Jocoh:
Own Account Driver:
hgvlgvtraining:
Whether you drive that vehicle for 5 minutes or 5 months, if your work involves “collecting/delivering” for the purposes of commerce (related) then you need Driver CPC.Private use: No Driver CPC.
Commercial use (in this instance) Driver CPC.Don’t relay on calling the DVSA or DVLA. You are calling a call center and most of the staff are reading guidance of the internet. You can get a different answer depending on who you are speaking to!
Not true whatsoever.
Hard to decide if it’s just a case of DCPC trainers claiming people need it in an attempt to drum up business or they just don’t know what they’re talking about - from experience I fear the latter.
Yep I tend to agree with you. We have looked into this from many angles, and all the information that has come back clearly states that you do not need a Driver CPC if it is not Hire & Reward. And Hire & Reward is very clear, if you hire out a Vehicle for reward ( IE" Payment for services rendered ) then that constitutes Hire & Reward. And so Any Driver would need a Driver CPC. If you Hire or own a vehicle to move goods pertaining to your own company then that is not Hire & Reward. And as long as the driver is suitably qualified to drive that vehicle then you are breaking no laws.
They would need it if lorry driving occupied the majority of their working time.