Cpc new starter question

NEW AND WANNABE DRIVERS (INTERACTIVE)
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Hi all,

I’ve just had some good news as I’ve been offered my first ever Class 2/C driving job! I’m over the moon lol but it’s been a while since I got trained and i just want to check;

I’ve done CPC Modules 2 & 4, and I hold my Driver Qualification Card. I have not done any other CPC training yet.

Am i right in thinking my CPC is good to go and I can start work? Then I must complete 35 hours of training within the next 5 years.

Literally so excited I can’t think straight ! LOL

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If you’ve got the blue card and it’s in date
Saddle up cowboy

New pastures

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blue estate:
If you’ve got the blue card and it’s in date
Saddle up cowboy

New pastures

Ye- haw !!!

(and thanks for the confirmation!)

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Your current DQC will have an expiry date
You need to complete 35 hours before that date to keep the DQC current
You could do some/all now, next year or the whole 35 about a month before the expiry = up to you

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The arguments for doing it sooner rather than later is that the remote DCPC option may not be available in future, it’s going to become a bit rarer after mid-April, and lots of places are doing remote for a lot cheaper now than classroom ever would be in the future.

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Thanks all for the great tips so far. I’ve now thought of something else to be worried about. I passed my Class C last year in an automatic vehicle. I know in my new job i’ll be driving a C1 vehicle (7.5 ton). I don’t know if the vehicle is automatic or manual. Am I definitely qualified to drive a C1 regardless of which it is?

( I do not have the C1 entitlement grandfathered on my license as I qualified after 1997 - if this is relevent )

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Knightman:
Thanks all for the great tips so far. I’ve now thought of something else to be worried about. I passed my Class C last year in an automatic vehicle. I know in my new job i’ll be driving a C1 vehicle (7.5 ton). I don’t know if the vehicle is automatic or manual. Am I definitely qualified to drive a C1 regardless of which it is?

( I do not have the C1 entitlement grandfathered on my license as I qualified after 1997 - if this is relevent )

Got manual car licence :question: = YES
Passed C in auto :question: = YES
You will now have C manual :smiley:

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On the classes, your class C covers that and everything in the C category below it, ie C and C1.

If you later got C+E then you’d have C, C1, C+E, C1+E.