Air brake endorsement - Ontario members
Hello This question is more for the members who live in Ontario or who are familiar with our licencing requirements. Am looking to purchase a DP, which will have air brakes. From my understandi...
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I think you need to go to an Ontario testing centre and ask them what is required for what you want to do. There is a lot of info posted above and it all could be true, but a lot of it seems a bit too complicated.
CAVEAT. It was 10 years ago and the rules could certainly have changed but here's what was required at the time: having a general Ontario driving license, I took a written test based on the air brake booklet provided/purchased. Once passed, there was a stationary "practical" test that mostly involved running the test vehicle through the daily checks that one should do prior to driving a vehicle with air brakes. You had to provide a suitable "test vehicle" at the testing centre at the time of the appointment. There was no road test.
My advice: Firstly, ask your dealer what is required to drive the thing you want to buy. Take that as a starting point then call an actual licensing centre and ask them what you need to do to get your air bake qualication.
CAVEAT. It was 10 years ago and the rules could certainly have changed but here's what was required at the time: having a general Ontario driving license, I took a written test based on the air brake booklet provided/purchased. Once passed, there was a stationary "practical" test that mostly involved running the test vehicle through the daily checks that one should do prior to driving a vehicle with air brakes. You had to provide a suitable "test vehicle" at the testing centre at the time of the appointment. There was no road test.
My advice: Firstly, ask your dealer what is required to drive the thing you want to buy. Take that as a starting point then call an actual licensing centre and ask them what you need to do to get your air bake qualication.
