westway cruiser:
The primary reason for asking the original question is relating to agency and those drivers who are self-employed, such as myself. The cost of each DCPC module say 80 quid and the loss of a day’s work and those drivers are probably looking £200 or more per one day’s training; x 5 days training and those guys (and girls) are out of pocket to the tune of a grand or more (donations gratefully received), with no hope of recovering the costs so, the need to gain as many brownie points in as short a time-scale as possible is extremely important; if only from a financial point of view.
If you do a dcpc course on your day off and do not get paid for doing it then no work time has been lost
Correct me if I am wrong but taking a DCPC course on your day off could cause a few problems with your Hours as sitting any DCPC course counts as “other work”
westway cruiser:
The primary reason for asking the original question is relating to agency and those drivers who are self-employed, such as myself. The cost of each DCPC module say 80 quid and the loss of a day’s work and those drivers are probably looking £200 or more per one day’s training; x 5 days training and those guys (and girls) are out of pocket to the tune of a grand or more (donations gratefully received), with no hope of recovering the costs so, the need to gain as many brownie points in as short a time-scale as possible is extremely important; if only from a financial point of view.
If you do a dcpc course on your day off and do not get paid for doing it then no work time has been lost
Correct me if I am wrong but taking a DCPC course on your day off could cause a few problems with your Hours as sitting any DCPC course counts as “other work”
westway cruiser:
The primary reason for asking the original question is relating to agency and those drivers who are self-employed, such as myself. The cost of each DCPC module say 80 quid and the loss of a day’s work and those drivers are probably looking £200 or more per one day’s training; x 5 days training and those guys (and girls) are out of pocket to the tune of a grand or more (donations gratefully received), with no hope of recovering the costs so, the need to gain as many brownie points in as short a time-scale as possible is extremely important; if only from a financial point of view.
If you do a dcpc course on your day off and do not get paid for doing it then no work time has been lost
Correct me if I am wrong but taking a DCPC course on your day off could cause a few problems with your Hours as sitting any DCPC course counts as “other work”
It is worth noting that some trainers and training schools are better than others,
We have 2 local to me,
1 I dont believe a word that ever comes from them, the second I have had good experiances and learnt alot from.
A couple of classic examples from the 1st trainer/training school, and this is in writing on their headed paper.
‘You must carry your DCPC card from September 2014’ - He said if it is issued before that date you do not have to carry it
‘From September 2014 it will be law to wear a hi-viz vest whilst on duty’ - Yes, apparently it will be law to wear your hi viz at all times
