Hey, well done on the pass and getting agency work so quickly!
As Stu mentions, I currently work 5 days Monday - Friday in an office, then every other Sunday driving. I started off by recording it all via manual entries, but as you say, this is tedious.
The last time I tried recording the non-driving work was an occasion when I hadn’t driven for a month or 6 weeks. I found out there and then that there is a limit to the number of entries you can actually make on a manual entry.
Now I just make a manual entry with my working time up until the end of my last shift, followed by a period of “?”, then back to working time for the first few minutes of the current shift before the card has gone in. I then fill in the back of tachograph paper with my details along with a description of my working time + breaks for the days between the two shifts.
See below the DVSA response when I checked it with them.
The record of other work must be either:
• written manually on a chart; or
• written manually on printout paper a digital or smart tachograph; or
• made by using the manual input facility of a digital or smart tachograph
It is not acceptable to use a logbook, timesheet or any other method to record other work and rest, the only 3 acceptable methods are those I have listed above. Training requirements relating to the operation of tachograph units can be sought from your operator/employer.
Hope this helps you!
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