HGV and ADR Training for Falkirk and Grangemouth Drivers

No other part of our catchment is shaped by one industry the way Falkirk is. Grangemouth means tankers, and tankers mean ADR on top of the licence.

Falkirk drivers are typically working towards tanker and petrochemical work at Grangemouth, which needs Category C+E at £2,895 followed by ADR from £496 including the SQA examination and materials. Refresher ADR starts from £300 for drivers renewing an existing certificate.

The order to take things in

  1. 1Category C first if you hold nothing above a car licence, £1,695 all in.
  2. 2Category C+E next, £2,895, because tanker work is almost entirely articulated.
  3. 3Driver CPC in place so you can drive professionally, £55 per seven hour periodic course.
  4. 4ADR core plus tanks plus the hazard classes the operator specifies, from £496.
  5. 5Diarise the ADR expiry five years ahead and renew before it, not after.

Why Class 3 dominates round here

Flammable liquids are the bulk of what moves out of Grangemouth: petrol, diesel, solvents and chemical feedstocks. Class 3 with the tanks module is the combination that comes up most often in local adverts, with Class 8 corrosives added by chemical operators and Class 2 gases where LPG is involved.

Falkirk is not only tankers

There is steady rigid distribution around Larbert, Stenhousemuir, Denny and Bonnybridge, plus construction and civils work along the M9 corridor. Category C is plenty for a good share of that, and several drivers start there and add C+E later once they know they want the tanker route.

Employers in the Grangemouth cluster frequently fund ADR for drivers already in post. We invoice companies directly if yours will pay.

Questions we get asked about this

For dangerous goods in tankers, yes. You need the licence for the vehicle plus ADR core, the tanks module and the relevant hazard classes, most commonly Class 3.

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