Professional bus, coach and lorry drivers working commercially.
The aim behind Driver CPC is to improve road safety by providing better qualified drivers to help reduce road casualties. Driver CPC should also bring an improved professional and positive image to the industries, attracting more people to drive buses, coaches and lorries for a living. Driver CPC is aimed not only at improving the knowledge and skills of LGV and PCV drivers when they first start work, but also ensuring those skills are maintained and developed throughout the driver’s working life.
Driver Hours & Tachographs
Legislative background
Aims, benefits & layout of the Driver CPC
Relevance of today's topic
EU driver hours, domestic hours & analogue tachographs
Reinforcement
Digital Tachographs - using the digital tachograph, smart cards, mode switch, requirements, UTC
Digital Tachographs - pictograms, printouts, mixed driving, enforcement and penalties
Digital Tachographs - use of simulator
Vehicle Maintenance & Defect Reporting
Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness
Best practice
Key points to a good maintenance system
Responsibilities for roadworthiness and O licence implications
Daily walk around checks and first use inspections
Principles of Nil Defects
VOSA Inspection Manuals
Exercise - filling out defect reports
Enforcement
Reinforcement
In order to maintain their Driver CPC, all Category C and D existing licence holders (including C, C1, C1E and D, D1, DE, D1E) will be required to undertake 35 hours Periodic Training every 5 years.
The 35 hours can be split into 1 day sessions lasting 7 hours each and be spread over 5 years
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| Driver CPC Course Dates Jan - July 2011.xls | 220.5 KB |
| Driver CPC Information Jan - Nov 2011.doc | 419 KB |