The Driver CPC for professional LGV drivers' has been in force for almost six months now and truck drivers' across Europe are undertaking the first 7 hours of the 35 hours of JAUPT approved periodic training, required to be completed by September 2014.

OPEN COURSES

We are providing 'open to all' Driver CPC Periodic Training courses from our training centre on the A605 in Northamptonshire at a TOTAL cost of £60.00 per delegate (which includes the £8.75 fee payable to the Driving Standards Agency to cover the attendance registration costs per delegate) and with no VAT to be added (don't forget that standard VAT rates reverted back to 17.5% on 1st January 2010).

We only have one date with delegate spaces still available for February 2010 - a split course to be held on the afternoon of Friday 26th February and the morning of Saturday 27th February.  March dates are now available, beginning with a split course on the weekend of 12th and 13th March; a one day course on Friday 19th March and a further one day course to be held on Saturday 27th March. Further information and a booking form can be viewed and/or downloaded HERE

If you want to know about courses to be held later in the year just e-mail: drivercpc@truckuk.net  with 'dates 2010' in the subject box and we will send you a full list of provisional dates, within 48 hours of receipt of your message.

IN-HOUSE COURSES

If your company can provide a training room, that comes up to JAUPT standards and you have more than 8 delegates to put forward for periodic training, we can provide a 7 hour module of JAUPT approved periodic training for less than £60.00 total cost per delegate - 'Driver Standards & Procedures' - JAUPT Approved Course No: CRS1219/184, at a time and place to suit your operation!

Whether you want a module of periodic training presented on a working week day or at the weekend (Saturday or Sunday), or perhaps you would rather begin the course late afternoon on one day (3 hours) and finish it off on the next morning (4 hours), or even presented to a night shift ......... whatever suits your organisation or type of operation (within the permitted times set by JAUPT) we can fulfil your requirements.

No one else can or will offer you such a flexible deal for such a competitve price, guaranteed to be of top benefit to your drivers' and therefore of top benefit to your operation!   Truck UK is committed to improve every clients levels of compliance, while at the same time reducing their overall costs. Why not e-mail: drivercpc@truckuk.net now for more information?

provides compliance advice and support to every type and size of commercial vehicle operator based across the East Midlands and East Anglia. We are proud to provide total compliance solutions to a wide range of goods vehicle operators and we would be pleased to provide a no-obligation quote to any goods vehicle operator that would like to improve their compliance, while at the same time reducing their overall costs.

Vehicle & Operator Licence Compliance - We provide specialist compliance audits of existing standards and procedures; we design, produce and implement bespoke Goods Vehicle Operator Compliance packages ('Smart Compliance'); we carry out ongoing administration and quality control of company practices; we present induction and refresher classroom based training for all types of professional driver, as well as transport office staff and management level employees.

We provide company and even job specific driver handbooks and information packs. Why not download a free pdf format electronic copy of the 53 page Tachomaster Drivers' Guide to the Digital Tachograph written for Tachomaster, so that you get an idea of the quality of the work we offer to clients? You can also download, absolutely free, a copy of the Tachomaster Guide to the Correct Use of the Analogue Tachograph, again produced for Tachomaster.

Our training courses are designed and produced by industry recognised operator licence specialist Steve Williams. Information is presented in an easy to understand, yet comprehensive format. If you want to see an example of what we offer to delegates within our courses go to Truck UK TV and watch a series of video clips that will take you through how to correctly operate a digital tachograph vehicle unit and how to use the driver card for the first time.

We provide in-house drivers' hours courses; tachograph use and preventative maintenance standards and procedures courses, designed to meet specific company needs and presented at a time and location to suit each client.

If you are interested in finding out more just e-mail company courses giving a brief explanation of:-

• what sort of training you are looking for;
• what type of operation you have;
• how many employees you want to put forward for training;
• and if you have your own training room and your location.

You will receive an electronically generated response as soon as possible (within 48 hours), outlining what we believe we can offer and what the cost to you is likely to be. There is absolutely no obligation to take up our services if you contact us and we will never add your details to any contact lists, without your consent, nor will we ever pass on your details to anyone else.

THE DRIVER CPC: If you are an operator of goods vehicles of any description that are being used for any type of business you should already have added the cost of the Driver CPC to your annual budget for this year and beyond. The new mandatory training has been in place for six months now and the clock is ticking for you to get all your drivers through the 35 hours of training before September 2014. It will not save you any money to leave it till the last minute, in fact it is virtually a certainty that training costs will increas as we approach the deadline date. Nor will it impress the Traffic Commissioners to find that you've not implemented some sort of system for training.

Since September last year (2009) every professional category C holder has been required to undertake 7 hours of approved periodic training on an annual basis (35 hours every 5 years) for the rest of their professional driving career. What's more, all new entrants to the commercial goods vehicle sector, who want to drive vehicles over 3.5 gvw for a living, have to take and pass two Driver CPC initial qualification examinations, as well as the category C vocational theory and practical tests.

is approved as a training centre by the DSA Joint Approvals Unit for Periodic Training (JAUPT) - No. AC0184 - to deliver Driver CPC Periodic Training to both existing passenger transport and existing goods vehicle drivers. We are now regularly presenting 7 hour modules of periodic training to employees of goods vehicles operators based across the UK and we are providing open courses from our training centre in Northamptonshire. If you would like us to design, produce and put forward for approval 7 hour bespoke modules of periodic training for your own business, get in touch and arrange a no-obligation training needs analysis. e-mail: info@truckuk.net.  Alternatively we can provide an 'off-the-shelf' approved course - 'Driver Standards and Procedures'  that includes all the facts that every professional truck driver should be aware of.

PLEASE NOTE - THE TRAINING DIRECTIVE DOES NOT REQUIRE EXISTING PROFESSIONAL VOCATIONAL DRIVERS TO PASS AN EXAMINATION OR ANY TYPE OF TEST OR ASSESSMENT TO GAIN A DRIVER CPC / DRIVER QUALIFICATION CARD  -  JUST A COMMITMENT TO UNDERTAKE REGULAR PERIODS OF APPROVED TRAINING.

At Truck UK we have enough confidence in our training methods and the quality of the content of our courses to be satisfied that if any driver undertakes periodic training through Truck UK he or she is guaranteed to gain useful new skills and a better understanding of their existing knowledge of this industry of ours, without the need to put them through an examination to prove it. However, if any operator would like to have evidence of driver awareness of the content of any of our courses we can provide an assessment paper to be completed by delegates, although this cannot be taken within the time allocated to the periodic training, nor can the result have any bearing on the drivers' right to be registered with the DSA as having undertaken 7 hours of periodic training.

Information booklet - Driver CPC - THE FACTS

If you are an operator that has not yet considered the full implications of the mandatroy training requirement we strongly recommend that you sit down and discuss the Driver CPC with us, or your existing training provider, as soon as possible. Even if you are convinced that the mandatory Driver CPC periodic training is not a priority at this time it really is important that you know exactly how it will affect you and your company in the years to come. To give assistance to operators we have put together an information booklet that should help with understanding the requirements of the Driver CPC. To view and/or download a free pdf formatted copy of this publication simply click with your mouse HERE

The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) has published: 'Driver CPC - the official DSA Guide for Professional Goods Vehicle Drivers' ISBN 978-0-11-553001-2. Truck UK are proud to have been involved in the design and production of this book. It is an excellent publication and has been specifically designed to help prospective goods vehicle drivers prepare for the initial qualification examinations and only costs £9.99. It is available directly from The Stationery Office and should be found in all good book stores.

Video-clip - Driver CPC - THE FACTS

If you would like to listen to a 10 minute video clip laying out the main points of the Driver CPC Periodic Training requirement for existing drivers' go to Driver CPC - THE FACTS which is the first in a series of the Truck UK TV info-snippets series. PLEASE NOTE: This video-clip was put together before the introduction of the Driver CPC for goods vehicle drivers on 10th September 2009.

If you think that we may be able to help you why not contact us by e-mail at info@truckuk.net for further no obligation information.

Truck UK .......................... improving compliance, while reducing costs