For more details of this course or any of the

courses we have to offer please contact us on:

Tel: 01642 616936

NETA Training Group

Head Office
Pennine Avenue
North Tees Industrial Estate
Stockton on Tees
TS18 2RJ
Fax: 01642 612431
Web: www.neta.co.uk

Meeting the needs and expectations of service users is of the

highest priority to our staff. Therefore if you have any concerns or
wish to make a comment about the service please contact:
Barbara Seddon email b.seddon@neta.co.uk

Equal Opportunities Statement

It is our aim that there shall be equal opportunities in this organisation. There will be no discrimination on grounds of sex, being married, colour, race or disability
which is not permitted by law; or on any grounds, including age, except where this is necessary to ensure that the job is done effectively. This principle will apply
to recruitment, training, promotion, dismissal, transfer and all other benefits, terms and conditions of employment.
 For Scheduled dates please contact PAT on 01642 610831
and ask for Driver CPC

18/10/10 This information was correct at the time of publication

 C OURSES AVAILABLE
We currently have 4 standard courses available, these are detailed in the table below. BACKGROUND

Option Course Duration A directive published in July 2003 by the European Union is now mandatory for all bus
and lorry drivers in EU Member States.
1 ADR
(In addition to the ADR certificate this course can also give 21 hours All professional bus, coach and lorry drivers must have the new qualification called
you significant hours which count towards your CPC) 'Driver Certificate of Professional Competence' (Driver CPC) if they want to drive for a
living.
2 VEHICLE DEFECTS AND REPORTING
 Explaination of subject and relevence to the job
 Procedure for carrying out checks
WHAT DOES THE COMPULSORY DIRECTIVE REQUIRE?
 Practical excercises
 Check sheets
7 Hours In addition to major changes in initial training and
 Defect sheets
new driver testing, Category C and D licence holders
 “O” Licence
must also undertake 35 hours retraining every five
 Compliance
years, in order to keep their entitlement to drive
 OCR’s
professionally
 Drivers Legal Duties
 Key components and safe vehicle operation
Driver CPC is being introduced across the European
Union to maintain high driving standards. Bus drivers must conform from 10 September
3 “O” LICENCE COMPLIANCE 2008 and lorry drivers from September 2009.
 Explaination of subject and relevence to the job
 Understanding the “Operator Licence”
 Compliance with traffice regulations and driving licences 7 Hours
 Working time directive and drivers hours Driver CPC aims to:
 Tackergraphs digital and analogue  Improve road safety;

 Recognise and accredit the knowledge

4 and skills required for professional bus'
DRIVERS HOURS AND TACHOGRAPHS coach and lorry drivers;
 Explaination of subject and relevence to the job
 Legislation in respect of E.U. drivers hours and  Ensure drivers continually update
domestic drivers hours their skills and knowledge;
 Equipment, records, data collection,employers and
drivers obligations 7 Hours  Raise the status of these drivers to
 Analogue Tachograph equipment, completion of chart promote driving as a career.
and reading data
 Digital Tachograph equipment, cards and data
collection
 Working time directive

TAILORED T RAINING
We can tailor a course(s) to suit specific company requirements if a sufficent number of
delegates are available.
JAUPT APPROVED CENTRE AC00600

WHAT IS INVOLVED?
For new drivers - it will require them to undergo initial qualification in addition to
obtaining their driving licence, before they will be able to earn money driving a vehicle
in any European Union (EU) member state, including the UK. The training for new
drivers will be combined with the current theory and practical driving tests
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. For PCV drivers (D and D1
licences) these changes were introduced in
September 2008, and for LGV drivers (C and C1
licences) they were introduced in September 2009
WHAT HAPPENS IF MY TRAINING GOES OUT OF DATE?
If you do not hold a valid CPC you will not be able to drive professionally. This not only
applies to driving in other EU countries, but also to driving within the UK.
Any enforcement body within the EU will be able to ask drivers for proof that they hold a
valid Driver’s CPC.
Summary
 New entrants to professional driving will have to complete two theory tests and two
practical tests before driving professionally.
 All professional drivers will have to complete 35 hours of periodic training every five
years to maintain their Driver CPC.

Existing drivers are exempt from initial qualification if they hold their licence prior to
introduction. However, they 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.
 Existing professional drivers will not have to pass the initial qualification, but will be
subject to the periodic training requirements (from 2008-09).
 Driver CPC will be shown by a separate driver qualification card, which must be
carried at all times whilst driving.

 The penalties for non-compliance will be similar to driving without a licence and will
be enforced from day one.
PERIODIC TRAINING
The 35 hours training (called periodic 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.

PCV drivers who already held their licence in Septem-

ber 2008, will have to complete the first 35 hours train-
ing by September 2013.

The system for LGV drivers is the same. Those drivers

who held their licence in September 2009, will have to
complete their training by September 2014.
C ONTACT OUR SALES

DEPARTMENT FOR

SCHEDULED DATES ON
HOW WILL THE TRAINING BE RECORDED?
01642 616936
New driver - Once a driver has completed his/her initial qualification they will be
AND ASK FOR
awarded a Certificate of Professional Competence – Driver’s CPC – to prove their
training is up to date. This will be valid for five years. D RIVER CPC

Existing Driver - On going or segments of training will be recorded online on the

Central Training Record by the approved centre where you undertake the training. JAUPT APPROVED CENTRE AC00600

Upon completion of all the periodic training (35 hours) the driver will automatically be
awarded a Driver’s CPC, valid for five years. By the time of its expiry the driver must
have completed another block of 35 hours training to get this renewed.

The CPC will be recorded by the issuing of a Driver Qualification Card, which the Please Note: All training must be taken with an accredited training centre, which must be
driver must carry with them whilst driving. approved by DVA according to the requirements in the Directive. NETA is such a centre.

WHAT IS INVOLVED?
For new drivers - it will require them to undergo initial qualification in addition to
obtaining their driving licence, before they will be able to earn money driving a vehicle
in any European Union (EU) member state, including the UK. The training for new
drivers will be combined with the current theory and practical driving tests
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. For PCV drivers (D and D1
licences) these changes were introduced in
September 2008, and for LGV drivers (C and C1
licences) they were introduced in September 2009
WHAT HAPPENS IF MY TRAINING GOES OUT OF DATE?
If you do not hold a valid CPC you will not be able to drive professionally. This not only
applies to driving in other EU countries, but also to driving within the UK.
Any enforcement body within the EU will be able to ask drivers for proof that they hold a
valid Driver’s CPC.
Summary
 New entrants to professional driving will have to complete two theory tests and two
practical tests before driving professionally.
 All professional drivers will have to complete 35 hours of periodic training every five
years to maintain their Driver CPC.

Existing drivers are exempt from initial qualification if they hold their licence prior to
introduction. However, they 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.
 Existing professional drivers will not have to pass the initial qualification, but will be
subject to the periodic training requirements (from 2008-09).
 Driver CPC will be shown by a separate driver qualification card, which must be
carried at all times whilst driving.

 The penalties for non-compliance will be similar to driving without a licence and will
be enforced from day one.
PERIODIC TRAINING
The 35 hours training (called periodic 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.

PCV drivers who already held their licence in Septem-

ber 2008, will have to complete the first 35 hours train-
ing by September 2013.

The system for LGV drivers is the same. Those drivers

who held their licence in September 2009, will have to
complete their training by September 2014.
C ONTACT OUR SALES

DEPARTMENT FOR

SCHEDULED DATES ON
HOW WILL THE TRAINING BE RECORDED?
01642 616936
New driver - Once a driver has completed his/her initial qualification they will be
AND ASK FOR
awarded a Certificate of Professional Competence – Driver’s CPC – to prove their
training is up to date. This will be valid for five years. D RIVER CPC

Existing Driver - On going or segments of training will be recorded online on the

Central Training Record by the approved centre where you undertake the training. JAUPT APPROVED CENTRE AC00600

Upon completion of all the periodic training (35 hours) the driver will automatically be
awarded a Driver’s CPC, valid for five years. By the time of its expiry the driver must
have completed another block of 35 hours training to get this renewed.

The CPC will be recorded by the issuing of a Driver Qualification Card, which the Please Note: All training must be taken with an accredited training centre, which must be
driver must carry with them whilst driving. approved by DVA according to the requirements in the Directive. NETA is such a centre.
 C OURSES AVAILABLE
We currently have 4 standard courses available, these are detailed in the table below. BACKGROUND

Option Course Duration A directive published in July 2003 by the European Union is now mandatory for all bus
and lorry drivers in EU Member States.
1 ADR
(In addition to the ADR certificate this course can also give 21 hours All professional bus, coach and lorry drivers must have the new qualification called
you significant hours which count towards your CPC) 'Driver Certificate of Professional Competence' (Driver CPC) if they want to drive for a
living.
2 VEHICLE DEFECTS AND REPORTING
 Explaination of subject and relevence to the job
 Procedure for carrying out checks
WHAT DOES THE COMPULSORY DIRECTIVE REQUIRE?
 Practical excercises
 Check sheets
7 Hours In addition to major changes in initial training and
 Defect sheets
new driver testing, Category C and D licence holders
 “O” Licence
must also undertake 35 hours retraining every five
 Compliance
years, in order to keep their entitlement to drive
 OCR’s
professionally
 Drivers Legal Duties
 Key components and safe vehicle operation
Driver CPC is being introduced across the European
Union to maintain high driving standards. Bus drivers must conform from 10 September
3 “O” LICENCE COMPLIANCE 2008 and lorry drivers from September 2009.
 Explaination of subject and relevence to the job
 Understanding the “Operator Licence”
 Compliance with traffice regulations and driving licences 7 Hours
 Working time directive and drivers hours Driver CPC aims to:
 Tackergraphs digital and analogue  Improve road safety;

 Recognise and accredit the knowledge

4 and skills required for professional bus'
DRIVERS HOURS AND TACHOGRAPHS coach and lorry drivers;
 Explaination of subject and relevence to the job
 Legislation in respect of E.U. drivers hours and  Ensure drivers continually update
domestic drivers hours their skills and knowledge;
 Equipment, records, data collection,employers and
drivers obligations 7 Hours  Raise the status of these drivers to
 Analogue Tachograph equipment, completion of chart promote driving as a career.
and reading data
 Digital Tachograph equipment, cards and data
collection
 Working time directive

TAILORED T RAINING
We can tailor a course(s) to suit specific company requirements if a sufficent number of
delegates are available.
JAUPT APPROVED CENTRE AC00600
 For Scheduled dates please contact PAT on 01642 610831
and ask for Driver CPC

18/10/10 This information was correct at the time of publication

 For more details of this course or any of the
courses we have to offer please contact us on:

Tel: 01642 616936

NETA Training Group

Head Office
Pennine Avenue
North Tees Industrial Estate
Stockton on Tees
TS18 2RJ
Fax: 01642 612431
Web: www.neta.co.uk

Meeting the needs and expectations of service users is of the

highest priority to our staff. Therefore if you have any concerns or
wish to make a comment about the service please contact:
Barbara Seddon email b.seddon@neta.co.uk

Equal Opportunities Statement

It is our aim that there shall be equal opportunities in this organisation. There will be no discrimination on grounds of sex, being married, colour, race or disability
which is not permitted by law; or on any grounds, including age, except where this is necessary to ensure that the job is done effectively. This principle will apply
to recruitment, training, promotion, dismissal, transfer and all other benefits, terms and conditions of employment.