Afternoon all,
I have just passed my class C and looking at either booking on to class 1 or Adr to increase my opportunities of employment.
I know it’s hard at getting a job because of the lack of experience but which would you choose?
Thanks
IMO it’s a no brainer. Go for CE unless you have a job offer dependent on ADR.
With CE you are obviously qualified for artics, but you are “super” qualified for C and will open more doors. Operators with a mix of C and CE will sometimes only employ CE drivers so as to ensure flexibility.
Hope this helps, Pete 
Peter Smythe:
IMO it’s a no brainer. Go for CE unless you have a job offer dependent on ADR.With CE you are obviously qualified for artics, but you are “super” qualified for C and will open more doors. Operators with a mix of C and CE will sometimes only employ CE drivers so as to ensure flexibility.
Hope this helps, Pete
Hi Pete, I have C and I am 55 just having my medical on Wednesday to put in the D2 and D4. If I take my C+E I will have a new licence so will this be beneficial to me or am I better off keeping to the C only in which I have no recent experience so agencies won’t touch me but at least I have 15 years experience of PSV/HGV in the 80’s/90’s?
Also if I do C+E will I have do do a load more theory tests and module 2/4 etc. or is it just a 4/5 day course with a test at the end?
4559danielk:
I have just passed my class C and looking at either booking on to class 1 or Adr to increase my opportunities of employment.I know it’s hard at getting a job because of the lack of experience but which would you choose?
Hi Daniel,
Whilst I don’t disagree with Peter’s advice, I don’t think it’s quite as clear cut.
I think it’s going to depend on the availability of work (and the type of work) in your locality.
I also think it could/might depend on finances too.
If you’ve a reasonable prospect of ADR work (or other ‘normal’ Cat C work) AND your finances are low, then it might be an idea to get your ADR so that your finances recover before doing your Cat C+E.
It might even be that you just go for some Cat C work first.
I think that IF your finances are low, Peter might agree that an ADR course is probably cheaper than a C+E course.
A very rough guideline for an ADR course (without the tanker module) would be about £450ish, but maybe you might want/need DCPC too.
Yes, Dave’s right. In my haste, my reply was a little simplistic.
Back to bed!!!
Pete
Hi Daniel,
Personally, in your position (if the money isn’t too much of an issue as Dave pointed out), I would go for upgrading to C+E if possible. It will open more doors than Cat C with ADR. IMHO. 
All the best with what you choose to do.
LJ.
Thanks for the replays, as based in Bradford there is about a equal split between class 1 and class 2 adr jobs.
4559danielk:
Thanks for the replays, as based in Bradford there is about a equal split between class 1 and class 2 adr jobs.
Can you provide a link to these ? the only ADR jobs i see advertised are agencies speculatively touting around West Yorkshire offering shifts at Clarkes of Ossett and without 2 years experience and over the age of 25, you will not get a sniff of these, if they are indeed genuine which i very much doubt.
roadrunner:
4559danielk:
Thanks for the replays, as based in Bradford there is about a equal split between class 1 and class 2 adr jobs.Can you provide a link to these ? the only ADR jobs i see advertised are agencies speculatively touting around West Yorkshire offering shifts at Clarkes of Ossett and without 2 years experience and over the age of 25, you will not get a sniff of these, if they are indeed genuine which i very much doubt.
Like with most jobs theses days its more about who you know within the industry.
roadrunner:
4559danielk:
Thanks for the replays, as based in Bradford there is about a equal split between class 1 and class 2 adr jobs.Can you provide a link to these ? the only ADR jobs i see advertised are agencies speculatively touting around West Yorkshire offering shifts at Clarkes of Ossett and without 2 years experience and over the age of 25, you will not get a sniff of these, if they are indeed genuine which i very much doubt.