Heavy & Light Vehicle Bus
Become A Professional Driver! At Belhasa Driving Center, we offer specialized training courses for driving heavy and light buses. The course is designed after extensive research and touches on all basic and fine aspects of heavy bus driving. The main focus is on areas including an increase in safety margins, up gradation and improvement of customer service, reduction of vehicle running cost and improvement in passenger relations. We have amalgamated new and most modern defensive driving techniques into the course. The course also includes sessions on the modern and accepted coach driver practices.
The course prepares the students for the heavy bus driver exam. After successfully completing the course, they are able to pass the traffic police RTA driving test. The students can also obtain the Dubai Driving License under Category 6. The student can drive passenger buses in Dubai and UAE once he/she completes the course and passes the RTA bus driver road test.
Eligibility for the Heavy and Light Bus Driver Course Need to segregate Heavy & Light bus information
- The applicant must be at least 21 years of age.
- Students who have valid Manual Light Motor vehicle driving license (2 years old and above) in UAE? Dubai? is eligible to take Light Bus license.
New Eligibility Conditions Requirements issued by RTA
RTA also requires the commercial drivers to undergo medical fitness exams. A driver will only get his commercial driver license/permit after successfully passing the medical fitness test. The procedure for appearing for the fitness test is as follows:(For Heavy and light buses medical fitness not required)
- You have to register with a driving institute (BDC) and open your traffic file.
- You will have to appear for the RTA medical; fitness exam at an RTA approved medical center during your training period.
Other Conditions of Eligibility
The student must pass the optical test or eye test that specifically meets the requirements of the bus driver eye judging criteria. The applicant should pass all the yard tests, road tests and undertake all the practical training classes successfully.
| ALQOUZ & NAD ELHAMAR (HEAVY BUS NOT AVAILABLE IN ALWASL) | |||
| COURSE DESCRIPTION | DAYS | TIMING | |
| REGULAR - 2 DAYS / WEEK | 4 HOURS | SAT - TUE SUN - WED MON - THU | 08:30 - 10:30 11:00 - 01:00 01:30 - 02:30 03:30 - 05:30 |
| FRIDAY - ONCE A WEEK | 2 HOURS | FRIDAY | 07:30 - 09:30 10:00 - 12:00 01:30 - 03:30 |
| JEBEL ALI (HEAVY BUS NOT AVAILABLE IN ALWASL) | |||
| COURSE DESCRIPTION | DAYS | TIMING | |
| REGULAR - 2 DAYS / WEEK | 4 HOURS | SAT - TUE SUN - WED MON - THU | 07:15 - 09:15 09:30 - 11:30 11:30 - 01:30 02:00 - 04:00, 04:00 - 06:00 |
| FRIDAY - ONCE A WEEK | 2 HOURS | FRIDAY | 07:30 - 09:30 10:00 - 12:00 01:00 - 03:00 |
| ALQOUZ & NAD ELHAMAR (LIGHT BUS NOT AVAILABLE IN ALWASL) | |||
| COURSE DESCRIPTION | DAYS | TIMING | |
| REGULAR - 2 DAYS / WEEK | 4 HOURS | SAT - TUE SUN - WED MON - THU | 08:30 - 10:30 11:00 - 01:00 01:30 - 02:30 03:30 - 05:30 |
| FRIDAY - ONCE A WEEK | 2 HOURS | FRIDAY | 07:30 - 09:30 10:00 - 12:00 01:30 - 03:30 |
| JEBEL ALI (LIGHT BUS NOT AVAILABLE IN ALWASL) | |||
| COURSE DESCRIPTION | DAYS | TIMING | |
| REGULAR - 2 DAYS / WEEK | 4 HOURS | SAT - TUE SUN - WED MON - THU | 07:15 - 09:15 09:30 - 11:30 11:30 - 01:30 02:00 - 04:00, 04:00 - 06:00 |
| FRIDAY - ONCE A WEEK | 2 HOURS | FRIDAY | 07:30 - 09:30 10:00 - 12:00 01:00 - 03:00 |
| NOTE: | |||||||
| 1.) Must be 21 years old to register | |||||||
| 2.) If failed Road assessment test, student has to take 4 hours of practical classes before going for another test. | |||||||
| 3.) If failed Road test, student has to take 4 hours of practical classes before going for another test. |
Document requirements for registering for the course
**Age should be 21 years or older
- Original Emirates ID
- EYE TEST Available in the branch. charge: AED 142.50 (RTA:AED 90 , BDC:AED 52.50)
- Medical test for driver profession
We offer one to one instructor-student ratio for learning the course. You can learn the course in any language you want.
Note: Assessment test is not mentioned which is conducted by BDC. Heavy and bus must be segregated because both have deferent procedures. Direct road test student also has deferent procedures.
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| REGISTRATION & TOTAL FOR LIGHT BUS | |||
| REGULAR | FRIDAY | ||
| 20 HR FEES | |||
| RTA FEES | 1350 | ||
| BDC FEES | 1149.5 | ||
| 20 HR FEES | 3000 | 3800 | |
| TOTAL 20 HR COURSE | 5499.5 | 6299.5 | |
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| FEE STRUCTURE: | ||||
| REGISTRATION & TOTAL FOR HOLDING MANUAL LMV TO ADD LIGHT BUS | ||||
| REG | FRIDAY | |||
| 4 HRS FEES | ||||
| RTA FEES | 1350 | |||
| BDC FEES | 1097.25 | |||
| 4 HRS FEES | 600 | 760 | ||
| TOTAL 10 HR COURSE | 3047.25 | 3207.25 | ||
| FEE STRUCTURE: | ||||||||
| REGISTRATION & TOTAL FOR HEAVY BUS | ||||||||
| REG | FRIDAY | REG | FRIDAY | |||||
| 20 HRS FEES | 10 HRS FEES | |||||||
| RTA FEES | 1450 | RTA FEES | 1450 | |||||
| BDC FEES | 730.25 | BDC FEES | 730.25 | |||||
| 20 HR FEES | 3200 | 4000 | 15 HR FEES | 1600 | 2000 | |||
| TOTAL 20 HR COURSE | 5380.25 | 6180.25 | TOTAL 15 HR COURSE | 3780.25 | 4180.25 | |||
| NOTE: | |
| 1.) Must be 21 years old to register | 5.)For DRIVER PROFESSION on VISA PAGE - must take MEDICAL TEST ( has eye test included) after getting TRAFFIC FILE NUMBER (REGISTRATION) |
| 2.) If failed Road assessment test, student has to take 4 hours of practical classes before going for another test. | 6.)For HVT LICENSE HOLDER and wants to add another category, MEDICAL TEST ( includes eye test) is required. |
| 3.) ETE TEST AVAILABLE IN THE BRANCH CHARGE AED 142.50 (RTA : AED 90, BDC : AED 52.50) | 7.) 10 HOURS IS APPLICABLE TO THOSE ADDING HEAVY BUS CATEGORY ON EXISTING DUBAI LICENSE |
| 4.) If failed Road test, student has to take 4 hours of practical classes before going for another test. | |