TAKING CPC TRAINING IN HOUSE
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S&S has opted to create its own in-house training to meet the Driver CPC requirements.
Administration and IT manager John Childs has been instrumental in getting the training up and running.
"We have always been proactive when it comes to tacho legislation and health and safety, and so I saw the Driver CPC as an opportunity to extend that training," he says.
Childs says S&S has divided those with HGV licences into those who drive for a living and those who are office-based, but still hold either an HGV licence or a car licence that enables them to drive large vans up to 7.5 tonnes,
"Those who drive for a living will have half a day in a cab on a road-driving update covering things such as fuel-efficient driving. They will also spend half a day on manual handling training."
The office-based staff will receive a day of training in the classroom, focused on manual handling.
Next year, Childs plans to make the training take account of slow-speed driving "We have found that most of our accidents happen at less than 10mph, so everyone will have this training up in the maximum vehicle they are licensed to drive."
Childs also plans to offer driver CPC training to S&S's customers. "We found that we are able to provide the training cheaply, at about £.13 per driver, which I think will appeal to our customers," he says.