Driver CPC Courses
3.5 Hour Modular Course (choose 2 for each day)
Course Name |
Content Outline |
Driver Welfare |
Driver health, alcohol and drugs, fatigue, driver fitness |
Drivers Hours and Tacho Awareness |
Drivers hours rules, tachographs, operational guidance |
Drivers Hours Rules |
Drivers hours rules, working time regulations, operational guidance |
Fuel Efficient Driving |
Fuels and lubricants, types of vehicles, gearboxes and brakes, fuel efficient driving |
Health and Safety for Drivers |
Laws and responsibilities, vehicle movements, banksman signals, manual handling, PPE, working at height, slips, trips and falls |
Loading and Unloading |
Legal requirements, weights and load distribution, vehicle dimensions and weights, effects of load movement, load security, loading equipment |
Manual Handling |
Regulations, costs of injury/back pain, causes of back pain, lifting techniques, lifting equipment, pushing and pulling techniques |
Road Traffic Accidents |
Arrive on scene, next actions, casualty care and dangers |
Rules of the Road |
Rules of the road, documentation to be carried, highway code and personal safety, traffic accident procedure, security and crime prevention |
Use of Tachographs |
Use of tachograph equipment, operational guidance |
Walk Around Checks and Defect Reports |
Walk around checks, legal requirements and maintenance, safety equipment, defect reporting |
7 Hour Courses (choose only 1 per day)
Vulnerable Road Users FORS Approved |
Where do we encounter VRU’s and who are the VRU's? Sharing road space, route planning, |
Operator Licence Awareness |
Drivers hours, fleet inspections and OCRS, operator licensing, driver CPC, driver licensing, |