DESCRIPTION
Make your dream come true with the Enriched program for access to driving heavy vehicles (PEACVL) which trains you to drive a heavy vehicle much faster than you think!
This program is intended to help drivers with probationary licences obtain a Class 1, 2 or 3 driver’s licence more quickly and with safety in mind.
Candidates must complete a training program to drive a truck, bus or straight-body truck offered by a designated training centre (CFTR or CFTC), followed by a period of supervised on‑the-job training to help them find jobs and become accustomed to working in the occupation.
OBJECTIVES
- Turn participants into professional drivers who practise safe, cooperative and responsible behaviour on the road;
- Enable participants to effectively carry out the duties of their heavy vehicle driver occupation;
- Help participants find jobs and become accustomed to working in the occupation;
- Help participants to continually improve their occupational knowledge.
DURATION
Participation in the program begins when students start their training and ends once the mandatory 24 months of driving experience with a probationary licence have elapsed. The duration of the program may therefore vary, depending on the student trainee. Classes 1, 2 or 3 can be added to a participant’s driver’s licence only once the program has been completed.
To obtain additional information about the PEACVL program, contact:
- René Labrie, PEACVL Development Officer
labrier@csrdn.qc.ca | 450‑435-0167, ext. 7144
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS – TRUCK DRIVER (10 modules)
1. Meet ONE of the following requirements of the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur [Quebec Department of Education and Higher Learning]:
- Have a secondary school diploma (SSD) or equivalent (Attestation of Secondary School Equivalence [AENS] or General Educational Development [GED] certificate); or
- Have completed Secondary 4 units in French, English and Mathematics; or
- Have functional prerequisites, i.e. have passed the general education development test (TDG); or
- Have a Vocational Studies Diploma (dep) having the same category of Secondary 4 prerequisites; or
- Have a comparative evaluation of studies completed outside Quebec; or
- Have successfully completed equivalent education outside Canada and have original diplomas and academic transcripts.
2. Comply with Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) requirements:
- Have a Class 5 probationary licence;
- Have a driving record with no demerit points;
- Have a driver’s licence that has never been suspended or revoked in the past two years following the accumulation of demerit points or a violation of the Criminal Code committed while driving a vehicle;
- Pass the SAAQ’s Class 1 vision test;
- Obtain an SAAQ Medical Examination Report M-28 and get if filled out by a physician;
- Have a promise of an internship with a company eligible for the PEACVL.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the language of instruction.
Registration procedure
Refer to the registration procedure on the Truck Driver program page.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS – BUS DRIVER (9 modules)
To participate in this program, candidates must:
1) Meet ONE of the following requirements of the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur [Quebec Department of Education and Higher Learning]:
- Have a secondary school diploma (SSD) or equivalent (Attestation of Secondary School Equivalence [AENS] or General Educational Development [GED] certificate); or
- Have successfully completed Secondary 3 units in the language of instruction, in English or French as a second language, and mathematics; or
- Have functional prerequisites: a certificate of successful completion of the general education development test (TDG) valid only from age 18 years; or
- Have a Vocational Studies Diploma (dep) having the same category of Secondary 4 prerequisites; or
- Have a comparative evaluation of studies completed outside Quebec; or
- Have successfully completed equivalent education outside Canada and have original diplomas and academic transcripts.
2) Comply with Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) requirements:
- Have a Class 5 probationary licence;
- Have a driving record with no demerit points;
- Have a driver’s licence that has never been suspended or revoked in the past two years following the accumulation of demerit points or a violation of the Criminal Code committed while driving a vehicle;
- Pass the SAAQ’s Class 1 vision test;
- Obtain an SAAQ Medical Examination Report M-28, get it filled out by a physician, and return it to the SAAQ;
- Have a promise of an internship with a company eligible for the PEACVL.
3) Demonstrate an understanding of the language of instruction.
Registration procedure
The following documents are required to complete your application for admission:
- LARGE FORMAT birth certificate (issued by the Directeur de l’État Civil [director of civil status]);
- Proof of education (diploma, academic transcript, attestation);
- Recent driving record from the SAAQ;
- Photocopy of your driver’s licence;
- SAAQ proof certifying successful completion of the vision test;
- SAAQ proof certifying processing of the medical report (M28);
- Proof of residence for persons born outside Quebec.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS – STRAIGHT-BODY TRUCK DRIVER
- Information pending
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS – BUSINESS COMPONENT
To sponsor a trainee, you must:
- Have a SATISFACTORY safety rating and not have been the subject of any SAAQ intervention in the past two years;
- Employ qualified employees (including employees specifically trained for the PEACVL) in a sufficient number to coach and supervise trainees;
- Set up a gradual employment integration program and take in trainees in compliance with this program;
- Produce trainee evaluation reports within the prescribed time frames.
In addition, a firm sponsoring a trainee must ensure that:
- During his/her period of supervised on‑the‑job training, the candidate drives a vehicle registered in Quebec;
- The transportation routes driven by the trainee are solely in Quebec;
- The trainee does not drive vehicles involved in oversize transportation or the transportation of hazard materials requiring the display of placards.
Watch the video (in french) on the PEACVL program with the youtubeur Mahdi Ba
Watch the video (in french) prepared by the CFTR about Nicolas Thériault, student of the PEACVL program
Watch the video (in french) prepared by the CFTR about Nicolas Thériault, a graduate of the PEACVL program who was hired by Demix Béton to be a concrete mixer operator
