DRIVER CPC TRAINING IN CUMBRIA
You must have a valid Driver CPC if you drive a lorry, bus or coach as the main part of your job. You must do 35 hours of periodic training every 5 years to keep it valid. You can be fined up to £1,000 for driving professionally without Driver CPC. You can check the number of CPC hours you have recorded by clicking here
Cumbria Training Alliance deliver the following CPC modules at our Distington training centre in West Cumbria
DRIVERS’ HOURS & RECORD KEEPING
Course Content
Operator Licencing
Drivers’ Hours Regulations
Working Time Regulations
Domestic Rules
Tachographs and Records
Vulnerable Road Users
VEHICLE CHECKS & ENFORCEMENT
Course Content
Vehicle Checks
Roadside Enforcement Documents
Traffic Law
HSAWA
Road Vehicles Regulations
Load Securing Equipment
Rollover Avoidance
Traffic Collision Procedure
DRIVER SAFETY AT WORK
Course Content
Managing health and safety accidents at work
Risk assessment procedures
Accident and near miss philosophy
Control of substances hazardous to health
Workplace injuries
Manual handling
Work equipment
Fire prevention
The workplace
First Aid
Health at Work
Display Screen Equipment
Driving Hazards
SAFE, FUEL EFFICIENT DRIVING & MANOEUVRING
Course Content
The importance of physical and mental fitness
The effects of alcohol, drugs or other substances likely to effect behaviour
The symptoms, causes and effects of fatigue and stress
Defensive and safe driving techniques
Importance of vehicle checks and maintenance
The dangers of manoeuvring
The recommended banksman signals
How to optimise fuel consumption
Dealing with vulnerable road users
DRIVERS' HOURS & CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT
Course Content
Requirements of EU Drivers' Hours Regulations (EC561/2006) and the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations
Penalties and consequences of breaching these regulations
Ways to manage customers when making deliveries
Use of electronic systems and proof of delivery
TRAFFIC LAW
Course Content
Highway Code
Road Signs & Road Markings
Access Restrictions on Parking Loading Unloading setting down and collection of passengers
Pedestrian Crossings types and methods of operating
Junctions
Driving Licences
Incidents road works and congestion
Mobile phones and seat belts, alcohol and drugs
Corporate Manslaughter
Port Security & illegal immigration
VULNERABLE ROAD USERS
Course Content
The changing streetscape & urban driving and walking
Cycle Lanes & London’s Cycle Super highways
City Cycle Hire & Cycle Safety
Pedestrians
Motorised two wheelers
Cyclists – Blind Spots, Sharing the Road, Cyclist Safety
Road Traffic Collisions
Defensive Driving, Perception, Speed, Mobile Phones