Compliance - DCPC The Driver’s Certificate of Professional Competence As a driver of a commercial vehicle over 3.5T it is your responsibility to ensure that you hold the required qualification by SEPTEMBER 2014 It will be an offence to drive a commercial vehicle on the road after 10th September 2014 without the DCPC qualification ARE YOU READY ? – HAVE YOU QUALIFIED ? – WILL YOU MAKE IT BY SEPTEMBER ? IF NOT WHY NOT? The Institute of Transport Administration – IoTA – Can Help You Get There Failure to obtain your DCPC Qualification by September 2014, could result in both an ‘on-the-spot’ fixed penalty fine AND the suspension of a vocational driver’s licence. And for the commercial vehicle ‘Operator’ there will be fines, and however, a chance for the specific Operator to enjoy, at their pleasure, an official meeting with their local Traffic Commissioner who will request an explanation from them, as to why their firm have permitted an “unqualified driver” to work for them. oooooo ----- oooooo Please note: that the requirement for all drivers to maintain a Driver’s CPC qualification is an on-going and a statutory requirement under existing legislation. Such as: the requirement for drivers to undertake 35 hours of Periodic Training, “over each and every five year period”, is an on-going and continuous process. Having completed the drivers who had “Acquired Rights”, the industry must take into account those new drivers who passed their DriverCPC Initial tests after September 2009. (September 2008 for PCV drivers). The Institute must therefore recommend that all Operators should now make those necessary arrangements, and make provision for a minimum of one-day DriverCPC (per annum) courses for each (and every) one of their Drivers, - rather than waiting for the end of the next period, which will now be in September 2019. oooooo ----- oooooo (IoTA) – The Institute’s Consortium, continue to offer year round DriverCPC courses from the list below. Reference Course Title LGV/PCV No of Delegates Duration Hours ADR training may only be delivered by instructors who are registered with the DfT and SQA IoTA 1, 2, 3 ADR Initial LGV only 20 Up to 21 IoTA 1 ADR Refresher LGV only 20 7 IoTA 1 ADR Awareness for non-driving personnel LGV only 20 7 IoTA 4 Tanker Awareness LGV only 20 7 IoTA 5 Mechanical Handling Equipment LGV only 3 7 IoTA 19 Digital Tachographs with Simulator LGV / PCV 20 7 All the 3½ hour modules listed below are part of a modular system that allows customers, booking bespoke courses, to choose those training elements that they wish to include in each 7 hours of periodic training. Where providers are running open courses providing 35 hours of training in a week, the system allows flexibility to fit in candidates who are only looking for a specific 7 hours within the week IoTA 6 First Aid 1 - for Emergency cover LGV / PCV 20 3½ IoTA 7 First Aid 2 – in conjunction with First Aid 1 (available as Level 2 Emergency First Aid at Work) LGV / PCV 20 3½ IoTA 8 Vehicle Checks & Defect Reporting LGV / PCV 20 3½ IoTA 9 Drivers Hours Regulations LGV / PCV 20 3½ IoTA 10 Digital Tachographs LGV / PCV 20 3½ IoTA 11 Drivers Hours Record Keeping LGV / PCV 20 3½ IoTA 12 Drivers’ Health & Welfare LGV / PCV 20 3½ IoTA 13 Customer Care LGV / PCV 20 3½ IoTA 14 Managing Conflict & Difficult Situations LGV / PCV 20 3½ IoTA 15 Safe & Efficient Driving LGV / PCV 20 3½ IoTA 16 Transport Security LGV / PCV 20 3½ IoTA 17 Manual Handling LGV / PCV 20 3½ IoTA 18 Vehicle / Personal Accident Reporting / Recording LGV / PCV 20 3½ IoTA 20 Safe Loading of Vehicles LGV only 20 3½ Please see link to prevailing and current legislation
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