I have just had the unconfortable experience of a Public Inquiry as a transport manager TM. All very professioanl and a happy outcome. The Traffic Commissioner asked me how much I charged for acting on a one-vehicle licence. I said £150 per month. He said that as the minimum guideline is 8 hours per week, either I was undercharging or I was acting as TM “in name only”
I take the job seriously but being semi-retired I am grateful for a home-based pin-money job. Nonetheless I now have to put my rate up for both the operators for whom I act to £214.59 pm
nat min wage (1.10.12) = £6.19ph
8 hours pw = £49.52 pw
52 weeks pa = £2575.04 pa
1/12 = £214.59/month
(£402.35 pm for 3-5 vehicles)
He also I asked if I logged the hours which I worked as TM (I also do one or two days per week hgv driving thru agencies). When I said no, he observed that I was breaching the WTD regs.
It was novel to get a bollocking for not charging enough money.
jessicas dad:
Was the company quite happy to pay the extra, I don’t suppose they that much choice.
It would seem to make more sense for somebody from the company to take the CPC and act at the TM rather than paying out £2,500 a year for an external TM.
Traffic Commissioners do seem to be tightening the rules about external TMs at the moment.
jessicas dad:
Was the company quite happy to pay the extra, I don’t suppose they that much choice.
It would seem to make more sense for somebody from the company to take the CPC and act at the TM rather than paying out £2,500 a year for an external TM.
Traffic Commissioners do seem to be tightening the rules about external TMs at the moment.
I don’t see as it’s any of their business, I can see that they don’t want ‘paper’ TM’s so I do ‘get’ the question but I wonder how Bev would answer the same question?? I doub’t she’d be too quick to be making public how much she’s paid, I’d say “that’s a private matter between me & my client”.
