson is done 7-10 days prior to your Licence in a Day (included within the price).This is necessary to:-
- a) Assess your current driving ability and make you aware of any “habits” you need to rectify before the day of your practical driving test.
- b) To ensure you feel comfortable in the vehicle you are going to be driving
- c) To ensure that the Licence outcome you are going to achieve is what you actually need.
- We book your driving test and the rest of the training you need into our diary at a time convenient to you
- Return on the scheduled day (we will remind you) to finalise all of your training and undertake your practical driving test with a Driving Examiner from the TMR
Licence in a Day – no prior Assessment Lesson
It is possible to undertake all your training on the same day, combining the assessment lesson, the practical training and the driving test altogether.
However, this is at your own risk and it is not our preferred method – it is a lot of money to invest in a day course if this is not a suitable pathway for you to get your MR Licence. An assessment lesson gives you an opportunity to see what is actually involved and it gives your trainer the chance to verify that this training pathway is the best way of achieving a first time successful outcome for you.
No driving school can guarantee an outcome for you and it is unethical to advertise such. However, we will try our best!
Booking Process
To book the Licence in a Day you can complete the online enquiry form or call our office on 07 55378101 or 0406 539613. Our office staff will then organise your training schedule with you.
To confirm the booking, we will need your Driving Licence number and you will need to pay the practical driving test booking fee.
Please see full details of our payment terms and conditions
If you have held your Car Licence or higher for over 2 years, you may also be eligible for your HR Licence
Tips about this Licence
If you already hold a manual licence, regardless of whether you take your lessons and test in the MR with an automatic or synchromesh gearbox, you will end up with a MR Condition B Licence (can drive Synchromesh and Automatic gearboxes).
You have already previously demonstrated during a past driving test that you can use a vehicle with a synchromesh gearbox and for test purposes you do not have to do it again.
If you currently hold only an automatic licence and do your practical driving test in an automatic truck you will end up with an automatic truck licence (MR Condition A). However, you can do another practical driving test, at a later date, in any vehicle with a manual gearbox (Car, LR, MR etc) to lift the gearbox restriction off your Licence thus changing the status of your licence from automatic to manual.
If eligible, you should consider doing your HR Licence , it is a better class and gives better employment prospects. It will not cost a great deal more.
A HR with a B condition is not as difficult or expensive to obtain as the HR open (road ranger) licence as you do not need to master the double clutching technique.