Vehicle Recovery Course

One day course covering unit standards 24089 Logbook and unit standards 17580 Vehicle Recovery

• If you want to drive a vehicle recovery vehicle, you must have a V Endorsement on your licence.
• A vehicle recovery service is a business that tows or recovers vehicles. The towing or recovering has to be for 'hire or reward'. The most common vehicles are tow trucks and car transporters.
• To get a V endorsement you must hold, and have held for at least two years, a full class 1,2,3,4,or 5 driver licence. (NB holding an equivalent overseas licence will not meet this requirement)
• You must also ensure that if you are driving a heavy vehicle that you hold the correct class of drivers licence i.e class 2-5.