Ok here's a question for you.. I have been asked a few times & can't quite come up with the correct answer.

I have been trying, without much success mind you, to come up with the proper conversion of license class & qualification to be able to figure out the conversion from my license to yours.

First my license...

I hold an Alberta Class 1 6..

Which means, in Alberta I have a Class One..for semi Trucks & Six for Motorcycle.

Then I hold a LCV..Long Combination Vehicle Certification...which means I can pull over length combinations... turnpikes, Rocky Mountain Doubles & triple trailer combinations.

Then I also hold TDG (Transportation of Dangerous Goods) Certification with Explosive Endorsement, which I *think* is equivalent to your Haz-Mat.

Then I also have a valid Alberta Instructor's License for Class One (semi trucks) & Class 3 (gravel trucks..the straight truck w/ pup, firetrucks, etc, over 5 ton).

Would someone please from the US give me the equivalencies?

Thanks!

 

Your class 1 would be a class A, the motorcycle would add an M endorsement.

Doubles/Triples would be a T endorsement, tankers is a N endorsement.

HazMat is an HM endoresement, though some states will combine that with tankers and call it X if you have both.

When I was an authorized CDL examiner there was no additional information on my license itself, I had a seperate ID given to me to show if I ever needed to.

When I had doubles/triples, tanker, HazMat, and motorcycle my license said class A with XMT endorsements. I've since dropped the hazmat, so the license now shows it is a type AM (class A with motorcycle) with NT endorsements (doubles/triples and tanker).

Hope that helps.

 

Well, Thank you very much... I have been trying to get that one cleared up for some time...some things are pretty straight forward to convert...but others...like Greek ya know?

 

Yeah, like that whole metric thing ...

 

Oh I know...I was in high school when we converted...so that would be over 30 years now...you know we STILL have some things in the old imperial system...like in the grocery store you still see both...pounds & kilograms, etc.

I learned both systems, so can usually do the conversions without too much trouble, & since alot of people I talk to regularly only know the imperial system I tend to remember the conversions a bit better than some.

But the kids now a days have no idea what a mile, pound, ounce, or acre is. LOL

 

That's okay - kids in the US don't know those things either.

Except maybe what an ounce is, and that's only in relation to drugs.

 

:lol: That aint no joke!

They don't know how to make change at the store either. :lol:

 

You noticed that too?? They never learned to count BACKWARDS! If they don't have something to tell them how much change to give they are absolutely LOST! And heaven forbid you give them that extra penny, nickle or dime!!

I gave a kid that yesterday when I stopped to fill my coffee on the way home yesterday...he gave me the most disgusted look...I said "Wassa matter can't make change without the till telling you how?" He didn't like that very much! LOL :rofl::rofl:

 

:lol: :rofl:

Yeah, they look at that little box with the total on it to see how much change they need to get out of the drawer.

 

Talking about the change bit it is worse now than ever. A few years ago a lot of people couldn't figure out how much change to give you unless the register told them to give you "X" amount. Now many registers actually go one step further and say to give back "X" pennies, "X" dimes, "X" one dollar bills, etc.