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Caravan club run them but as above to be honest find a big deserted car park and take some cones or large boxes and have a practice. Plenty of online advice about reversing and more you practice easier it becomes.

Best advice is take it slow and think first

The secret of reversing any trailer is to go SLOW      Start by turning the steering wheel the opposite way to which you what the trailer to go,  then once it starts to turn turn the steering wheel the other way to follow it round,   constant adjustment are usually called for even by the best of drivers   after a few goes it becomes second nature and you will find yourself doing it without thinking       

   I once saw a showman reverse  three  yes three trailers into a yard  so if he could do that  one trailer should be easy which it is once you get the hang of it   just don't let the trailer fold up to tight to the car  if in doubt pull forwards and try again

  On the HGV test they will not fail you if you get out of the cab and have a look round to make sure you are not going to hit anything but they will if you do hit something!

  No body gets it right first time so don't worry just practise and you will soon be showing off your skills like the best of them and wondering what all the fuss was about  

It realy is easy as moppetsdad says Biggest piece of advice TAKE YOUR TIME

your not in a race put thr back of the car opposite direction to normal if you can back up your camper a 40 ft artic is easy i dont have hgv but shocked a load of artic drivers whe i parked one up at Tilbury

What has been already said is true.  The only thing I would add is that as soon as you start to get the camper going in the direction you want you have to get the car to follow through ie turn in the same direction.  People often mess up reversing by leaving this part too late.

Bob