As any coach driver will state, the summer months are definitely the quieter ones of their working calendar. Although there are still tours and day excursions, school transfers end, swimming runs are no longer required, and school trips wait for the autumn term.
This does means July and August are the perfect months to get on top of CPC training to
ensure full compliance; if not, a £1,000 fine can be given.
CJC Training Courses If you’re not sure where to find great training, we’re here to help! From CPC training to first aid, we provide in house or off-site training across Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Lincolnshire. All our trainers are experienced drivers who understand the demands of managing a fleet. Driver CPC training
Choose between 7 hours or 3.5 hours
Can be delivered at your location
Modules suitable for PCV and HGV
Depending on your preference and needs, we can arrange group training sessions with
operators for you or all your drivers, onsite at your premises.
It is up to you or your drivers when to take the training sessions and it’s simple enough to fit them around work schedules — especially during the quieter months!
If you’re not sure when the 5 year deadline to complete the 35 hours training is up, you can find the date on your CPC card.
What to expect
Aside from the highly professional training that drivers receive, we also place the training on to the Driver CPC training record. As there are no tests or exams to pass at the end of the courses, a certificate of attendance is awarded; this is to keep, and an employer is not
allowed to retain the certificate.
We are also running the following courses:
Operator Licence Awareness Training HGV
Great Yarmouth | £70 +VAT per person | Thursday 30 June & Friday 1 July | 09:00 - 17:00
Drivers Hours and Use of Tachographs
Kings Lynn | £70 +VAT per person | Friday 8 July | 09:00 - 17:00
Customer Service and Disability Awareness PCV
Colchester | £70 +VAT per person | Saturday 16 July | 09:00 - 17:00
Did you know?
It is illegal to drive professionally if a driver has not done their training by the 5 year deadline
35 hours of periodic training must be completed every 5 years to maintain and keep a Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) to drive a lorry, bus or coach
Modules suitable for PCV and HGV
Only one complete set of training is required every 5 years if a driver uses both lorries and buses professionally
CPC training must be completed in the country where the driver resides
If you need to check how many hours of training has been completed, use this link: https://www.gov.uk/check-your-driver-cpc-periodic-training-hours
Acquired rights ‘Acquired rights’ means that due to previous driving experience, the Driver CPC initial qualification was not required. Acquired rights are given if the vocational licence was attained before the dates shown below:
Vehicle categories included | When you got your vocational licence | |
|---|---|---|
Lorry | C, C1, C+E and C1+E | Before 10 September 2009 |
Bus or coach | D, D1, D+E, D1+E | Before 10 September 2008 |
Bus or coach (not for hire or reward) | D(101) | After 1991 |
Minibus (not for hire or reward) | D1(101) | Before 1997 |
Deadlines for drivers with acquired rights
Periodic training is still required with set deadlines as shown below:
Lorry driver | Bus or coach driver | Dual-category driver (lorry, bus and coach) | |
|---|---|---|---|
First block of training | 9 September 2014 | 9 September 2013 | 9 September 2013 |
Second block of training | 9 September 2019 | 9 September 2018 | 9 September 2019 |
Third block of training | 9 September 2024 | 9 September 2023 | 9 September 2024 |
Training can be finished, or extra tests taken if acquired rights have been obtained and the first block of training was not completed by the deadline.
Options:
Did you know?
Complete 35 hours of Driver CPC periodic training by taking training courses
Take and pass the Driver CPC part 2 and part 4 tests
The test option can only be chosen once. After that, periodic training must be maintained to remain qualified in the future.
For more information on our courses, or how CJC Transport Consultants can help with our other services, please call 01493 803740 or contact us.