RSM Commercial Driver Training provides PCV driver training for passenger carrying vehicles (PCV's). This include driver training for minibuses, coaches and buses. The PCV driving licence is split into two categories:

• Category D1 License for minibuses
• Category D Licence for coaches and buses

In order to begin PCV driver training and to obtain a PCV or Passenger Carrying Vehicle Licence candidates must already hold a full car (Category B) licence and be over 21 years of age.

PCV Category D1 Licence: Minibus

A minibus is classed as a small Passenger Carrying Vehicle (PCV) which typically has between eight and sixteen passenger seats and an allowance for a trailer of up to 750kg. Anyone who passed their car driving test previous to January 1997 may already hold a Category D1 restricted licence for social and pleasure use. If you intend to drive a PCV vehicle with over 7 seats for hire or reward you are legally required to pass the D1 driving test to have the full PCV driving entitlement.

PCV Category D Licence: Coaches & Buses

The PCV Category D Licence is for a larger bus or coaches with more than eight passenger seats for hire or reward and a trailer of up to 750 kg. The PCV Category D Licence entitles the driver to drive any size of PCV, including single or double decker buses for hire or reward.

Please contact us for a PCV driver training vocational pack containing further information and all the relevant forms to apply for your provisional PCV licence and start your driving career.

Further Information:

Full details of the licence categories

DVLA Medical Guidlines

Advice on careers in driving

Typically the PCV driver training course is spread over 5 days with approximately 20 hours of one-to-one tuition in one of our well maintained vehicles. Our professional PCV driver training instructors will teach you to drive confidently and safely to a high standard of driving beyond what is required for the PCV driving test in order to give you the best chance of passing first time and being safe on the road. Our PCV driver training instructors treat each trainee driver according to their ability to ensure that they are ready for the LGV driving test on the fifth day at the local test centre.

Getting Started: How do I obtain a PCV driving licence?

1. Contact us here at RSM to request your PCV Driver Training Vocational Pack with all the forms and information needed to start the process.
2. You must have a medical check to ensure that you are physically fit to drive an LGV. Click the link to obtain a D4 -Medical Examination Report . Contact your own GP or go to www.driversmedicals.com - who we recommend as providers of low-cost medical examinations, to have the form completed.

3. Pass the PCV theory test. This is carried out at local test centres and made up of two parts; Part 1 is multiple choice questions and Part 2 is hazard perception.

4. Once you have passed the PCV theory test we will be pleased to confirm a booking for you on our PCV driver training course. Simply give us a call and we will arrange a convenient start date.

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RSM's PCV and Minibus Driver Training Courses for Category D & D1 Licences are available to in: Essex, Hertfordshire, London, Kent, Buckinghamshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Middlesex