PCV Category D1+E Minibus & Trailer Training in East London

In order to attend our PCV D1+E (any vehicle up to 7.5 tonne with a trailer towing) training courses, you must have first passed your Category D1 PCV test. You must ensure that you have Category D1+E provisional entitlement stated on the paper counterpart of your driving licence. You will also need to ensure that your existing PCV Category D1 entitlement is still valid, and has not expired, as candidtaes over the age of 45 will nedd to renew their PCV medical examination every 5 years for their PCV Cat D1 Licence entitlement to remain valid.

There is no theory test requirement to obtain a D1+E licence. This is because the "+E" part of a driving entitlement simply means "and trailer over 750kg". By adding the right to tow a trailer, you are simply extending your existing Category D1 licence (for which you would have already passed a theory test for) as opposed to obtaining a new category of licence.

Our D1+E trailer training courses start off at 24 hours, and are aimed at people who have no previous experience towing trailers. Our course then step down in 4 hour blocks including a 20 hour course, 16 hour course, and 12 hour course, with each step down being aimed at drivers based on their previous towing experience. We do also offer a 10 hour course, but would only recommend this to people who have very good towing experience, and being exceptionally good at reversing.

Your course will typically be split up into 4 hours training per day, with your test being taken on the final day of your course, where you will receive 2 hours pre-test warm up training, followed by 2 of your B+E practical driving test for which 2 of your training hours will be allocated for.

Your training will consist of verbal and practical training for the following:

• improving your general driving skills to make sure they are up to the DVSA " driving test standard"
• showing you popular test routes you are likely to encounter as part of your driving test
• teaching you about the reversing manoeuvre which you will be required to do as part of your practical test
• teaching you the "show me / tell me" questions which will be asked at the beginning of your test
• teaching you how to un-couple and re-couple the trailer correctly as your examiner will expect to see it

Our most successful courses are those within the 16 - 20 hour bracket, as these course's generally provide us enough time to adequately cover all the training points mentioned above. Obviously the shorter the course, the less in depth we can cover the training points above.

Please remember when deciding which D1+E training course would suit you best, that if you try to select a shorter trailer training course to try to save yourself money, you may not pass your D1+E test first time, and may end up spending more money on re-tests than if you selected the most appropriate course for your skill level in the first place. If you are unsure about which D1+E course would suit you best, then please contact our office where we will be more than happy to listen to the experience you have and help you make an appropriate choice.