Driving is not my main employment - I work a shift pattern in a factory floor of normally 50-56 hours a week but this is over 10 days = 6 days working then usually 4 days off.
On an odd occasion -maybe 3 times a year-my mate might ask me to help out if stuck for a driver and this is usually in holidays times .
How much time do i need off after my normal last working day if I was to drive his truck?
McPlod:
Driving is not my main employment - I work a shift pattern in a factory floor of normally 50-56 hours a week but this is over 10 days = 6 days working then usually 4 days off.On an odd occasion -maybe 3 times a year-my mate might ask me to help out if stuck for a driver and this is usually in holidays times .
How much time do i need off after my normal last working day if I was to drive his truck?
hi mate this may help you out
Definition of an occasional mobile worker under the 2005 Regulations
A mobile worker would be exempt from the 2005 Regulations if:
- he works 10 days or less within scope of the European drivers’ hours rules in a reference period
that is shorter than 26 weeks; or- he works 15 days or less within scope of the European drivers’ hours rules in a reference period
that is 26 weeks or longer.
so going on what you said and don’t do more that the prescribed days as in the note there would be no problems
McPlod:
Driving is not my main employment - I work a shift pattern in a factory floor of normally 50-56 hours a week but this is over 10 days = 6 days working then usually 4 days off.On an odd occasion -maybe 3 times a year-my mate might ask me to help out if stuck for a driver and this is usually in holidays times .
How much time do i need off after my normal last working day if I was to drive his truck?
For the drivers regulations in any week that you dive in-scope of the EU regulations the time spent on you usual job will be counted as other work
In any week when you drive under EU regulations other work should be recorded on either a chart or a printout from a digital tachograph.
I’m not really aware of any stipulated time off before starting a driving shift under EU regulations but common sense would suggest that you ensure you get enough rest before driving a large vehicle.
On days when you drive to EU regulations you will be subject to the daily rest requirements for those days and a weekly rest for the week you drive in.
Weather or not you choose to record all the factory work though is obviously between you and your conscience 
hi tachograph
as he only does tree time a year would he not be exempt
delboytwo:
hi tachographas he only does tree time a year would he not be exempt
He wouldn’t need to bother about the WTD for mobile workers but he would still be expected to comply with the tachograph daily/weekly rest regulations
tachograph:
delboytwo:
hi tachographas he only does tree time a year would he not be exempt
He wouldn’t need to bother about the WTD for mobile workers but he would still be expected to comply with the tachograph daily/weekly rest regulations
ok i got it wrong again 
but have to keep you on your toes 
I thought the bit tachograph quoted was part of the 2005 regs - am I wrong 
The quote in delboytwo’s post was from the 2005 working time regulations
Given the amount of driving McPlod will be doing He needn’t really worry about the WTD for mobile workers, the general WTD which presumably he currently works to shouldn’t be a problem either.
tachograph:
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The quote in delboytwo’s post was from the 2005 working time regulationsGiven the amount of driving McPlod will be doing He needn’t really worry about the WTD for mobile workers, the general WTD which presumably he currently works to shouldn’t be a problem either.
Regardless of the small amount of driving he will be doing, the time spent at his other job will not count toward the WTD for mobile workers anyway. If he has opted out of the WTD for regular folk his driving work won’t affect that in anyway either.
tachograph:
I’m not really aware of any stipulated time off before starting a driving shift under EU regulations but common sense would suggest that you ensure you get enough rest before driving a large vehicle.
As the time spent in that other job counts as Other Work for the tacho regulations would that not suggest he would need at minimum of 9 hours before starting his driving job, otherwise he will only be able to do a short driving shift when taking his hours at his main job into account?
Coffeeholic:
tachograph:
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The quote in delboytwo’s post was from the 2005 working time regulationsGiven the amount of driving McPlod will be doing He needn’t really worry about the WTD for mobile workers, the general WTD which presumably he currently works to shouldn’t be a problem either.
Regardless of the small amount of driving he will be doing, the time spent at his other job will not count toward the WTD for mobile workers anyway. If he has opted out of the WTD for regular folk his driving work won’t affect that in anyway either.
I think you may have misunderstood my post, I wasn’t suggesting that he needn’t bother about the factory work coming under the WTD for mobile workers because of the limited amount of driving done, factory work doesn’t come under the WTD for mobile workers full stop.
I meant he won’t be doing enough driving work to worry about the driving work being a problem for the WTD for mobile workers.
The general WTD probably won’t be a problem anyway but McPlod hasn’t said that he’s opted out
Coffeeholic:
tachograph:
I’m not really aware of any stipulated time off before starting a driving shift under EU regulations but common sense would suggest that you ensure you get enough rest before driving a large vehicle.As the time spent in that other job counts as Other Work for the tacho regulations would that not suggest he would need at minimum of 9 hours before starting his driving job, otherwise he will only be able to do a short driving shift when taking his hours at his main job into account?
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