Driver CPC
Driver CPC Training & Course Syllabus
Passing and keeping your HGV licence has changed. The Driver CPC qualification is now required if you want to drive an HGV professionally. Driver CPC applies to categories C1, C and C+E. The Driver CPC course has 3 main objectives, these are:
- Improve road safety
- Underpin and expand on current driver knowledge e.g. driver hours, digital tachographs etc.
- Ensure new entrants have the required skills and knowledge to carry out their duties as professional drivers.
We offer periodic Driver CPC Training (for existing HGV drivers).
Periodic Driver CPC Training
All drivers who have HGV entitlement and drive professionally must complete 35 hours formal training every 5 years.
This applies to category C1, C and C+E. This means you must undergo formal Driver CPC Training on an ongoing basis. There is no examination for periodic training, just attendance.
How you complete the 35 hours is entirely up to you, as long as you complete at least 7 hours at any one time (within 24 hours) and the course is Driver CPC approved. Most, if not all Driver CPC courses are 7 hours in duration. It would make sense to complete one day (7 hours) every year. That way you are spreading the cost and time.
Once you have completed your 35 hours you will be issued with a DCPC qualification card. You must be carrying your card at all times while driving professionally.
We are accredited to run Driver CPC Training on a 7 hour basis or as part of a Fork Lift Truck course, for example a 5 day Novice Counterbalance Fork Lift Truck course will award you 28 hours of periodic training.
We offer courses on the following equipment, all of which count towards your Driver CPC Training:
- Counterbalance Lift Truck
- Reach Lift Truck
- Rough Terrain (Fixed Mast) Lift Truck
- Rough Terrain Telescopic Lift Truck
- Pivot steer (Bendi) Lift Truck
- Vehicle Mounted Lift Truck (Moffett)
- Sideloader
- MEWP
- Hydraulic Lorry Loader (HIAB)
For more information and prices please contact us on 0800 849 3081 or sales@arc-training.com