Tractor driver's driver's license of the new type 2022

Since 2011, amendments have come into force, on the basis of which a new type of certificate for a tractor driver has emerged. In addition, there are several types of documents that provide the right to drive a self-propelled vehicle.

A new type of document has replaced many years of plastic and cardboard documents. The existing document has a special barcode, which allows traffic police officers to quickly obtain information about the driver.

The transformation affected not only the conditions for issuing documents for driving self-propelled vehicles, but the concept itself was also modified.

• 2 The right to drive a self-propelled vehicle
• 3 Difference between identities
• 4 New categories
• 5 Direct acquisition of rights to a tractor
• 6 Documents for acquiring new rights
• 7 How to obtain a new license?

Tractor license: general description

Many are concerned about the question of what rights are needed to operate special equipment. A tractor driving license is often confused with the similar document used to legally drive a car. Both documents have significant differences.

The first difference is that the issuance of tractor licenses is carried out by a special organization - Gostekhnadzor. To obtain the papers, you will need to complete a training course. It differs significantly from conventional training programs designed for passenger cars.

You can obtain a license only at the place of registration of the user who plans to drive the tractor. If a document is lost, you will need to go through a recovery procedure. The main difference here will be that the driver will have to take a second test.

The key difference between a tractor and a car license is the control of a certain type of equipment. If, in the case of obtaining a driver's license, the user receives the right to legally drive any passenger vehicle, then in the case of a tractor license - a certain car.

A tractor license is not needed if the equipment is used exclusively on personal territory and does not leave its boundaries. If the car is driven onto public territory, a document will be required to drive it.

New certificates

The document is signed by the State Engineer-Inspector and has an individual number and series. The V/U contains a photograph of the driver and information about his registration, date and place of birth. Previously, in addition to the rights of tractor drivers, there was also a temporary permit. Its extradition was canceled as of November 2015.

The form of rights for tractor drivers is developed and approved by Gostekhnadzor. They have a unified form that is used in all regions of the country. Externally, the document resembles a card filled out on both sides. All basic information about the driver and photograph are placed on the front side of the V/U.

The second side of the V/U is devoted to information about the vehicle category. You can operate special equipment with engine power up to 4 kW without an AC unit.

It is enough to have a document issued by an educational institution confirming completion of professional training courses.

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Tractor driving license

In 2011, the rules for passing exams for driving tractor equipment were updated in Russia. In the same year, a new type of certificate was introduced. The rights look almost the same as their earlier counterparts. The main difference is the presence of a special barcode. Thanks to him, traffic police officers receive information about the tractor driver in the shortest possible time.

The certificate is an official document that contains information about the tractor driver. A detailed transcript contains the following information:

• personal data of the owner of the rights (full name, date of birth, place of registration);
• validity period of the document (date of receipt of rights, expiration date);
• information about the territorial division of the traffic police that issued the document (region code, division identification number);
• series and document number;
• the specific category of the vehicle that the license holder is allowed to drive;
• a digital photo of a tractor driver, taken against a gray background in compliance with certain rules (no headgear or optical devices, close-up of the face, etc.);
• personal signature of the owner of the rights, applied with special ink.

Difference between identities

Upon preparation in special institutions and successful passing of the test, a tractor driver or machinist certificate is issued. This certificate is valid for 10 years. When undergoing practical training, Gostekhnadzor issues a temporary certificate to cadets for a period of 2 months .
The main differences between a temporary certificate and a permit can be seen in the updated paragraph 9, subparagraph 9.1. Paragraph 9 states: the primary reason for the right to directly drive a self-propelled vehicle for persons sent by educational institutions to undergo an industrial internship for the first time for a period of 2 months is a temporary certificate.

A temporary certificate can be exchanged without passing the test for a tractor driver's license if a document confirming completion of training is presented.

Subclause 9.1 states: if an administrative offense has been committed, which resulted in the confiscation of the right to drive self-propelled vehicles. In this case, the tractor driver’s license is confiscated and a temporary license is issued for a period of 2 months.

Categories of tractor licenses

Having a tractor license does not give you the right to drive all types of equipment of this format. Therefore, a classification of self-propelled vehicles was introduced at the legislative level. Based on it, tractor rights were divided into several key categories:

• Category A. Designed for legal driving of motor vehicles not intended for travel on standard roads. This category is divided into several subcategories:

• — subcategory I – motorized off-road vehicles;
• — subcategory II – off-road vehicles weighing no more than 3.5 tons, with no more than 8 seats, excluding the driver’s seat;
• — subcategory III – vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tons;
• — subcategory IV – off-road equipment intended for transporting people with more than 8 seats.

• Category B. Gives the right to drive wheeled and tracked tractors with a power of no more than 25.7 kW.
• Category C. Designed for wheeled tractors and self-propelled machines with power from 25.7 to 110.3 kW.
• Category D. Used to control wheeled tractors with power above 110.3 kW.
• Category E. Designed for tracked vehicles with a power rating above 25.7 kW.
• Category F. Used for self-propelled agricultural equipment, various types of combines.

When planning to obtain a license, the user needs to think in advance about what kind of equipment he plans to operate. Based on this, you will need to sign up for training courses and answer all exam questions.

Categories of driver's licenses for tractors and special equipment

There are several categories in a tractor license, just like in a regular car license. In addition, there are 4 more subcategories. You can open one or several at once, but first you need to find out what types of transport each category is suitable for. The driver's document is suitable for those who plan to operate a loader, tractor, combine, as well as other special equipment , including tracked ones.

It will be a little easier to obtain a tractor driver's license for those who already have license (for a passenger car). It is possible to pass exams at Gostekhnadzor, citing self-preparation. You don’t have to pass the traffic rules, because the driver already has a license, which means he knows the rules. You will only need to pass practice exams.

Category A

This category allows you to operate self-propelled vehicles at a maximum speed of up to 50 km/h. These vehicles cannot be driven on public roads. vehicles can be classified as :

• 1 subcategory - off-road motor vehicles;
• Subcategory 2 - off-road vehicles weighing up to 3.5 tons, number of seats for passengers no more than 8;
• Subcategory 3 - off-road vehicles weighing over 3.5 tons;
• Subcategory 4 - off-road vehicles with a number of seats for passengers from 8, not counting the driver's seat .

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As a rule, A1 is given to those who plan to drive a snowmobile, ATV, swamp vehicle, or all-terrain vehicle; they cannot be driven on highways. A3 includes special-purpose all-terrain vehicles and mining dump trucks, A4 includes shift and platform buses.

Categories B, C, D, E, F

Having one open category, it is impossible to manage all vehicles that are self-propelled . Likewise, it is unacceptable to drive a tractor or snowmobile while holding a regular driver's license. However, without them it is impossible to obtain some categories of driver .

The tractor driver's license often contains notes about qualifications and work experience. For example, drivers with more than two years of experience are allowed to use a trailer. Category E drivers must not only drive tracked tractors, but also be able to independently carry out engine repairs.

What vehicles are allowed to be driven?

Having issued a tractor license, the user will be able to operate a certain category of equipment, in accordance with the open category, as well as other self-propelled vehicles, which are provided for each of the categories:

• subcategory I – snowmobiles, ATVs, motosanis, provided that the maximum speed is less than 50 km/h;
• subcategory II – all-terrain vehicles equipped with low-pressure tires;
• subcategory III – all-terrain vehicles with pneumatic tires;
• subcategory IV - buses designed to transport people between the airport and aircraft (airfield equipment);
• Category B – mini excavator machines with a power of less than 35 horsepower;
• category C – tractor equipment, loaders, excavators with a capacity of 35-150 horsepower;
• category D – equipment equipped with pneumatic tires, construction machines used for work in hard-to-reach places with a power of over 150 horsepower;
• category E – bulldozer equipment, excavators with power parameters of more than 35 horsepower;
• Category F – self-propelled vehicles used primarily in agricultural activities.

If a tractor license holder is caught driving a vehicle that is not permitted under the open category, he will be held liable. Penalties include an administrative fine, deprivation of a driver's license, and recertification with retake of a theoretical and practical exam.

Obtaining a tractor license

The key requirement for applicants to obtain a tractor driver's license is to successfully pass a theoretical and practical exam and prepare the necessary documentary support.

The legislator sets a clear age limit for applicants:

• subcategory I – 16 years;
• subcategory II – 19 years old;
• subcategory III – 19 years old;
• subcategory IV – 22 years;
• category B – 17 years old;
• category C – 17 years old;
• category D – 18 years old;
• category E – 17 years old;
• category F – 17 years old.

Gostekhnadzor imposes a number of mandatory requirements on potential holders of tractor licenses:

• availability of legal capacity required by the process of managing special equipment;
• successful completion of the educational process;
• passing the theoretical and practical parts of the exam;
• no deviations in health status;
• preparation and delivery of documentary support.

If at least one of the requirements is not met, it will be impossible to obtain a tractor driving license.

Obtaining rights involves certain costs. This is the cost of training in a driving school (on average from 10 thousand rubles), passing a medical examination (about 2-3 thousand rubles), duty fee (500 rubles for a paper document, 2 thousand rubles for a plastic one).

How to obtain a tractor driver's license?

The current procedure for issuing driver's licenses obliges drivers to undergo a special training course.
Specialized educational institutions provide such training. To conduct vocational training activities, they must have the appropriate license. You need to inquire about the availability of this document when choosing an educational institution. It is allowed to independently prepare for passing exams for obtaining high school categories “A I” and “B”. At the end of their studies, cadets take exams:

• commissions of the institution in which they were trained;
• "Spetsgostekhnadzor".

What will you need?

To obtain a license for a tractor driver, you will need to undergo a medical examination, collect the necessary package of documents and undergo professional training. Based on its results, exams are taken.

The tractor driver license is issued only upon successful completion.

Required documents

To enroll in professional training courses, you must provide a package of documents. Along with the passport, it includes a medical certificate of health. To receive a diploma, a certificate of completion of the courses is added to them. A driver's license may be required as an additional document.

Medical certificate

Passing a medical examination before starting training is a prerequisite for obtaining a tractor driver's license. Her conclusion is drawn up in the form of a certificate of the established form 003. It contains the data of only the therapist, but other doctors will also have to be examined. These include:

• psychiatrist;
• expert in narcology;
• ophthalmologist;
• ENT

If any doubts arise, the therapist may prescribe an additional examination by a neurologist and an EEG. The validity of the certificate is limited to one year.

You can undergo a medical examination in public and private medical institutions.

Exam procedure

The tractor driver exam consists of theoretical and practical parts. Cadets who fail the theory exam are not allowed to take practical tests. You can retake the theory exam after 7 days. If within 3 months the cadet fails to pass the practical exam, the results of the theoretical test are canceled.

At the end of the training course, the cadet is issued an individual card for passing exams. It contains information about the examinee. With this document he passes the exams.

A representative of Gostekhnadzor must be included in the examination commission.

Theory

The theory exam is taken in the form of answers to tickets, which are approved by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. To carry it out, special devices or computer equipment are used. Exam papers are divided into 2 blocks:

• traffic regulations;
• Safety of operation of self-propelled vehicles.

Cadets who have a driving license of any category giving the right to drive a car are given grounds for exemption from taking the theoretical exam.

Practice

The practical part of the exams takes place in 2 stages. The tests begin at the tractor track. After successfully passing the basic exercises, drivers go on a special route. In case of failure of the practical exam 3 times, cadets are sent to an additional course of study.

Self-propelled vehicles are provided to cadets for passing a practical exam by the training center in which they were trained. Special identification marks are attached to the equipment.

A rear view mirror is installed for the examiner.

Documentary support

To be admitted to the tractor license exam, the user will have to prepare a number of mandatory documentation. Without it, he will not be allowed to take the tests and will not be able to obtain a tractor driver’s license.

Standard package of documents:

• a certificate with the specified category;
• a medical certificate confirming the absence of health problems and the absence of contraindications;
• passport details;
• papers certifying completion of training in a specialized field;
• a special form card indicating the details of the driving school, personal information of the driver, and the desired category.

Each applicant for a certificate must undergo a medical examination. This is necessary in the following situations:

• first receipt of license for off-road special equipment;
• new category;
• replacing expired rights;
• return of the document after deprivation;
• at the request of the driver;
• there is a special mark indicating that a medical examination is required.

You can undergo an examination at any medical department at the place of registration or actual residence. Without fail, the user will have to visit a narcological and psychoneurological dispensary, undergo an examination by an ophthalmologist, an ENT specialist, a surgeon, a therapist, a psychiatrist and a narcologist.

The concept of self-propelled vehicles

The primary transformation of the rules is the amendment to the concept of “self-propelled vehicles”.

In the current rules, a self-propelled vehicle means a tractor, self-propelled road construction vehicles, and other mechanical vehicles with an autonomous drive that have an internal combustion engine with a cubic capacity of more than 50 cubic meters. see or electric motor with a power of more than 4 kW .

The changes made clearly outline the classes of equipment that holders of a tractor driver license have the right to operate.

Replacing a document

The need to replace a certificate arises in the following situations:

• loss of document;
• the document is damaged or stolen;
• making changes to qualifications;
• change in health status confirmed by a medical certificate;
• expiration date.

Regardless of the specific circumstances, the tractor driver will have to visit the regional branch of Gostekhnadzor and submit an application for a replacement document. If the applicant has a document confirming passing the exam in the category, or no more than 6 months have passed since the expiration date of the last document, no difficulties will arise.

If the employees of the regulatory authority have doubts about the applicant or the mandatory conditions are not met, the tractor driver will have to collect a complete package of documents and retake the theoretical and practical exam.

Special marks on the tractor driver's license

Many drivers are interested in the question:

“Is it necessary to make a note on the tractor driver’s license for the right to drive imported road construction equipment in the column of special regulations of the Government of the Russian Federation of July 12, 1999. No. 796”, either consciously or having gaps in knowledge of their powers and make an entry in the certificate of the right to operate imported equipment.

Attention!!! , you do not need to go to Gostekhnadzor and make a mark on the tractor driver’s certificate !

The category in the certificate gives you the right to drive (move) equipment with parameters corresponding to this category (wheeled or tracked, engine power, bucket capacity).

To manage imported equipment, it is enough to have an open appropriate category.

For example: to operate a Komatsu RS 400 excavator, you must have an open category “E” in your license - no additional entries need to be made in the tractor driver’s license. To operate imported construction equipment ( for example: a Caterpillar bulldozer), not to move, but to perform various works, you must have the appropriate initial vocational education; undergo retraining at an educational institution under the appropriate program ( for example: “Caterpillar bulldozer operator”) and have a certificate with the appropriate entry.

Here is an explanation from Gostekhnadzor of Russia: “In accordance with paragraph 5 of the Rules for admission to driving self-propelled machines and issuing tractor driver (tractor operator) certificates (approved by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of July 12, 1999 No. 796) in order to ensure control over the compliance of the work performed assigned qualification in the column for special marks of the tractor driver (tractor operator) certificate, a restrictive or permissive entry on the presence of qualification (qualifications) is made, and further paragraph 7 states that the basis for making a restrictive or permissive entry on the presence of a tractor driver (tractor operator) certificate qualifications (qualifications) are educational documents confirming receipt of the relevant profession.

Educational institutions or persons training workers in professions related to operating self-propelled machines must have a license and train these workers on the basis of state educational standards and standard programs approved by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation. Such training must be carried out in accordance with the order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation dated July 2, 2013 No. 513 “On approval of the List of occupations of workers, positions of employees for which vocational training is carried out” (as amended on February 3, 2022).

The list of vocational training professions is a regulatory document for organizing vocational training of workers. The list was developed on the basis of the All-Russian Classifier of Worker Occupations, Employee Positions and Tariff Classes (OK 016-94), which came into effect on January 1, 1996; The Unified Tariff and Qualification Directory of Work and Professions of Workers (ETKS), approved by the Decree of the State Committee for Labor of the USSR and the Secretariat of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions dated January 16, 1985 No. 17/2-54, additions and changes to the ETKS, approved by resolutions of the Ministry of Labor of Russia in 1992 - 2000. and other regulatory legal acts.

In accordance with the qualification structure established by the “Basic provisions of the state educational standard of primary vocational education” (OST 9 PO 01-93), all professions included in this list belong to the first level of qualification. The List contains codes of workers' professions, their names, the range of tariff categories (groups) according to ETKS, training periods and the assigned qualification category.

Thus, an educational institution cannot train a person who is not qualified as an excavator operator to work on an excavator, Hitachi, etc., and in accordance with the listed documents must initially provide training in the profession of an excavator operator.

Training is carried out according to programs that are developed by educational institutions on the basis of standard programs approved by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and coordinated with the Main State Technical Supervision Authority of Russia (currently these programs are coordinated with the Department of Scientific and Technological Policy and Education of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation). After development, a specific program is approved in agreement with the Gostekhnadzor inspection of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation by the educational authority of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation where the educational institution is located.

After completing initial training for a qualification category (the minimum of the range of tariff categories (groups) according to ETKS), which, as a rule, is confirmed by the qualification commission of the enterprise, this qualification is indicated in the standard certificate of completion of the educational institution, and the engineer-inspector of Gostekhnadzor indicates this qualification in special notes when issuing a tractor driver (tractor driver) license. Moreover, if the student did not have a tractor driver (tractor operator) certificate, then exams are held in accordance with sections III and IV of the Admission Rules in those categories that, in accordance with the training program, are included in the qualifications of this profession.

For example: for a 5th category excavator operator, these could be categories “B”, “C” and “E” or, if desired, only category “C” or “E”. In this case, the practical exam can be carried out both on an excavator and on a tractor of the corresponding category. This exam evaluates not how a person operates an excavator, but how he operates a self-propelled machine of this category as a vehicle.

If the student already has a tractor-driver (tractor driver) license and it contains the categories required in accordance with the qualification, then the exam is not held, and the certificate is changed to a new one with a record of the assigned qualification in special notes.

The procedure for assigning qualification categories is defined in the general provisions of the first issue of ETKS. The issue of assigning or increasing a rank, qualification group, class, category (hereinafter referred to as rank) is considered by the qualification commission of an enterprise, organization, workshop on the basis of an application from a worker who has completed training and passed qualification exams, upon the recommendation of the head of the relevant department (foreman, shift supervisor and etc.) taking into account the opinion of the production team.

The right to increase in grade is primarily given to workers who perform high-quality work and the established labor standards of a higher grade for at least three months, and who conscientiously perform their work duties. In small enterprises and organizations where it is not possible to create a qualification commission of the appropriate profile to test theoretical knowledge and take a test for assigning or changing categories and occupational titles to workers, the assignment of categories can be made by state qualification commissions created in secondary vocational schools (educational institutions ).

Assignment of a higher rank after advanced training of a worker, if this is not related to the opening of another category in the tractor driver’s (tractor driver’s) certificate, can be carried out without the participation of a Gostekhnadzor inspector, if he is not included in the qualification commission. Then, after assigning the next category, an extract from the commission’s decision is sent to the Gostekhnadzor inspection, which replaces the worker’s certificate and changes the entry in the special marks.

After this, by decision of the enterprise management, a worker who already has qualifications, for example , as a 6th category excavator operator, can be sent to specialized courses or additional training to study excavators, Hitachi, etc. and receive the appropriate certificate, however, making additional entries after this in the tractor driver’s (tractor driver’s) certificate is not allowed.”