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JOHN BELL Transport manager Huntapac Produce Preston, Lancs Sc rapp
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rig national and international CPCs in favour of a unified one makes good sense, says John Bell, if only to reduce the workload on those who end up taking both. "I don't know why they haven't already made the two into one. If you don't Sit the international at the same time as the national, you have to study all over again," he says.
Bell would also welcome more thorough training. Two employees have recently been put through their CPC exams and, in Bell's words, "are not that confident" about their prospects.
But he doubts whether the 140-hour minimum is really what is needed. It might be better to make the exams reflect more closely the day-to-day working practices of a transport manager, rather than just testing candidates' memories or ability to recall dry facts. "I think if you're on the job already you don't really need that much training," he adds.
Yet he's fully in support of the 12-truck limit on part-time managers. In fact, he too thinks there should be a ban on managers contracting their services out to more than one company. "If you're going to be a transport manager it should be for one firm and that's it. There's just no way you could be looking after all the trucks properly — it just doesn't work."