Driver CPC

Driver CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence) has been introduced across the European Union to maintain high driving standards and improve road safety. All professional bus, coach and lorry drivers must hold a Driver CPC if they want to drive for a living. The requirement for bus and coach drivers to hold a CPC was introduced on 10 September 2008 and takes effect for lorry drivers from 10 September 2009.
 

New drivers, from the above dates, will need to pass the Initial Driver CPC theory and practical tests in addition to the licence acquisition theory and practical tests in order to drive professionally. Once these tests have been passed, drivers will need to undergo ongoing Periodic Training to keep their Driver CPC qualification.

Norfolk Training Services Ltd - your no.1 choice for Driver CPC Training

 Norfolk Training Services Ltd has achieved Approved Centre status for Driver CPC Training from the Joint Approvals Unit for Periodic Training (JAUPT) and, in addition, has joined the RTITB Masterdriver Consortium. With over 40 years experience of providing training to professional drivers and transport and logistics organisations, our instructors and tutors have the skills and experience of the logistics industry required to carry out this training. And we have used our skills and expertise to design a programme of training to ensure that drivers can achieve and maintain their Driver CPC qualification with ease.

Drivers Hours and Working Time Regulations

Please Note: Attendance at courses is a legal requirement of the occupation and we as training providers must make drivers and their employers aware of the requirements of the drivers’hours regulations if courses are undertaken at weekends or on other drivers rest days. Time spent attending a course will probably affect the amount of driving or other work they may undertake under the drivers hours and working time regulations.

Contact us

For more information on our programmes and rates for training courses or to book a place on a programme, please contact us on (01603) 259900 ext 211/213 or e-mail us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Alternatively, click on Book Training on this page to go to our online course booking system. 

Or write to us at Harford Centre Hall Road Norwich NR4 6DG

 Driver CPC Initial Training

The tests that are required for Initial Driver CPC are as follows:

• Theory test and hazard perception test (Module 1)
•  Case study test (Module 2)
•  Practical driving test (Module 3)
•  Practical demonstration test (Module 4)

Norfolk Training Services Ltd already provides top quality driver training for the existing practical driving and theory tests. For Driver CPC, we can book your practical demonstration test and provide you with the vehicle that you will need it(1).

Driver CPC Periodic Training

The Norfolk Training Services Ltd Driver CPC Periodic Training programme consists of 5 training modules, each of 7 hours’ duration, that can be taken as individual day units or together in a week-long programme(2). Details of dates and prices can be found here.

The following is the listof the modules that we offer and their content:

Driver CPC Module 1A – Drivers Hours & Working Time Directive

• Outline of EU Regulations and where to find important information (VOSA GV 262)
• Vehicles exempt from EU regulations
• Transport operations exempt from EU regulations (derogations)
• The different types of analogue tachographs
• Activity modes and their correct use
• The different types of tachograph charts and description of chart components
• How to make centrefield entries
• The need for manual entries and how to make them
• Explanation of unforeseen events and how to record them
• Operating requirements – when to keep charts and when to hand them in
• Explanation of letters of attestation and when they should be carried
• Daily, weekly and fortnightly driving limits
• Breaks, rest and split daily rest
• Reduced daily rest
• Rules covering double manning
• Weekly rest
• Explanation and definition of travelling time
• How to record interruptions of daily rest during ferry journeys
• GB domestic rules
• NI domestic rules
• How the regulations are enforced
• Sanctions applied to infringements
• Penalties for infringements
• Explanation of the graduated fixed penalties system

Driver CPC Module 1B – Digital Tachographs (Actia, Continental or Stoneridge)

• Outline of legislation
• Digital tachograph system overview
• Pictograms
• Tachograph cards
• Data recorded on the vehicle unit
• Data recorded on the driver unit
• Explanation of UTC time
• The procedure for logging-in
• Standard display
• In-motion data display
• Stationary data display
• Detailed explanation of the procedure for making manual entries
• Correct use of the mode switch
• Recording activity
• Menu structure
• Making a printout
• Using the ‘out-of-scope’ function
• Setting the tachograph to ‘ferry’ mode
• Adjusting local time
• Adjusting UTC time
• Messages
• Log-out procedure
• Print roll replacement
• Explanation of the layout and structure of printworks
• Mixed tachograph work

Driver CPC Module 2A – Vehicle & Load Handling Systems

• Air brake systems
• Hydraulic brakes
• Air-over hydraulic brakes
• Full air brakes
• Drum & disc brakes
• Spring brakes
• Anti-lock braking systems
• Electronic braking systems
• Retarders
• Coupling systems
• Air connections
• Connecting air lines
• Electrical connections
• Three line system
• Trailer connections
• Fifth wheel
• Coupling and uncoupling procedures
• Close coupling & uncoupling procedures
• Drawbar coupling and uncoupling procedures
• Load handling systems, pallets, stillages, roll cages; working with roll cages, ISO containers
• Skeletal trailer operation
• Materials handling equipment
• PUWER
• LOLER
• Tail lifts
• Lifting equipment

Driver CPC Module 2B – Safe Vehicle Loading

• Safe loading
• Road traffic act 1991
• Loading bays & ramps
• Dock levellers / rise & fall ramps
• Banksmen
• Principles of safe loading
• Load distribution
• Headboards & front bulkheads
• Maximum weights
• Calculating payload
• Weight distribution
• Trailer loading
• Overloading
• Graduated fixed penalties
• Securing of loads
• Anchoragepoints
• Securing equipment
• Sheeting loads
• Curtain sided vehicles
• Hazardous goods
• ADR training
• Livestock transportation
• Vehicle stability
• Vehicle rollover
• Wind

Driver CPC Module 2C - Manual Handling

Driver CPC Module 3A – Principles of Safe and Economic  Driving

• Fundamentals of safe & economic driving
• Aerodynamics
• Adjustable aerodynamics
• Braking
• Clutch control
• Cruise control
• Exhaust brakes & retarders
• Idle time
• Forward planning
• Gear selection
• Height of load
• Load position
• Momentum
• Overfilling your fuel tank
• Plan your route
• Motorways
• Skip gears (block changing)
• Speeding
• Tyres
• Vehicle technology
• Weather conditions
• Daily walk round checks
• Reporting defects

Driver CPC Module 3C - Rural and Urban Driving

Driver CPC Module 4A – Health & Safety in Transport

• What’s the problem?
• Fatal accidents
• Heinrich’s safety triangle
• Major injuries
• Causes of accidents
• Employer & employee responsibilities
• Risks & control
• Simple definitions
• Improving safety
• HSE risk checklists
• Workplace risks
• Reporting accidents
• Near misses
• Unsafe acts
• Over-three-day injuries
• Reportable diseases
• Dangerous occurrences
• Record keeping
• Penalties
• Mobile phones
• Road traffic collisions
• Collision reporting procedures

Driver CPC Module 4B – Personal Well-Being

• Manual handling
• Safe working with roll cages
• Fit for the job!
• Diet & driving
• Balanced diet
• Drive alert
• Fit to drive – facts
• Body Mass Index – BMI
• Height conversion
• Weight conversion
• Body Mass Index – BMI – Safe range
• Driving stress
• Tips to tackle stress
• Slips, trips & falls
• Slips, trips & falls case study
• Personal protective equipment
• PPE at work regulations 1992
• Assessing PPE
• Hazards and types of PPE
• Training with PPE
• Key points

Driver CPC Module 5A – Company Procedures & Secure Transport Operations

• Company documentation
• Daily vehicle checks
• Defect reports
• Customers & deliveries
• Enforcement
• Recording driver’s hours
• Downloading digital data
• Working time regulations
• Customer care
• Route planning
• Map reading
• Satellite Navigation
• Sat Nav top 10 tips
• Bridge strikes
• Computerised vehicle routing & scheduled journey planners
• Scheduling systems
• Operator licensing
• International road transport
• Vehicle security
• Illegal immigrants
• Effective systems – preventing stowaways
• Checklist
• Additional advice
• Penalty considerations

At the end of each module we will take feedback from you and issue you with a receipt. Following attendance, and within the required period, your record of attendance will be uploaded onto the DSA central database for Driver CPC holders where training records are stored.(3) Where courses are presented under the auspices of RTITB, their course administration procedure will be followed. Drivers can access their DSA Periodic training record.

In addition, for drivers obtaining their DGDT ADR qualification with us, it is possible to attribute some of the training hours towards the Driver CPC.(4) An ADR Refresher Course can be counted as 7 hours of Driver CPC Periodic Training (5) and an ADR Basic Course counts as 21 hours.(6)

(1) There is a charge for the use of the vehicle and instructor
(2) Our programme has been designed around attendance at our training centre in Norwich. However, it is possible to present the programme at other centres or at customers’ premises
(3) There will be a standard upload fee for this
(4) There will be a standard upload fee and an administrative fee for this
(5) Minimum Core and Packages Modules. Tanks Module does not apply
(6) Must Include Core, Packages and 7 Classes modules. Does not include tanks modules