I’ve asked myself this question ever since the idea was first put out there by the EU.
The company i work for are supposed to be paying for it in full for all the drivers,but this still hasn’t been rubber stamped yet.
If it comes to myself having to pay then i’ll ask myself a few questions before i decide.
1: Will it increase my earning potential ?
2: Will the industry finally recognize that driving HGV’s is a skilled profession and offer up the respect it so lacks ?
3: Will this weed out those who really shouldn’t be anywhere near an HGV,let alone be out on the roads unsupervised ?
4: Will i get an improved standard of living if question one can be answered in the affirmative ?
If answers to the above are all no’s,then the industry will be losing another skilled professional at the rather young age of 38. I refuse to pay to keep my vocational licence that i’ve already paid for once,plus i have to spend on medicals/eyetests to ensure i keep it.
In all honesty,i don’t even see why my employer should pay either,or anyone else’s for that matter. This DCPC has always come across as a money making scheme for someone to me and has nothing to do with improving industry standards.
Just did my second session today, and guess what, it contained 95% of exactly the same as part one, total waste of time, not that I expected any different.
A few of the guys there with me today have done exactly the same session with the same guy for three modules back to back, talk about playing lip service ffs.
Phantom Mark:
Just did my second session today, and guess what, it contained 95% of exactly the same as part one, total waste of time, not that I expected any different.
A few of the guys there with me today have done exactly the same session with the same guy for three modules back to back, talk about playing lip service ffs.
what a load of sheheight ! Wouldnt mind if you were learning something,just another stealth tax.Think I’ll be throwing the towel in Sept 2014.Joke at our expense !
Phantom Mark:
Just did my second session today, and guess what, it contained 95% of exactly the same as part one, total waste of time, not that I expected any different.
A few of the guys there with me today have done exactly the same session with the same guy for three modules back to back, talk about playing lip service ffs.
what a load of sheheight ! Wouldnt mind if you were learning something,just another stealth tax.Think I’ll be throwing the towel in Sept 2014.Joke at our expense !
I’ve said it before and I say it again, I will not be doing it. 60 in April 2015 so there is no way I would bother with it. It’s not as if you learn anything anyway. I will be interested in what happens though. I brought it up at my place with the boss, says they will start looking into in sometime next year! Obviously not too worried about it.
Slackbladder:
I’ve said it before and I say it again, I will not be doing it. 60 in April 2015 so there is no way I would bother with it. It’s not as if you learn anything anyway. I will be interested in what happens though. I brought it up at my place with the boss, says they will start looking into in sometime next year! Obviously not too worried about it.
Why should bosses worry, there are plenty of drivers out there willing to pay for it out of their own pockets & work for peanuts…
Have to admit, i wasn’t a fan of the DCPC concept when it was 1st introduced, however, as the firm i work for are paying for it, i’m happy to attend & get the necessary hours in to qualify.
It’s gonna be interesting to see how stringently it’s policed come 2014. If VOSA take too many drivers off the road (through not having their DCPC) there’s a danger that there won’t be enough drivers here to service the UK’s needs. This, IMO, will initially mean a rise in rates for those who are in possession of their DCPC qualification, & once the rates have risen the industry will become more appealing to Joe Public, & any driver shortage that there was, due to those not wanting to waste their time/money on the DCPC, will be overcome.
It could also lead to an influx of foreign drivers to cover the shortfall, sit them in a classroom for a week & they’ll have qualified for their DCPC, & could be on the road earning good money in short time.
If on the other hand VOSA don’t fine those firms & drivers without their DCPC, then there’s going to be a massive outcry from firms & drivers who have spent a lot of money to gain the qualification.
As i said earlier, i wasn’t a fan of the DCPC when it was 1st introduced, but, if we as drivers want more respect then i think we need a professional qualification.
hi all, i aggree with most of members on here on C P C, why should you have take it , and vosa saying there going to find drivers 1000 pounds if caught with out it. i am lucky that we have ours paid, last one we had the bloke that took us got in a muddle about tacho s and was asking us the answers. for younger drivers it might be ok, but for the likes of me at 60 and started at 17 . waste time and money. p S STILL LEARNING . CHEERS CHARLIE
Luckily we’re being put through and grateful for it.
Its bollox, we all know that, but it generates some tax, ticks some boxes and keeps umpteen bloody apparatchiks in lucrative admin jobs so its here to stay.
Somehow i reckon the reality of the alternative to lorry driving, which might well be 60 hour weeks on security taking home £250, will soon see many hurriedly taking the course.
Maybe just maybe the loss of those who are close to retiring using the opportunity to bugger off might just re-tip the balance of available drivers to vacancies, that would be a good kick start to the long climb back to fair wages for all.
