All drivers who wish to drive on a vocational basis any vehicle in excess of 3.5t are required to engage in 35 hours of training every 5 years. The minimum length that any CPC course can last is 7 hours meaning they must attend 5 courses in each 5 year cycle.
The EU commission have reviewed the Driver CPC directive which now specifies that “a range of different subjects should be covered over the 35 hours. Therefore, DVSA wishes to emphasise that drivers must not unnecessarily repeat the same periodic training subjects within a rolling five-year period."
The Traffic Commissioners Office also stipulate that “Driver CPC training should either be varied or specifically tailored to a driver’s weaknesses. Taking the same courses repeatedly is not good enough. Failing to put structured development plans in place for drivers not only increases the risk of an incident occurring but would reflect very poorly on an operator if they were called before a Traffic Commissioner.”
For a course to be counted towards CPC hours it must be approved by JAUPT (Joint Approvals Unit for Periodic Training). All of our Driver CPC courses have this approval. We can offer various methods of delivery, ranging from individual attendance at any of our open courses to company specific group sessions either at our training centre or at operator premises where suitable. Group sessions can be adapted slightly to include company logo and specific references / documents to ensure relevance to your company procedures.
All of our CPC 7 hour modules have been designed to cover a range of topics in each to ensure that drivers gain the maximum knowledge in each session and to prevent overload of any particular element.
7 hour modules
* Driver Essentials
Driver hours, RTD, analogue/digital tachographs and Fuel efficient driving
* Driver Compliance
Driver compliance duties, responsibilities, daily walk around checks
* Driver Welfare, Customer Care & Security
Inculding counter terrorism
* Traffic Laws
Laws, Incidents & Vulnerable Road Users
* Emergency First Aid at Work
Driver focussed.
* Vulnerable Road Users
Vulnerable Road Users, Safety campaigns, vehicle blind spots, vehile safety systems
* SAFED
Safe & Fuel Efficient Driving
* Dangerous Goods Awareness
Core Units 1-7, Actions during emergency
* ADR
1 - Tanks
2 - Carrriage of dangerous goods 1
3 - Carrriage of dangerous goods 2
4 - Carriage of dangerous goods 3
5 - Dangerous Goods Refresher
Courses from:
Online - £55.00 + vat
Classroom - £80.00 + vat
Client site - £75.00 + vat (minimum number of delegates required)
Per delegate and inclusive of DVSA upload fees.
3.5 hour modules
* Delivering the goods
Points of call, route planning & customer service
* Driver Welfare
Driver health, drugs & alchohol, fatigue & Driver fitness
* Drivers Hours & Tachograph Awareness
Drivers hours, tachographs & operational compliance
* Drivers Hours Rules
EU, Domestic & Working time directive
* First Aid Awareness
First aid overview.
* Fire Awareness
Causes, Actions, Fire Extinguishers & Fire Prevention
* Disability Awareness
Understanding, Etiquetts, Barriers & Solutions
* Fuel Efficient Driving
Benefits, Fuels & Fluids, Walk Around Checks & Safe driving
* Health & Safety for Drivers
Laws, Vehicles Movements, Banksman signals, manual Handling, Working at height & PPE
* Loading & Unloading
Laws, overloading, dimensions, load distribution, security & loading equipment
* Manual Handling
Injuries & costs, Risk assessments, Safe handling techniques & manual handling equipment
* Road Traffic Collisions
Actions at scene, emergency services, next actions, casualties & care
* Rules of the Road
Rules, documents, Highway Code, collisions, security & crime prevention
* Walk Around Checks
Legal requirements, safety equipment, defect reporting & enforcement
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