langp29:
I passed my HGV class one 1977, I got my CPC’s national and international in 1985, I’m not sure what I should be doing if anything. I Have a Spanish license and Spanish resident and my employment is legal and above board.
If you were in the UK then these are the rules -
you would have aquired rights for driver cpc so 35 hours of training required before 10 Sept 2014
the Operator cpc counts as nothing towards the driver cpc
As you have a Spanish licence and residency then you come under whatever their rules on this are.
Can you search for the Spanish driver cpc rules on the internet
langp29:
P.S. Vascoingles. do you know what a TC2 document (form)? Every month the secretary gives me a new one, its something to do with the Department of Work and Immigration
langp29:
I passed my HGV class one 1977, I got my CPC’s national and international in 1985, I’m not sure what I should be doing if anything. I Have a Spanish license and Spanish resident and my employment is legal and above board.
If you were in the UK then these are the rules -
you would have aquired rights for driver cpc so 35 hours of training required before 10 Sept 2014
the Operator cpc counts as nothing towards the driver cpc
As you have a Spanish licence and residency then you come under whatever their rules on this are.
Can you search for the Spanish driver cpc rules on the internet
for the thousandth time the rules are identical all through Europe the only exception being the Spanish have not approved in house training
dieseldave:
It’s very interesting to read your post, because the rule you mentioned seems to fly in the face of another EU rule on the free movement of labour. How are the people who migrated supposed to get trained in their new host-country when they don’t all have the necessary language skills?
The folks might be able to ‘get by’ with fairly easy day-to-day stuff like asking their way, ordering food and writing addresses of backloads, but the language skills needed to undertake some formal training might be beyond many migrant workers, so what are they supposed to do?
from what I can work out about the CPC it doesn’t matter if you understand what is going on, there is no test and you only have to attend, other countries may be different to the UK though
jimti:
[from what I can work out about the CPC it doesn’t matter if you understand what is going on, there is no test and you only have to attend, other countries may be different to the UK though
That’s certainly the way it was for my FCOS in France. Mind you I don’t know if they have changed that to bring it into line with the new EU wide legislation.
welshboyinspain:
i’ve been confused about this for sooooooo long.
i drive a spanish truck with spanish licence but have held my uk licence long enough to qualify on so called grand father rights but i still don’t understand if that means i get a cpc card now or just in five years time i have to have done my 35 hours training?
is there a card or certificate or is it just assumed you have it after having held your licence for long enough?
the training in spain is expensive i am reliably informed by vascoingles
As a freelance i have been informed to register in Monaco bofore sept 2014. Exempt country.
welshboyinspain:
i’ve been confused about this for sooooooo long.
i drive a spanish truck with spanish licence but have held my uk licence long enough to qualify on so called grand father rights but i still don’t understand if that means i get a cpc card now or just in five years time i have to have done my 35 hours training?
is there a card or certificate or is it just assumed you have it after having held your licence for long enough?
the training in spain is expensive i am reliably informed by vascoingles
As a freelance i have been informed to register in Monaco bofore sept 2014. Exempt country.
Wouldn’t it be cheaper just to do the 35 hours. Monaco sounds a tad expensive just to save a couple of hundred quid
langp29:
I passed my HGV class one 1977, I got my CPC’s national and international in 1985, I’m not sure what I should be doing if anything. I Have a Spanish license and Spanish resident and my employment is legal and above board.
If you were in the UK then these are the rules -
you would have aquired rights for driver cpc so 35 hours of training required before 10 Sept 2014
the Operator cpc counts as nothing towards the driver cpc
As you have a Spanish licence and residency then you come under whatever their rules on this are.
Can you search for the Spanish driver cpc rules on the internet
for the thousandth time the rules are identical all through Europe the only exception being the Spanish have not approved in house training
Not necessarily, “gold plating of” regs is alive and well HERE. The rules are similar, but your mileage may vary.
Hello if they wish to carry on working in the EU , then they will have to
take the Drivers CPC in the country where they are paid for working
and in that language , thats how i do belive it is laid down, by the EU
brit pete:
Hello if they wish to carry on working in the EU , then they will have to
take the Drivers CPC in the country where they are paid for working
and in that language , thats how i do belive it is laid down, by the EU
This is true. Which makes it even more of a joke
I could move to Germany, not speaking a word of that language, sit through 35 hours of incromprehensible b/s and be seen by the Eurocrats as a ‘safer driver’, and therefore in their eyes be better qualified to drive a lorry. WHAT A LOAD OF ■■■■■■■■!
If they want this to count there MUST be some sort of test after training.
The rules are similar, but your mileage may vary.