Started the 8 day course for operator cpc yesterday and everything seemed pretty straight forward in the modules we covered. We were given a case study to complete in industrial relations as homework and I was pleased to have got it right when I went in this morning.
Today, however we’ve got into company finances and I’ve just become majorly bogged down in all the figures and terminology. I.e profit and loss sheets, balance sheets etc. it’s really knocked my confidence and now of course I’m getting anxious for the exam.
Just curious of any revision tips you could give me having done the cpc fairly recently?
Hi Matt, i did it last year don’t worry too much make a note of the bits you struggle with and go back to them at the weekend ,as the course moves on so fast each day you can’t always spend too much time on bits you don’t get as you miss alot more in the mean time,regards Dan.
Dan Punchard:
Hi Matt, i did it last year don’t worry too much make a note of the bits you struggle with and go back to them at the weekend ,as the course moves on so fast each day you can’t always spend too much time on bits you don’t get as you miss alot more in the mean time,regards Dan.
Sound advice^^^^^^!
I also bogged down with the company finance part of the course and couldn’t grasp the formulas ( fixed costs, capital employed etc etc) but when you get to a module that you are confident with and is maybe one of your strong points reduce the time spent on that and concentrate on your weaker subjects.
As above, the course moves so quickly you cant afford to take too much time over specific modules unless you find the time from somewhere else. I tried to use my time outside of the classroom and do my homework but my brain was so fried from the day i couldn’t concentrate.
I’m studying for it at the moment, and have difficulty with some parts, and others I find easy. The one which gives me the most brainpain is the O-licensing section - I spend about 10-15 minutes at a time on those, then have a 5 minute break, and repeat - it helps me to get it lodged in my head.
For the case study part of the exam, you can take in books and notes etc, so I’m not going to stress too much on the minutiae. The multiple guess part is obviously closed book though, but you can usually rule out most of the answers rather than trying to rule in the correct one. Best tip I was given on the exams is to do what you know first and get it out of the way, then go back and spend what time is left on the bits you struggle with.
I’m studying for it at the moment, and have difficulty with some parts, and others I find easy. The one which gives me the most brainpain is the O-licensing section - I spend about 10-15 minutes at a time on those, then have a 5 minute break, and repeat - it helps me to get it lodged in my head.
For the case study part of the exam, you can take in books and notes etc, so I’m not going to stress too much on the minutiae. The multiple guess part is obviously closed book though, but you can usually rule out most of the answers rather than trying to rule in the correct one. Best tip I was given on the exams is to do what you know first and get it out of the way, then go back and spend what time is left on the bits you struggle with.
Good luck with it - are you doing the June exam?
Gary
Yes mate June exam. Today we’ve done vehicle licensing, electronic devices?, and another 3 and to be honest I feel a lot better about it all today! It’s just when it comes to a load of numbers that I seem to struggle!!
I’ve hit a major wall and yet again it’s to do with maths and figures - vehicle costing. Never was the best at maths and now I’ve hit the wall my head is completely mashed and im struggling to remember anything from the last 5 days.
Beware…Operator CPC can seriously affect your confidence and sanity!
Hi Matt,
I did both of mine years ago,much simpler than the case study scenario that you do now.
I found that study for 15 minutes max,then leave it for a couple of hours,the study again for 15 minutes and so on.
There is only so much that your brain can take in at any one time.
Best of luck.
Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Hi Matt,
I did both of mine years ago,much simpler than the case study scenario that you do now.
I found that study for 15 minutes max,then leave it for a couple of hours,the study again for 15 minutes and so on.
There is only so much that your brain can take in at any one time.
Best of luck.
Dave.
Yeah so I’ve been told about it being harder. In my opinion it’s ridiculous that it now has to be taken as one CPC rather than the old way of national and international. For an operator such as myself who has no intention of ever running abroad there’s an awful lot of info to take in on the permits etc required.
Hi Matt it took me 3 goes to pass the{ multi choise} i found each time the first major question was to plan out a route based on a 24hr period,the second major question was the costing out of the said route,the rest of them were worth a lot less marks which were based on what i had already done or i found looking in the book.sorry case study did the multi 1st time.
Dan Punchard:
Hi Matt it took me 3 goes to pass the multi choise i found each time the first major question was to plan out a route based on a 24hr period,the second major question was the costing out of the said route,the rest of them were worth a lot less marks which were based on what i had already done or i found looking in the book.
I’ve just done a case study in my revision notes and it involved multi drop over 2 days so obviously a night out included. I didn’t want to check the answer tonight as it’ll put me on a downer for tomorrow if its wrong! I did take a quick peek at the finish time and I’ve got it exactly the same so hopefully everything in between will fit!!
In the real world you just need to be a reasonably switched on sort of person with a copy of Lowe’s handbook on the shelf to do the job. Personally, I would focus on passing the exam rather than actually ‘learning’ the material properly, if that makes sense. If it all disappears out your head the minute the exam finishes you won’t be any the worse off for it.
