Light Rigid Vehicles are typically small school buses, minibuses or light courier vehicles. Many professional drivers start with these vehicles as a courier or delivery driver, driving for themselves as part of another business.

Medium Rigid vehicles are trucks that have two axles and a Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM) over 8 tonnes with two axles, this class of licence is popular with delivery vehicles, small tip trucks or other medium sized commercial vehicle.

Heavy Rigid vehicles are trucks that has three or more axles and a Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM) over 8 tonnes. These vehicles, can be Buses, heavy rigid tray trucks, heavy tip trucks and Semi-Trailer “Prime Movers (when without trailer).

Heavy Combination vehicles are prime movers with three or more axles and towing a two axle trailer with a Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM) over 9 tonnes, or any three axle rigid vehicle towing a two axle trailer with GVM of more than 9 tonnes.