Vocational Driver Courses

Driver CPC – for Lorry Drivers


This new qualification for professional lorry drivers means that in future, holding a vocational driving licence will not be sufficient for someone who wishes to drive such vehicles for a living.

The Driving Standards Agency is taking the lead in implementing EU Directive 2003/59 which requires professional bus, coach and lorry drivers to hold a Driver CPC in addition to their vocational driving licence.  For lorry drivers this came into force September 2009 across all European Union member states.

Driver CPC requires all category C and D licence holders to take part in 35 hours training every 5 years in order to maintain their CPC.  It also introduces a new initial qualification process that new drivers must complete before they can drive professionally.

Don’t leave it too late to sign up for your course.  If you have not completed your training by 2014 you will be unable to continue to drive professionally.  So book early and enjoy peace of mind with our CPC Lorry Driver qualification.

Courses coming up soon:
- 27 May 2010
- 30 June 2010
- 29 July 2010
- 25 August 2010
- 30 September 2010
- 27 October 2010
- 25 November 2010

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Level 2 NVQ in Driving Goods Vehicles

This qualification is built around the National Occupational Standards, developed by Skills for Logistics, and is aimed at employers or drivers wishing to demonstrate a high level of practical capability.

The range of units, reflect practical competencies, deemed crucial by the industry, to safely and effectively operate a Light Goods Vehicle. These include load security, vehicle preparation, route planning and key driving skills such as driving the vehicle in restricted places.

Being an NVQ, all units will be assessed through observation in the work place, to ensure that skills developed are relevant to the employer’s working practices and have been practiced in a realistic environment.

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Driver Assessment

90% of all accidents are caused by human error and occur on roads drivers are familiar with.  To determine your requirement for driver assessment you need to look at how far you or your drivers travel: the more miles covered the greater the risk.

The Driver Assessment provides the necessary underpinning knowledge to enable existing drivers to enhance their skills and identify the importance of driving safely in a working environment.

Investing in this course can significantly reduce your running costs with regard to staff injury, vehicle repairs, missed deliveries or collections and insurance costs.

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Reversing Assistant

During recent years accidents occurring when vehicles are reversing have increased.  This is simply because employees are failing to notice the dangers associated with slow moving vehicles.  This course is designed to give employees the necessary knowledge on how to guide reversing and maneuvering vehicles safely in any workplace environment using correct HSE recognised signals.

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All of the above courses follow the Road Transport Industry Training Board (RTITB) syllabus.