I stick to ADR simply because it’s highly portable and (properly ) validated elsewhere by SQA.
I wouldn’t have thought that any other DCPC accredited qualification is also valid in 44 other countries including Russia.
Being an ex-driver, I have to agree with many on here who say that the DCPC isn’t fit for purpose in its current form, so let’s hope that JAUPT start to require pre-notification of courses and the possibility of a spot inspection. It would also help if JAUPT had some transparency about them.
somerset bus driver:
Although I’m all in favour of fighting against this daft training fiasco,I just cannot see that the country will come to a stop in 2014
I doubt whether VOSA will be interested in checking driver CPC cards in 2014. It will be far too much hassle for them and mean they have to get out of their offices
I had to do my training “unpaid”. Thats the way it goes for a freelance driver and there are still local “fiddles” for those who do a bit of research
You are having a laugh!
September 10th 2013 and 2014 there will be a VOSA man at each truck stop service station in the UK checking DCPC cards. The fine is £1000 for the driver and £1000 for the operator so there is no easier way of collecting money for the goverment to help balance the books!
Only 11,000 7 hour session where completed between October and March which means there will be no way that all the training will be completed in time. I estimate the figure is closer to 1 million drivers being effected if you take into account minibus, coach, 7.5t and truck drivers. This would mean 80,000 need training every month to hit the target dates
September 10th 2013 and 2014 there will be a VOSA man at each truck stop service station in the UK checking DCPC cards. The fine is £1000 for the driver and £1000 for the operator so there is no easier way of collecting money for the goverment to help balance the books!
I am still waiting for the other poster to point me to a link about £1000 fines, maybe you can do that, as Penniebee has gone off the radar.
The regulations that I have read suggest FP fines of £30
The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) Regulations 2007, Regulations 9 & 10, SO-3
Cause / permit:-
Regulations 9 (1) & 10(2), SO-3
Wheel Nut:
I am still waiting for the other poster to point me to a link about £1000 fines, maybe you can do that, as Penniebee has gone off the radar.
does this help…
2007 No. 605
ROAD TRAFFIC
The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence)
Regulations 2007
Requirement to carry and produce evidence of CPC or of training exemption in vehicle
11.–(1) Subject to paragraph (4), a person who is required to hold a CPC by virtue of regulation 9(1) and who does not carry with him in the vehicle which he is driving evidence of that CPC as specified in paragraph (2) is guilty of an offence.
(2) That evidence may be any of the following documents–
(a) a driver qualification card;
(b) a Community licence with the Community code;
(c) a driver’s certificate granted to him by a member State other than the United Kingdom as referred to in Article 10(3)(a) of the Directive; or
(d) any other document issued to the driver by a member State other than the United Kingdom certifying an initial CPC or a periodic CPC.
(3) A person to whom regulation 4(9) or 9(4) applies who does not carry with him in the vehicle he is driving evidence as specified in paragraph (2) of the initial CPC he holds is guilty of an offence.
(4) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who has made an application to the competent authority for a driver qualification card under regulation 8(1) and not yet received that card.
(5) A person to whom regulation 4(5) applies who does not carry with him in the vehicle he is driving a document as described in sub-paragraph (d) of that regulation is guilty of an offence.
(6) A police constable or vehicle examiner may at any time require a person to whom paragraph (1), (3) or (5) applies to produce to him the evidence or document, as the case may be, referred to in that paragraph.
(7) If a person fails to produce that evidence or document, as the case may be, when required to do so under paragraph (6) he shall be guilty of an offence.
(8) A person guilty of an offence under this regulation shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
Level on the scale …Amount of fine
1 …£200
2 …£500
3 …£1,000
Having read all the above with out doubt the CPC should be scrapped immediately it is just another money making scam. There was a government petition started to get it abolished just before the election which is now unfortunately on hold as the new administration is currently assessing how best to proceed with the e-petitions. Should it become live again we all need to sign it. Take my case for example… I have been driving heavy goods for the last 32 years my present employee has organised a one day course for the next five years when? On the 28th of December when we are closed for the holidays which means for the next five years no one can go away during the Christmas/New Year break how stupid is that? (this is a big company with many depots and almost 1000 drivers nationwide.) The other option is to have a week off (unpaid) and pay for the weeks course yourself which means you are paying twice (a weeks wage lost and course fee to pay) At the end of the day why should i have to go through all this trouble to be taught what i already know I don’t need a CPC what difference does a ‘no fail’ test mean to me when i have been driving Class One vehicles for the last 32 years. Its a scandal and the public should get to know what a farce it really is. Even its title ‘CPC’ is misleading as it bears no resemblance to a genuine pass/fail Certificate of Competence exam. Regards Paul
There was a government petition started to get it abolished just before the election which is now unfortunately on hold as the new administration is currently assessing how best to proceed with the e-petitions.
Should it become live again we all need to sign it.
) validated elsewhere by SQA.
