Can’t speak more highly of Ideal Driver Training. Kev was fantastic & really explained & demonstrated the correct way to drive a HR. Highly recommend the guys at Ideal for all your truck driving training.

Heavy Rigid Training, June 2019 Phil

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Just passed my HR… thank to John & Shane for their excellent tuition. These guys are very professional, easy going & made the whole experience a breath of fresh air. Don’t go anywhere else but Ideal!

Heavy Rigid Training, Dec 2018 Gareth

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Friendly, but professional.

Heavy Rigid Training, Oct 2018 Graham

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Staff were excellent - All-round great experience.

Heavy Rigid Training, Oct 2018 Bradley

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Trainer was practical, easy to get along with. The material was well suited to the course.

Heavy Rigid Training, Oct 2018 Simon

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I found all aspects of the training were comfortable & enjoyable.

Heavy Rigid Training, Oct 2018 Elijah

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Couldn’t have asked for anything more.

Heavy Rigid Training, Oct 2018 Richard

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Being shown what to do, and why you do it that way.

Heavy Rigid Training, Oct 2018 Bruce

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Instructions and guidance, when needed, was spot on.

Heavy Rigid Training, Oct 2018 Richard

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I enjoyed the friendliness of staff and how smooth the training & testing was.

Heavy Rigid Training, Oct 2018 Mitchell

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No pressure and everything explained well.

Heavy Rigid Training, Oct 2018 Ben

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The training facility was excellent and easy to find.

Heavy Rigid Training, Oct 2018 Glencairn

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The truck trainer was very experienced and showed me many new techniques.

Heavy Rigid Training, Oct 2018 Brett

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Great teacher and good variety of driving situations & tasks.

Heavy Rigid Training, Oct 2018 Shaun

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Thank you to an amazingly professional team… I loved the friendly nature & patience to build confidence. See you all in a year or so for the MC

Heavy Rigid Training, April 2018 Russell

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Trainers gave ‘real-life’ experiences.

Heavy Rigid Training, March 2018 Nathan

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Thank you… very positive feedback from (the manager). He was very impressed with the trainers training approach & knowledge.

Heavy Rigid Training, March 2018 HR Dept

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Thank you for all of your patience & assistance with organising our employees. You & the team have provided a wonderful service.

Heavy Rigid Training, March 2018 HR Dept

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The best aspect was the way the staff train.

Fork Lift Training, April 2019 Sue

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All the trainers were well spoken and professional.

Fork Lift Training, April 2019 Matthew

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Training staff were very good, knowledgeable & very approachable.

Fork Lift Training, April 2019 Derek

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Engaging and easy to learn.

Fork Lift Training, April 2019 Courtney

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The mix of theory and practical and the time to do each.

Fork Lift Training, April 2019 Sam

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Relaxed atmosphere.

Fork Lift Training, April 2019 Greg

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Terms were simplified and relivant.

Fork Lift Training, April 2019 Melissa

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Small group size, optimal for training.

Fork Lift Training, April 2019 Matthew

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Direct, down to earth, everyday speech used.

Fork Lift Training, Oct 2018 Ken

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Very friendly and informative training.

Fork Lift Training, Oct 2018 Todd

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Face-to-face training, easy to understand material.

Fork Lift Training, Oct 2018 Cameron

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Everything was easy to understand.

Fork Lift Training, Oct 2018 Danyen

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Learning things that I didn’t really notice before the training.

Fork Lift Training, Oct 2018 Rodney

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The trainer was detailed with information & made it easy to understand.

Fork Lift Training, Oct 2018 Kevin

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Workplace relevant information.

Fork Lift Training, Oct 2018 Steve

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Everything was done the right way & was kept relevant.

Fork Lift Training, Oct 2018 James

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The trainer was awesome to deal with.

Fork Lift Training, Oct 2018 Grant

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The staff cover everything.

Fork Lift Training, Oct 2018 Brian

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The trainer was awesome, easy to talk too, just takes the nerves away.

Fork Lift Training, Oct 2018 James

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The trainers talked to you, not down to you.

Fork Lift Training, Oct 2018 Alan

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Trainers [have] great attitude.

Fork Lift Training, April 2018 David

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[Training] it was delivered very well and easy to understand.

Fork Lift Training, April 2018 Kelly

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Instructor was very easy to work with.

Fork Lift Training, April 2018 Stuart

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Seeing the mistakes people make using the equipment, and then being shown the right way.

Fork Lift Training, April 2018 Marnie

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The best thing was towing 3 trailers during my training.

Fork Lift Training, March 2018 Jack

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The overall course was great.

Fork Lift Training, March 2018 Jarad T

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Walking me through everything thoroughly was great.

Fork Lift Training, Feb 2018 Grant

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Ideal: The name you know, the career you want, the skill you need…

Holiday Closure: Ideal Driving School will close at 5pm Friday 20 December, and reopen with normal hours on Monday, 6 January 2020.

Toowoomba based Ideal Truck Driver Training provides quality hands-on, one to one training by Instructors having many years of professional driving experience.

With its fleet of professionally maintained late model trucks and trailers Ideal Truck Driver Training will enable you to obtain your license on equipment similar to what is currently used in the transport industry.

What makes Ideal Driving School unique?

Ideal Driving School (Truck & Forklift Training) is owned and operated by Shane and Vanessa Mengel. Since 2001 they have trained hundreds of people in obtaining their first time or upgrade of their truck driving or forklift licence.

Shane has been in the transportation industry for over 25 years and in that time has progressed from forklift driver to manager of several major depots in Toowoomba and the Darling Downs for National fleets.

Shane holds several accredited licences and like all of the instructors holds numerous training qualifications relevant to the transport industry. He lives and breathes the business and demands that all his trucks and associated equipment (forklifts) are industry standard.

Beware of what you are buying if you are shopping around for a good truck driving or forklift training facility. Verify that you are going to be trained in Industry ready vehicles. We assure you that we are and we ask that you to preview our training fleet both inside and out.

Please make sure that you call us (phone 4634 0512) to get more information about our flexible booking times and learn more about the important fine details we go into when we undertake your truck driver training or forklift driver training.

It is worth the phone call.

In addition to driver training Ideal Truck Driver Training provides:

Gift Vouchers for purchase
Driving tests arranged
Pre-employment/refresher training
Job placement assistance
B-Double courses/licencing & refresher training
Company driver assessments
Forklift HRW training/licencing
(In partnership with Mengel Training Services - RTO31800)

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