Driver CPC Training

A T NERAC is offering the Driver CPC Approved Training Programme on a regular basis, either at our centre, at a training facility in Sheffield, or on your own premises (if these meet the required criteria*).

Drivers completing the training will receive accreditation, registration on monitoring body databases and a certificate to confirm they have complied with legislation.

Currently, just holding a vocational licence is not sufficient. A new qualification for professional bus, coach and lorry drivers – the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (Driver CPC) – has been introduced across the European Union.

What will the Compulsory Directive require? For existing drivers it will oblige them to take 35 hours periodic training every five years in order to continue driving professionally within the UK or the EU.

What will be involved in Periodic Training? Existing drivers will have to complete re-training every five years to allow them to continue to drive professionally. This applies equally to LGV and to PCV drivers. The 35 hours training is equivalent to one week and can be taken flexibly in courses of no less than seven hours at a time, or one day at a time.

For PCV drivers who already hold their licence in September 2008, they will have to complete the first 35 hours training by September 2013.

The system for LGV drivers is the same. For those drivers who hold their licence in September 2009, they will have to complete their training by September 2014.

All training must be taken with an approved training centre, which must be approved by DVA according to the requirements in the Directive.

How will the training be recorded?
Once a driver has completed his/her initial qualification they will be awarded a Certificate of Professional Competence – Driver’s CPC – to prove their training is up to date. This will be valid for five years.

Please contact the Centre to check dates and availability.

*If you require training at your company please contact the Centre to discuss your requirements.