The DCPC is for PCV drivers and LGV drivers of vehicles over 3.5 tonne, who drive professionally throughout the UK and Europe. It has been developed as a requirement of the EU Directive 2003/59, which is designed to improve the knowledge and skills of professional LGV and PCV drivers throughout their working life. All LGV drivers are required by law to complete 35 hours of JAUPT approved training every 5 years. Now is the time to act. The later you leave it, the greater the chance of not completing the required training by the 9th September 2014 deadline and risk losing your ability to drive. It will be an offence to drive a PCV or LGV vehicles of over 3.5 tonne without completing your DCPC, or to cause or permit a driver to do so. The driver will also commit an offence if they fail to produce their card at a police/VOSA roadside check. It will be unlawful to drive professionally anywhere in the European Union without a Driver Qualification Card (DQC) which will only be issued once the 35 hours is completed by the driver. (Existing drivers can use their vocational driving licence as proof of their Driver CPC, but only until 9th September 2014, however newly qualified drivers will have achieved their drivers CPC at the point of qualification).
Driving without a DQC: £1000 fine. Causing or permitting the above: £1000 fine. Failure to carry DQC: On the spot fine. Forging or falsifying documents: 2 years prison sentence or fine.
The aims of our CPC training course are to ensure that existing drivers achieve 35 hours of periodic training, which will enable the candidate to achieve their Driver Qualification Card (DQC) and the right to drive professionally within the European Union as of the 10th September 2014.
Our CPC training courses consist of two 3.5 hour modules, apart from the Driver Development and SAFED Modules which are 7 hours in duration. This will enable the client to choose which modules are most relevant to their operation. Each Module can accommodate up to 20 candidates bar our SAFED course which can only accommodate 2 candidates and Close Quarter Manoeuvring which can only accommodate 6 candidates – this is dictated by the delivery model of these specific courses.
Overview of Goods Vehicle Operating Licence (Classroom) 3.5 Hours
Working Time Directive and Drivers Hours (Classroom) 3.5 Hours
Vehicle Checks and Defect Reporting (Classroom) 3.5 Hours
Safe Loading of Vehicles (Classroom) 3.5 Hours
Customer Care (Classroom) 3.5 Hours
Dealing with Accidents/Incidents (Classroom) 3.5 Hours
An introduction to Digital Tachograph (Classroom) 3.5 Hours
Driver Welfare (Classroom) 3.5 Hours
Anti-Terrorism (Vehicle used as a weapon) (Classroom) 7 Hours
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Public open courses (which are open to individuals who are not attending through a company) and company specific courses are scheduled weekly throughout the year inclusive of weekdays and weekends. We also offer bespoke courses for customers which are tailored to the company’s specific requirements.
Each CPC training session is made up of two 3.5 hour modules with the exception of the 7 hour modules. Average course timings are 8am until 4.30 pm each day.
Transport Training Academy Manchester, Lancashire or once verification has been confirmed that the customer’s premises are suitable delivery can be conducted on site at a customer’s chosen location. Please contact our Course Information and Booking Team on 0845 056 0561 or email info@ttacademy.com for further details.
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