Well Failed C.E again yesterday at Atherton 1 serious 6 minors Examiner said was a great drive and he saw a lot of good points in my drive i just messed up on the A58 /A6 roundabout wronge lane but Hey i feel like a big weight has been lifted of my shoulders 
… and the good news is that I now Have a full time class 2 job and can pick my own trainer as my next test will not be funded … The last few months have been Pure hell belive me But at least can say that I now have a Good Job with good money well above average pay … Thanks to my Job centre plus adviser Jim … he has been great .
When I first applied for funding to get back in work in febuary I was asked to get a quote from a reputable Trainer and that I did BUT then the job of Training me was put out to tender and was given a trainer that i didnt like and I was given no choice in the Trainer picked ( bad move as you have to have faith in your Trainer ) First i did my reaserch on them and no one had heard of the trainer / no testamonials on his web site / took me 2 days to get him to ring back with dates once the Job adviser gave him the go ahead . And was pushed constantly to the back of the list as I was funded and told he cant just sit and wait for the Job centre to send him clients he has to earn money from cash payers … he canciled and put back my test dates and then LIED to me saying it was DSA that Changed them and when i called the DSA and spoke with sue at newcastle to ask why they had changed my dates she said they hadnt that the trainer had swapped them .with another students name so i then called the trainer to complain and he told me I was a low life for calling DSA my self i had no right to do that and he didnt think I would go to that Kind of low … and Phone DSA ( well i did and im glad i did or i would not have known or the proof that i now have on file )
At this time I demanded a new trainer told the owner I had no faith in him ( he made the trainer in sams vidio post bad driver 
look mild ) as he told me a shunt on the reverse wasnt a minor point (it is )// shouted and balled all the time // told me I had to have a seperate DCPC for my bus licence and another one for my HGV .( found out of this great site i dont ) thanks guys . however I have nothing against the staff who work there at all they were great anyway he said all will be ok and it will all be forgoten in a couple of days and we will start again ( mot in my book it wont ever be forgotten ) It has been the worse 5 months in my life I was given a new trainer day before my retest he was great with a natural apptitude for teaching but the damage had already been done BY THE OWNER … So i will be saving the next couple of weeks and calling Paul at Hindley Green HGV who would have been my choice of trainer in the first place as he came with great testamonials … . and not just of this site either
and if anyone wants to know who not to go with PM me 
The examiners last worrds were dont give up you gave a great drive you just have a Phobia with that roundabout for some reason and I am not giving up just bacause the owner / so called trainer gave me a phobia of it by shouting and balling at me on that roundabout instead of explaining it …in a calm maner
Oh and im not saying anything behind his back he asked me to do a write up on here for him lol and I have done just that like i said to his face and should leave it to his staff to do the training because he could not pass water with his bad attitude never mind a student .oh and the last14 hrs of my CPC he can stick them as my new employer is sending me on them with a reputable company who confirm and stick to dates . even if he offered a free re test i would refuse thats how bad he is … 
Best wishes all
Roy
Roy .
the one they picked has had an extra £700 on top of his tender and that alone could have been saved … the main reason i complained from the start was when i applied they said it takes time because its government money and cant be wasted ( well thats a laugh) as i know that Woods ribble valley HGV who gave me a great quote did tender for the job and didnt even get a reply from Proc Serve but I think its a case of who you know not what you know ( sadly I cant proove that but I have lots of other proof ) ie they told the job centre that a form was lost and could they have a new one jim my adviser sent a duplicate out then i was asked to sign 3 forms by trainer my adviser said should only have been two 
I WOUNDER WHY and as for my DCPC training well i have been to three diferent locations ( companies who have payed him to do their drivers CPC NOT MINE ) for the training upto now 
