Drive an LGV before you’re 21 – register on the Young Driver’s Scheme through RTT.

RTT Training is an approved Training Provider for the Young Driver’s Scheme with Skills for Logistics, the governing body who operates the programme. Visit their web site for more details here and click on Training Information and then YDS service.

A young person under 20 can register on the scheme, obtain a Category C LGV licence and an NVQ in Driving Goods Vehicles Level 2.

Basic rules are that they must be:

  • employed
  • from a company which operates Category C vehicles
  • willing to achieve the NVQ
  • prepared to be assessed for 6 months after they have passed their test

Some funding is available through Government schemes – conditions apply.

More details please get in touch.


RTT Training is registered with OCR and City & Guilds as a Centre to offer NVQs.

NVQs give you a qualification whilst at work – RTT Training are able to offer Level 2 and Level 3 NVQs in Driving Goods Vehicles, Traffic Office, Storage and Warehousing, Administration and Customer Service.

An NVQ is a portfolio of work showing how you practically carry out your daily routines. It is achieved by submitting evidence to show that you have the competence in certain unit areas. You are assessed in the workplace and guided through each stage. Your own assessor assists you to build your portfolio, which is then submitted to achieve the qualification. In general the process takes between 6-9 months to complete.

For under 25s funding is available through Government schemes – conditions apply.