Peter Smythe:
We seem, not surprisingly, to have strayed from the question asked in the OP.
Maybe the Mods would like to assist in compiling a list of recommended trainers. And I totally agree that the content and cost should be quoted.
Pete
We’ve had these lists before and personally i’m not a fan of them. One they read like a directory, you may say thats the idea. Then there’s maintaining them, then there’s also the idea that they may be seen to be ‘approved by Trucknet’ ? My own view is that when Joe Bloggs asks where a good trainer for me i’m based in Liverpool? Then someone can come along and relay a trainer to him based on a real time/recent experience. Rather than trawling through maintained lists. In general i’m not for providing any sort of directory for anything.
Wheel Nut:
There is a provider quite close to me who charges 40 quid per module all in so for £200 I could have my very own DQC, when it gets to below half that price I may consider it.
Do you think that prices will fall for modules? I can only see prices increasing as time runs out…
Do you think that prices will fall for modules? I can only see prices increasing as time runs out…
You can reasonably expect prices to rise. Supply and demand says so. I set up a brand new training centre in 2008 not on the back of driver cpc, but bearing it in mind. The take up - as is well documented - has been very low, although we have conducted courses on a regular basis.
It stands to reason that, having not achieved our budgetary targets over the last 4 years, it has to be recouped. We hope to do this, not by increasing fees, but rather by increasing bums on seats. I fully understand the reluctance to book onto courses but the reality is that there is no option except leaving the industry.
I hope that prudent drivers will not lay themselves open to being scammed into paying excessive fees when there is good, established training out there to be had at comparitively low prices.
Be sure that there are new “training providers” registering who will take advantage of the supply and demand situation. As always, buyer beware.
