CPC Training

[nick channer]

If you drive for "hire or reward" then you will need cpc!!

At the moment you can still get on the course for free and it's just an attendance course but in 2014 you will have to pay and also pass a written test at the end.

exactly what i was told by vosa and the guy we payed to sort o license out...

[Craig.]

The driver cpc will be needed if you drive professionally, wether the truck is on a restricted, standard national, or international o licence. If your delivering goods, you own or some one else your classed as professional driving, the exemptions are if you when you drive its incidental, not part of your job as such, driving the truck to site with the kit on then back at night. On dcpc courses the example they give are scalfolders driving to site then putting scafold up, but driving to site dropping the scafold off and not putting it up, would need a dcpc.

[nick channer]

sorry..... forget all my above posts.... im getting confused with a tansport manager... restricted o license doesnt need a transport manager.... every hgv driver needs a dcpc before 2014

[Craig.]

It just about sums it up the govement/people in charge put 2 difference but close related qualifications with the same name just to confuse us all.

[Johny Walker]

so if i drive my 6t truck to a job & do tree work all day then drive it bk to the yr do i need this dcpc or not ??

[treebloke]

Thought I would get an official response so I e mailed the RHA and this is their opinion.

 

Bob,

 

Judging by the information you have given I would understand that your

employees would come under the following exemption from Driver CPC

 

Vehicles carrying material or equipment to be used by the driver in the

course of his or her work. Provided that driving the vehicle is not the

driver's principal activity

 

So as long as you can show that your employees are not employed as drivers

and that driving is incidental to their work then you may come under the

above exemption.

 

Kind regards,

 

ANDREW D REEVE

Road Haulage Association Ltd, 3rd Floor Shore House, 68 Westbury Hill,

Westbury-On-Trym Bristol BS9 3AA

[Peter]

Exactly right. If you employ a driver or work as a driver then you have to to dcpc.

 

I'm reasonably sure most tree firms don't employ drivers, I certainly don't. I do employ arborists who also drive as part of their work, and they come under the exemption outlined above.

[ROG.]

As previous post 35 hrs training on an accreditted course before 2014 but you could do adr course which also counts a big chunk towards it.

It can but only if the ADR course is also driver cpc approved

21 hours for the basic 3.5 day course

Another 7 hours for the tanks module but not many dcpc/adr providers have that

[ROG.]

so if i drive my 6t truck to a job & do tree work all day then drive it bk to the yr do i need this dcpc or not ??

NO

But if anything was done such as deliveries to customers then it would be needed

[ROG.]

Operator CPC is not really my bag but from what I heard the new rules introduced last year are causing some confusion

 

No seperate national & international operator cpc now - its all in one

 

The 1020 kgs unladen trailer rule is now different for full and restricted O licences

 

If that is right then they sure like to mess around with things so as to confuse everyone!!