Dumfries
Edinburgh Road, Heathhall, Dumfries DG1 3NX
All courses · opened 2001
About Nithcree
Started in a haulage yard. Still run like one.
Training drivers in Dumfries since 2001: that is 25 years. Every instructor spent decades driving, lifting or operating before they started teaching, and 90% of our candidates pass.
Our story
Industry first, teaching second
Nithcree grew out of an established family haulage business and moved into training alongside it. The Dumfries centre opened in 2001 and Perth followed in 2021.
As hauliers, the family knew first-hand what employers need from a new driver. That still shapes how we train: you learn the test, and you also learn how the job works once you have passed.
We hire instructors for their time in the industry as well as their qualifications. Between them they have more than 300 years of experience in general haulage, tankers, livestock, wide loads, skips and plant, and decades of operating cranes and forklifts. Our office team comes from haulage and warehousing too, so the advice you get before booking is practical.
Read our 25-year story- 90% pass rate. Nine out of ten candidates who train with us pass. How we do it
- Industry first. Every instructor has worked in the field they now teach. Meet them
- Small groups. Most plant courses take a maximum of three trainees.
- Two centres. LGV training in Dumfries and Perth. Plant, CPC and ADR in Dumfries.
- Employers and individuals. Complete beginners, refreshers and whole-fleet training.
Since 2001
25 years of training
From one yard in Dumfries to two centres and more than twenty courses.
- Before 2001
A family haulage business
Nithcree’s roots are in an established, family-run haulage company in Dumfries.
- 2001
Dumfries training centre opens
Lorry driver training starts at Edinburgh Road, Heathhall.
- 2004
Nithcree Training Services Limited
The training business is incorporated as its own company.
- Over the years
More courses, more approvals
Driver CPC (JAUPT), ADR (SQA), forklift (RTITB) and lorry loader (ALLMI) training join the lorry licences.
- 2021
Perth centre opens
LGV and B+E training for central and east Scotland. Perth centre
- 2022
No One Left Behind, Perth
A pilot with Perth & Kinross Council and the Scottish Government to train new HGV drivers. Read the story
- 2024
NPORS training and examination centre
Plant training arrives, with 13 NPORS courses. Read the story
- 2026
25 years
Nithcree Logistics & Construction Training: 10 logistics and 13 plant courses across two centres.
Our work bringing new people into HGV driving has also been highlighted in the Scottish Parliament.
Our instructors
More than 300 years in the industry between them
Every driving instructor is NVDIR-registered. Two are DVSA reverse examiners, one is a delegated examiner for Driver CPC Module 4, and the team includes RTITB forklift instructors, an ALLMI lorry loader instructor and an SQA-approved ADR instructor.
Meet the instructors
Where we train
Two training centres
Perth
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LGV and B+E · opened 2021
Accredited and approved by
What our accreditations mean
DVSADriver and Vehicle Standards Agency
NVDIRNational Vocational Driving Instructors Register
Driver CPCJAUPT-approved Driver CPC centre
SQAScottish Qualifications Authority
NPORSNational Plant Operators Registration Scheme
RTITBWorkplace transport training accreditation
ALLMIAssociation of Lorry Loader Manufacturers and Importers
SDSSkills Development Scotland
IMIInstitute of the Motor Industry
Our sister company
LWR Training & Services
Nithcree’s owners also run LWR Training & Services Ltd, a family-run training company with more than 15 years in construction and logistics. Between the two businesses, drivers, operators and employers can find almost any course they need.
LWR delivers courses that complement ours, including Driver CPC modules for bus and coach (PCV) drivers, ALLMI slinger signaller training, and NPORS categories such as micro excavators, loading shovels and site safety supervisor and manager courses.
Visit LWR Training & Services- Driver CPC for LGV and PCV. ASOT-accredited 3.5 and 7-hour modules, from drivers’ hours and tachographs to PSVAR and safeguarding.
- ALLMI. Lorry crane (HIAB) and slinger signaller courses.
- More NPORS categories. Micro excavator, loading shovel, mini dumper, quick hitch awareness and safe working at height.
- Site safety. NPORS Construction Site Safety Supervisor and Manager, with refreshers.
Ready when you are
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