DRIVER CPC: FACTS AND FIGURES
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Government figures released to CM by the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) show that in the seven months since the introduction of Driver CPC to the haulage industry, a surprising 3,792 drivers have completed their 35 hours training.
Of course. the DSA does not break data down by HGV and PSV (for vVnich Driver CPC was introduced a year earlier), so one might reasonably conclude a substantial proportion of this number originates from the bus and coach sector.
New drivers, who must take an additional 'Initial qualification', numbered 11,439.
Road Haulage Association training manager Steve Ellis says the data shows that many dr are snubbing the European training dire You have hit a nerve," he adds.
"We have carried out our own research, E is our belief that only one third of employer actually doing anything about starting [ CPC training."
McKenna, at Chevron Training, uncertainty over the future is causing probl "A lot can change in three or four years explains. "Will some of these guys still t business? If you are in that situation car blame people for doing that?"