limeyphil:
ROG:
… or 2 x 3.5 because test day does not count for dcpcI can’t see how that’s possible. Each days training for dcpc purposes must be 7 hours, not 3.5 one day and 3.5 the next.
Phil,
2 X 3.5hrs is possible, provided that the two training sessions are consecutive.
Eg; an afternoon followed by the morning of the following day.
ROG:
Dotty D:
There’s a company called easy as hgv on the net mite be handy for you to have a look at the do class 1 training and cpc aswellI assume you meant that as tongue in cheek as they are generally a broker
as ROG eluded to it in his post, i will come out and put it bluntly…
DO NOT BOOK YOUR TRAINING WITH A BROKER, THEY ARE MONEY GRABBING [zb]s WHO TAKE THE MONEY, AND THEN MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, DO A RUNNER AND LEAVE UP UP THE PROVERBIAL CREAK
dieseldave:
limeyphil:
ROG:
… or 2 x 3.5 because test day does not count for dcpcI can’t see how that’s possible. Each days training for dcpc purposes must be 7 hours, not 3.5 one day and 3.5 the next.
Phil,
2 X 3.5hrs is possible, provided that the two training sessions are consecutive.
Eg; an afternoon followed by the morning of the following day.
JAUPT are allowing 2 x consecutive mornings for example as being ok for 7 hours - its also useful for some companies doing 3 x 3.5 hours over 2 consecutive afternoons as classroom sessions for their drivers after doing a short day driving
Unusually for JAUPT - they are being realistic !!
ROG:
dieseldave:
limeyphil:
ROG:
… or 2 x 3.5 because test day does not count for dcpcI can’t see how that’s possible. Each days training for dcpc purposes must be 7 hours, not 3.5 one day and 3.5 the next.
Phil,
2 X 3.5hrs is possible, provided that the two training sessions are consecutive.
Eg; an afternoon followed by the morning of the following day.JAUPT are allowing 2 x consecutive mornings for example as being ok for 7 hours - its also useful for some companies doing 3 x 3.5 hours over 2 consecutive afternoons as classroom sessions for their drivers after doing a short day driving
Unusually for JAUPT - they are being realistic !!
Usually for JAUPT, they tell one person one thing, then say something else to another person.
In other words, they’ve been known to give two different answers to the same question, so what you’ve said comes as no surprise to me.
Well, all except the word “realistic.” 
Took 2 weeks off in July 2013 to do my 35 hours periodic and upgrade to class 1 cost me £1400 in total. 1 week CPC 1 week Artic 3 days training test on Friday, passed.
Problem you will have is most agencies won’t give you class 1 work because of 2 year insurance rule but you may be lucky.
I have refused all class 2 work insisting on class 1 and have done curtain siders, containers, boxes and fridges. I have averaged £11 per hour night trunking and £13 an hour weekends.
Finding it hard now though agencies lie to you and treat you as fodder. You fill a gap at the time and then they abandon you, so you change agency. I have now worked for 6 agencies and they have all made big promises but have not kept them apart from Adecco who said that Hermes contract would finish on 20th December and it did. Now struggling to get any class 1 work and have even been tricked into turning up only to find that it is class 2, multi drop and a run no one wanted to do! This is our business.
alder:
Took 2 weeks off in July 2013 to do my 35 hours periodic and upgrade to class 1 cost me £1400 in total. 1 week CPC 1 week Artic 3 days training test on Friday, passed.Problem you will have is most agencies won’t give you class 1 work because of 2 year insurance rule but you may be lucky.
s.
Sounds same as I,m hearing…Reason I,m thinking Stobys with a job at end of training (if this is true) may be a good option…
The very reason I moved from Durham to Essex three months ago.
The week before I moved I had a call offering me Class 1 nights at £7.50 an hour for a 48 hour week - that told me I was making the right move.
Class 1 work without 2 years experience is virtually non-existent in the North East.
(pm sent with a suggestion).
Cheers Alan…much appreciated… 
OnlyAlan:
The very reason I moved from Durham to Essex three months ago.The week before I moved I had a call offering me Class 1 nights at £7.50 an hour for a 48 hour week - that told me I was making the right move.
Class 1 work without 2 years experience is virtually non-existent in the North East.
(pm sent with a suggestion).
Well done for refusing it! Cheeky ■■■■■■■ ■■■■■!
I don’t understand why people accept those wages.
You can earn more stacking shelves. No stress, no RDCs, no VOSA.
Is it just to be a wagin driveh like Guy Norgate?
Makes no sense to me
Just to update on CPC question…It was initial mods 2+4…not periodic.
