Courses

General information

To start a driving licence course you need to:

obtain a medical certificate stating that there are no medical contraindications to driving (the medical examination for the certificate may be carried out at OSK SzAŁ by appointment with an authorised doctor).
Obtain a Driver Candidate Profile from the Department of Motor Vehicles with jurisdiction over your place of residence. You need to have with you:
- a completed application for a driving licence,
- proof of identity,
- a photograph measuring 3.5 cm x 4.5 cm, taken against a uniform bright background, having good sharpness and reproducing the natural colour of the skin. It should include an image from the top of the head to the upper part of the shoulders so that the face occupies 70-80% of the photograph, showing the eyes clearly, especially the pupils, and depicting the person in a frontal position, without headgear or dark glasses, looking straight ahead with eyes open unobstructed by hair, with a natural expression on the face and the mouth closed.
- a medical certificate stating that there are no contraindications to driving, issued by a doctor authorised to examine drivers,
- a psychological certificate stating that there are no psychological contraindications to driving (for CAT C1, C, D1, D, C1+E, C+E, D1+E, D+E),
- written consent of parents or guardians if the person is under 18 years of age,
- a photocopy of your driving licence (if you have one),
- a photocopy of the driving licence issued abroad with a translation (when exchanging a driving licence not specified in the road traffic conventions).

State examination

The condition for taking the state examination is to register for the examination in person at the Provincial Road Traffic Centre (or by a person authorised to do so in writing), via the Internet or by telephone . You will need to bring your identity card, your Driver Candidate Profile number and pay the examination fee.

Entitlement to drive	Required age*	Other requirements	Teaching plan (hours)
			Theory	Practice
moped, light quadricycle	14		5	5

Entitlement to drive	Required age*	Other requirements	Teaching plan (hours)
			Theory	Practice
a motorbike up to 125 cc and a power of up to 11 kW, a three-wheel motorbike up to 15 kW, a vehicle as defined for the driving licence for category AM	16		30	20

Entitlement to drive	Required age*	Other requirements	Teaching plan (hours)
			Theory	Practice
a motorbike of a power not exceeding 35 kW, a three-wheel motorbike of a power not exceeding 15 kW, a vehicle as defined for the driving licence for category AM	18		30	20

Entitlement to drive	Required age*	Other requirements	Teaching plan (hours)
			Theory	Practice
motorbike, motorbike with a trailer with a mass not exceeding the mass of the motorbike + 100 kg, vehicles specified for the driving licence cat. AM	24 albo 20 (jeśli posiadało się wcześniej przez 2 lata prawo jazdy kat.A1, A2)		30	20
		prawo jazdy kat. A1,A2	–	10

Entitlement to drive	Required age*	Other requirements	Teaching plan (hours)
			Theory	Practice
a four-wheel motor vehicle with an unladen mass not exceeding: a) in the case of the carriage of goods 550 kg, b) in the case of the carriage of passengers 400 kg, and vehicles specified for the driving licence for category AM	16		30	30

Entitlement to drive	Required age*	Other requirements	Teaching plan (hours)
			Theory	Practice
a motor vehicle up to 3.5 t gross vehicle weight and a combination of vehicles up to 3.5 t and an agricultural tractor or slow-moving vehicle	17		30	30
	17	driving licence cat. B1	–	20

Entitlement to drive	Required age*	Other requirements	Teaching plan (hours)
			Theory	Practice
a vehicle as defined in cat B with a trailer	18	category B driving licence	–	15

Entitlement to drive	Required age*	Other requirements	Teaching plan (hours)
			Theory	Practice
a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of more than 3.5 t, except for buses, and also an agricultural tractor or slow-moving vehicle	21	category B driving licence	20	30

Entitlement to drive	Required age*	Other requirements	Teaching plan (hours)
			Theory	Practice
a vehicle as defined in cat C with a trailer	21	category C driving licence or certificate of passing the state examination	–	25

Entitlement to drive	Required age*	Other requirements	Teaching plan (hours)
			Theory	Practice
a bus, agricultural tractor or slow-moving vehicle, a vehicle as defined for the AM licence.	24	category B driving licence	20	60
	24	category C driving licence	20	40

* It is possible to start the course 3 months before reaching the required age

Type of training	Number of theory hours	Number of hours of practice
Periodic training	31.5	3.5 (exercises or practical classes)
Initial qualification	260 (195 - basic part, 65 - specialised part)	20 (16 - individual driving in traffic, 4 - individual driving in special conditions or 2 hours on the simulator)
Accelerated initial qualification	130 (97 - basic part, 33 - specialised part)	10 (8 - individual driving in traffic, 2 - individual driving in special conditions or 1 hour on the simulator)
Supplementary initial qualification	65	5
Accelerated supplementary initial qualification	32,5	2,5