SGI Class 1 case studies
SGI Class 1 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Class 1 licence is Saskatchewan's commercial driver credential, administered through SGI, and it is the licence that opens the door to heavy-truck and tractor-trailer work in the province. This independent study page is written for candidates preparing for the Class 1 knowledge test - people moving up from a Class 5 licence, drivers returning to commercial work, and newcomers to Saskatchewan's licensing system who need to understand how the process is organized before they book anything. The SGI Class 1 case studies are 5 cases and about 3,831 words.
1The 19-year-old who wants to skip straight to the Class 1 road test
Priya, 19, moved from Alberta to Regina six weeks ago and exchanged her Alberta Class 5 for a Saskatchewan Class 5. She has a job offer from a Regina carrier running dry freight to Winnipeg twice a week in a 2019 tractor-trailer.
750 words, about 4 min2Road test refused at the pre-trip: a tire, a decal and a plate
Dale, 24, books his Class 1 road test in Prince Albert for 08:00 Saturday using a borrowed 2013 tractor and a 2018 53-foot dry van. He arrives at 07:40.
715 words, about 4 min3Registering at 36,000 kg and loading to 42,000 kg on a Sunday night
Marc runs a one-truck operation out of Moose Jaw. He has bought a used 2019 tandem-axle tractor and a 2020 tri-axle flatbed, with a combined tare weight of 14,200 kg, to haul lumber and gravel around southern Saskatchewan and occasionally into Manitoba.
758 words, about 4 min4The dispatcher's "personal conveyance" suggestion at the end of a shift
Trevor drives for a six-truck Saskatoon carrier. His shift started Monday at 04:30.
769 words, about 4 min5Twelve steel pipes, minus -28 °C, and the Lumsden descent
It is 05:00 in January, -28 °C with light snow. Nadia is loading twelve steel pipes onto her 48-foot flatbed in Regina.
839 words, about 4 min