STAGE 1 - GET YOUR LEARNER'S PERMIT
For C Class licenses, requirements are:
- Participate in the ‘Keys for Life’ program through certain schools
- Attend at your local licensing centre
- Be 16 or older
- Present your ‘Keys for Life’ Certificate
- OR pass a theory test (score 24/30 or more)
- Pass an eyesight test
- Show proof of identity
After completion of the above, licensing centre will give you a learner's permit, a 50-hour logbook OR ask you to use the Learn&log App. If you are older than 25, you will not be required to complete a logbook.
STAGE 2 - START LEARNING TO DRIVE & COMPLETE THE LOGBOOK OR THE LEARN & LOG APP AS YOU GO
Get all the practice you need. See STAGE 4 for what to practice.
DON’T STOP AT THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT! (It’s always a red flag on test day).
Try to log hours driving at different times of the day, driving in different weather and different traffic conditions, that way you will be better prepared for driving on your own safely.
You need to build your experience and record a minimum of 50 supervised driving hours (from which a mandatory 5 hours to be completed at night).
STAGE 3 - PASS YOUR HAZARD PERCEPTION TEST (HPT)
The HPT is a computer-based simulation that uses virtual traffic scenarios to measure your ability to assess a situation and make safe and calculated driving decisions.
Students can practice from the links below.
To sit the HPT, you need:
- To be 16 years & 6 months or older
- To have held a learner's permit for a minimum of 6 months
- To show your learner's permit
- OR to show identification eg: passport, international driver’s license
Requirements: learner's permit, logbook and arrive 10 – 15 minutes early.
The PDA test may take between 30 to 40 minutes to be completed with 5 sections included in the PDA.
There are 3 separate driving components (1,3 & 5) and 2 slow manoeuvre components (2 & 4) “Left Something Behind” & “Stopping for Shopping”.