Alberta Class 7 Supervisor: Full Class 5, Age 18+, Front Seat Required

Your Alberta Class 7 supervising driver must be at least 18 years old and hold a full Class 5 driver's licence or higher or higher.

• This is a core rule of Alberta's Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) program.
• ✓ The supervisor must sit in the front passenger seat..

Practice tests and Alberta Class 7 permit rules: shoro.ai Alberta Learner Permits.

Who can supervise an Alberta Class 7 learner and what disqualifies them?

Supervisor Age and Licence Qualifications

These are the non-negotiable legal standards for a qualified supervising driver. Age: At least 18 years old. Licence: A valid full Class 5 driver's licence or higher. A probationary Class 5-GDL licence does not qualify. Out-of-Province Licence: A supervisor from another province or state may supervise if they hold an equivalent full, unrestricted licence (non-GDL). At the Cochrane registry, Accompanying parent's Alberta driver's licence had expired during a family tripclerk caught it at the counter.

One Lloydminster applicant learned the hard way: Grandmother accompanied the applicant as the primary caregiverno court-issued guardianship documents produced.

• ✗ Denied; legal parent or court-appointed guardian must appear, next slot 7 days out.
• ✓ Informal grandparent custody carries zero legal guardian standing at any Alberta Registry agent.

Alberta's unsigned consent form rule caught this applicant off guard: Parent signed the consent form at the kitchen table before driving to the Registry. Alberta requires the signature to be witnessed by the Registry agent.

• ✓ Voided; parent must accompany the applicant to the counter, next slot 4 days out.
• ✗ Home-signed parental consent forms are never accepted at any Alberta Registry agent office.