nickallen1969

I went in to our local licensing place last week ( joondalup WA ) to finally get my Uk drivers licence converted to Aus equivalent. Question is on my Uk licence i had categories for 7.5Tonne, Also Class 2 ( or whatever it is called now, effectively rigid over 7.5tonne ) and class 1 licence ( artic up to 44 tonne) . I was told that they would only give me class C licence ( car up to 4.5 tonne).
Has any one else done this and had any more success in getting what i thought was a pretty standard licence changed accross. I can understand them not giving class 1 as they use roadtrain etc but i would have thought 7.5 tonne and class 2 were tha same world over???

Regards

ABCDiamond

A Private Car Licence, in Queensland, (which is all you can swap over without any tests) allows you to drive:

• a moped
• a motor vehicle weighing 4.5 tonnes (t) GVM or less, built or fitted to carry a maximum of 12 passengers including the driver, with or without a trailer weighing 9 t GVM or less
• a specially constructed vehicle weighing 4.5 t GVM or less, with or without a trailer

Anything higher than that is classed as commercial, and you need to be tested again in Australia.

Driving Licence classes are different the world over.

mordechaivanunu

Also
If you have a motorcycle licence in the UK you can convert that to Queensland licence as well.

shark bait

do you have to take any kind of test when applying for a Qld licience?
we were told they might make us do a written one.

ABCDiamond

There was one a few years ago, but it changed recently, so not any more.