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Page 1 of 2 Info obtained from http://www...cpc-periodictraining.orgTRAINING CENTRE SEARCH LINK PDCPC Periodic (ongoing) Driver Certificate of Professional Competence Skills for Logistics July 2008 WHAT IS PERIODIC (ongoing) TRAINING? - see next post in this thread. Planning for Periodic Training - Objectives he Directive Syllabus List of subjects The knowledge to be taken into account by Member States when establishing the driver's initial qualification and periodic training must include at least the subjects in this list. Trainee drivers must reach the level of knowledge and practical competence necessary to drive in all vehicles of the relevant licence category. 1. Advanced training in rational driving based on safety regulations All licences 1.1. Objective: to know the characteristics of the transmission system in order to make the best possible use of it: - Curves relating to torque, power, and specific consumption of an engine, area of optimum use of revolution counter, gearbox-ratio cover diagrams. 1.2. Objective: to know the technical characteristics and operation of the safety controls in order to control the vehicle, minimise wear and tear and prevent disfunctioning: - Specific features of hydraulic vacuum servo brake circuit, limits to the use of brakes and retarder, combined use of brakes and retarder, making better use of speed and gear ratio, making use of vehicle inertia, using ways of slowing down and braking on downhill stretches, action in the event of failure. 1.3. Objective: ability to optimise fuel consumption: - Optimisation of fuel consumption by applying know-how as regards points 1.1 and 1.2. Licences C, C+E, C1, C1+E 1.4. Objective: ability to load the vehicle with due regard for safety rules and proper vehicle use: - Forces affecting vehicles in motion, use of gearbox ratios according to vehicle load and road profile, calculation of payload of vehicle or assembly, calculation of total volume, load distribution, consequences of overloading the axle, vehicle stability and centre of gravity, types of packaging and pallets; main categories of goods needing securing, clamping and securing techniques, use of securing straps, checking of securing devices, use of handling equipment, placing and removal of tarpaulins. Licences D, D+E, D1, D1+E 1.5. Objective: ability to ensure passenger comfort and safety: - Adjusting longitudinal and sideways movements, road sharing, position on the road, smooth braking, overhang operation, using specific infrastructures (public areas, dedicated lanes), managing conflicts between safe driving and other roles as a driver, interacting with passengers, peculiarities of certain groups of passengers (disabled persons, children). 1.6. Objective: ability to load the vehicle with due regard for safety rules and proper vehicle use: - Forces affecting vehicles in motion, use of gearbox-ratios according to vehicle load and road profile, calculation of payload of vehicle or assembly, load distribution, consequences of overloading the axle, vehicle stability and centre of gravity. 2. Application of regulations All licences 2.1. Objective: to know the social environment of road transport and the rules governing it: - Maximum working periods specific to the transport industry; principles, application and consequences of Regulations EC No 561/2006; penalties for failure to use, improper use of and tampering with the tachograph; knowledge of the social environment of road transport: rights and duties of driver s as regards initial qualification and periodic training. Licences C, C+E, C1, C1+E 2.2. Objective: to know the regulations governing the carriage of goods: - Transport operating licences, obligations under standard contracts for the carriage of goods, drafting of documents which form the transport contract, international transport permits, obligations under the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road, drafting of the international consignment note, crossing borders, freight forwarders, special documents accompanying goods. Licences D, D+E, D1, D1+E 2.3. Objective: to know the regulations governing the carriage of passengers: - Carriage of specific groups of passengers, safety equipment on board buses, safety belts, vehicle load. 3. Health, road and environmental safety, service, logistics All licences 3.1. Objective: to make drivers aware of the risks of the road and of accidents at work: - Types of accidents at work in the transport sector, road accident statistics, and involvement of lorries/coaches, human, material and financial consequences. 3.2. Objective: ability to prevent criminality and trafficking in illegal immigrants: - General information, implications for drivers, preventive measures, check list, legislation on transport operator liability. 3.3. Objective: ability to prevent physical risks: - Ergonomic principles; movements and postures, which pose a risk, physical fitness, handling exercises, personal protection. 3.4. Objective: awareness of the importance of physical and mental ability: - Principles of healthy, balanced eating, effects of alcohol, drugs or any other substance likely to affect behaviour, symptoms, causes, effects of fatigue and stress, fundamental role of the basic work/rest cycle. 3.5. Objective: ability to assess emergency situations: - Behaviour in an emergency situation: assessment of the situation, avoiding complications of an accident, summoning assistance, assisting casualties and giving first aid, reaction in the event of fire, evacuation of occupants of a lorry/bus passengers, ensuring the safety of all passengers, reaction in the event of aggression; basic principles for the drafting of an accident report. 3.6. Objective: ability to adopt behaviour to help enhance the image of the company: - Behaviour of the driver and company image: importance for the company the standard of service provided by the driver, the roles of the driver, people with whom the driver will be dealing, vehicle maintenance, work organisation, commercial and financial effects of a dispute. Licences C, C+E, C1, C1+E 3.7. Objective: to know the economic environment of road haulage and the organisation of the market: - Road transport in relation to other modes of transport (competition, shippers), different road transport activities (transport for hire or reward, own account, auxiliary transport activities), organisation of the main types of Transport Company and auxiliary transport activities, different transport specialisations (road tanker, controlled temperature, etc.), changes in the industry (diversification of services provided, rail-road, subcontracting, etc.). Licences D, D+E, D1, D1+E 3.8. Objective: to know the economic environment of the carriage of passengers by road and the organisation of the market: - Carriage of passengers by road in relation to other modes of passenger transport (rail, private car), different activities involving the carriage of passengers by road, crossing borders (international transport), organisation of the main types of companies for the carriage of passengers by road. ========================================================== 26 November 2008 Driver CPC requires you to complete a minimum of 35 hours of periodic training during every five year cycle for as long as you wish to continue driving professionally. 35 hours periodic training must be completed within five years of the issue date of the Driver Qualification Card (DQC). If 35 hours training is not completed by the expiry date of the DQC the driver cannot drive professionally and must do the full 35 hours training from the expiry date before regaining CPC. Any periodic training taken before the end of the five years is discounted. The driver must begin training again. Mr Brian Cater Customer Enquiry Unit Driving Standards Agency Joint Approvals Unit for Periodic Training 12 Warren Yard Warren Farm Office Village Milton Keynes MK12 5NW T 0844 800 4184 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it http://www...cpc-periodictraining.org April 2008 WHAT IS PERIODIC (ongoing) TRAINING? This will affect all professional LGV and PCV drivers. For new drivers it introduces a new initial qualification, the Initial Driver Certificate of Professional Competence, which increases the amount of knowledge that drivers need before they can drive. The initial qualification includes a four-hour theory test and a two hour driving and practical test, when combined with licence acquisition tests. All drivers, new and existing, will then have to undertake 35 hours of training every five years to ensure that their Driver CPC is current. This is known as Periodic (ongoing) Training. Periodic (ongoing) Training is designed to confirm and expand on the existing knowledge and skills of each driver to ensure that they continue to be safe, courteous and fuel-efficient drivers. This will also enable drivers to keep up to date with ever changing regulations and to benefit from training throughout their whole career. This Directive will become effective from 10 September 2008 for the PCV sector and from 10 September 2009 for the LGV sector. How much training is required? All drivers must undertake 35 hours of training in every five year period. • Length of Course Training courses can be of any length as long as they are a minimum of seven hours. This means that operators can provide one-day courses or longer programmes if they wish. If operators choose to offer seven-hour courses, these can be split into two delivery sessions as long as the second session starts within 24 hours of the completion of the first session. How is it delivered? A course is a coherent programme of learning of at least seven hours which has been approved by the JAUPT on behalf of the Competent Authority and which is delivered by an approved training centre. The seven hours excludes any breaks; only direct training and contact time (time with a trainer) count towards the Periodic Training requirement. Periodic Training is designed to improve the knowledge of the driver. There are no tests or exams involved but training centres will be required to evaluate each course to ensure that those attending have benefited from the training that they have received. WHO IS AFECTED BY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PERIODIC TRAINING? Existing Drivers (PCV) All professional PCV drivers who hold a full, valid category D, D1, D+E or D1+E licence at 10 September 2008 will need to complete the 35 hours of periodic training by the 10 September 2013, unless exempt. (See below for exemptions.) After this, they will need to undertake a further 35 hours of training in every subsequent five-year period in order to retain their Driver CPC. Existing Drivers (LGV) All professional LGV drivers who hold a full, valid category C, C1, C+E or C1+E licence at 10 September 2009 will need to complete the 35 hours of periodic training by the 10 September 2014, unless exempt. (See below for exemptions.) This also includes drivers who hold C1 entitlement by virtue of passing a car test pre 1997. After this, they will need to undertake a further 35 hours of training in every subsequent five-year period in order to retain their Driver CPC. New Drivers New Drivers who gain their initial Driver CPC after 10 September 2008 (PCV) or 10 September 2009 (LGV) will immediately begin their cycle of periodic training and will need to complete 35 hours of training within five years of attaining their initial Driver CPC. After this, they will need to undertake a further 35 hours of training in every subsequent five-year period in order to retain their Driver CPC. Drivers who hold both a PCV and LGV licence Drivers with both a PCV and LGV licence will have to complete only one course of 35 hours of Periodic Training every five years; they will not have to undertake 35 hours of training for each licence category. Drivers with LGV/PCV licence from other countries Periodic Training must be completed in the country of employment or residence. Drivers from other countries, who are based in the UK, can undertake Periodic Training in the UK if residing here for longer than 6 months in a calendar year. Training completed in another EU state will count towards Periodic Training in the UK. Exemptions Drivers are not required to hold a Driver CPC if the vehicle they drive is: • Not authorised to exceed 45 kph. • Being used by or under the instructions of the armed forces, the police or a fire and rescue authority. • Undergoing road tests for technical development repair or for maintenance purposes. • Being used in a state of emergency or as part of a rescue mission. • Being used for driving lessons for either driving licence or Driver CPC purposes. • Not being used to carry passengers or goods for commercial purposes. • Carrying materials or equipment for the driver's work, where driving is not the driver's principal activity. In GB a central record of training undertaken by drivers will be held by the DSA. This Driver Recording Database will inform the DVLA when a Driver Qualification Card should be issued and renewed. NI will use the same database as GB and DVLA will issue and renew the Driver Qualification Card, on completion of 35 hours of approved training. The Driver Drivers are responsible for ensuring that they have undertaken sufficient periodic training hours by the relevant date to maintain their Driver CPC. Drivers will have access to the driver-recording database to check on their progress throughout the period. The Employer The employer must not knowingly allow someone to drive professionally without a Driver CPC. Employers will be able to access the driver-recording database with the permission of the driver. Planning for Periodic Training There is a great deal of flexibility around Periodic Training including: • Course Content Training courses can cover any relevant subject that has a link to the syllabus used for initial training. Examples of possible courses based on the Directive include subjects such as defensive driving, customer service, manual handling, company induction programmes and annual refresher courses. • Annual Commitment The 35 hours of training is completed over a five year period so operators can choose how much training should be completed each year for an individual driver E.g. operators could choose to provide one day of training per year or to provide all 35 hours in one week. • Training for Individual Drivers Operators can provide different training courses for different drivers depending on their particular needs e.g. new drivers will need different courses from more experienced drivers. The flexibility means that operators are free to determine the best approach for their business. Operators can identify the training that will be most useful for their own organisation. For many operators, this means that they can draw on existing programmes and build on training that is already being delivered or planned. Operators can also decide the best time to provide the training e.g. at quieter periods of the year. Skills for Logistics recommends that: - • Operators identify the training that will improve the professional performance of their drivers and benefit their business • Operators build on existing training and good practice in their business • Operators provide seven hours of training for each driver each year. This will help to spread the cost of the training whilst also enabling each driver to undertake some professional development each year. A note of warning: Operators could choose to leave all of the training for their existing drivers until 2014. Skills for Logistics strongly recommends against this. There is limited training supply for the sector, and if there is a large demand at the last minute this is likely to drive up the costs of training. Options for Providing Periodic Training Operators need to ensure that any training course provided is approved as periodic training and is delivered through an approved centre. If this is not the case then no credit will be given for the training undertaken. How to find information on approved training centres and courses Skills for Logistics’ team of Regional/National Managers (please see contact details below) will be able to assist operators in identifying approved training centres and courses. A full list of approved training centres and courses is available on the website of the Joint Approvals Unit for Periodic Training http://www...cpc-periodictraining.org This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Tel: 0844 800 4184. This website is updated regularly and provides information on approved training providers at region/nation level. The website also includes information on how to become an approved centre. SfL Contacts Skills for Logistics Regional/National Managers Name Nation/Region Email Mobile South East Robert James This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 07775 910906 West Midlands James Billingham This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 07841 995401 Wales Stephen Kennedy This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 07525 803042 North East Alan Smith This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 07766 408874 East of England Daryl Keyworth This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 07912 895655 North West Chris Fylan This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 07795 348584 South West Michael Woodgate This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 07788 574311 East Midlands Serena Rowland This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 07766 408968 Yorkshire & Humberside David Orrell This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 07780 954400 London Tony Bellia This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 07766 730666 Scotland Chris Campbell This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 07795 348585 Northern Ireland Geraldine Quinn This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 07912 097386 Further information on the Driver CPC is available on the Skills for Logistics website – http://www.skillsforlogistics.org Tel: 01908 313360. Information on Driver CPC is also available from the Driving Standards Agency http://www.transportoffice.gov.uk/cpc This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Tel: 0300 2001122 |
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