i will be moving to redwater soon to join my wife, does anyone know if i can exchange a British hgv 1 (c+e) to the canadian equivalent i have been told i can only exchange for a car licence:

Hello, redwater daz, and welcome to the BE forum.

Sorry, I don't know the answer to your question, but I'm sure you'll find heaps of information in the Trucking subforum.

Hope that helps.
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You will only be able to exchange for a car license. A one week course at truck school should be enough to get your Canadian Class 1. The biggest problem to overcome here is the gearbox fitted to trucks - very old fashioned and hard to get used too.

Thanks
will look into cost etc when i go over in a couple of weeks to see my wife have heard that i cant do much till i have moved over and have a perm res card but will look into it

cheers

Before you can take the class 1 over here you have to take your airbrakes too, (I THINK its a class 3) nothing spectacular tho.

The crash gearboxes are still used here too moreso than in the UK.