• You can sign up for Q-Ride to get your class RE provisional or open licence
after you have passed the motorbike hazard perception test, and held
your class RE learner licence for at least 90 days (one year if you got an
exemption from the pre-learner course).
• You can sign up for Q-Ride to get your class R licence after you have held
your class RE provisional or open licence for at least two years.
To check your eligibility to undertake a Q-Ride course please visit
www.qld.gov.au/motorbikelicence.
Applying for Q-Ride training and assessment
To get your motorbike licence (class RE learner licence, class RE or class R
provisional, probationary or open licence) with Q-Ride, follow these steps.
1. Get started – to undertake the pre-learner course you need to hold a class C
provisional, probationary or open licence, which you have held for at least
one year. To undertake the restricted (RE) course you need to have passed
the motorbike hazard perception test, and held your RE learner licence for
at least 90 days. To undertake the unrestricted (R) course you need to hold
a class RE provisional, probationary or open licence, which you have held
for at least two years.
2. Choose – a Q-Ride training provider. Your choice may dependon
location, fees and charges.
3. Enrol – in Q-Ride training with a Q-Ride training provider. The training
provider may ask you to provide evidence that you are eligible to
undertake the Q-Ride course.
4. Learn – develop your motorbike riding skills through progressive
training.You must always carry your class RE learner, provisional,
probationary or open licence. You must only receive instruction from
another rider who holds an open licence for the class of motorbike you
are riding and who has held that licence for at least one year.
5. Certificate – when you have been assessed as attaining the required
competencies by an accredited rider trainer, the Q-Ride training provider will
issue you with a competency declaration (Q-Ride certificate) for the course.
The Q-Ride training provider may notify the Department of Transport and
Main Roads that you have successfully completed the course, or may tell you
to present the certificate at a driver licence issuing centre.
6. Licence – if your Q-Ride training provider notifies the Department of
Transport and Main Roads that you have successfully completed a
course you may be eligible to apply for your motorbike licence online.
If you complete a pre-learner course you may be eligible to take the
motorbike knowledge test online and have the RE learner licence
automatically added to your licence. If you complete a restricted or
unrestricted course, you may be eligible to upgrade your licence online
at www.qld.gov.au/motorbikelicence. If your Q-Ride training provider
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