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MARTIN BARNES Project manager, operational logistics Navarm Highbridge, Somerset Combining
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national and international CPCs into one is unlikely to benefit many UK operators, says Martin Barnes. "It's a cracking idea if you're a Dutch, French or German operator and you're popping across the border all the time," he says.
"But it's not got a great deal of relevance in the UK where a lot of firms work just within the country."
This touches on the issue of whether UK holders of a national CPC will be allowed so-called 'grandfather rights' so they have to complete only the international element if the proposals do go ahead.
The FTA is already campaigning for those rights to be enshrined in the proposed measures.
As for the 140 hours' training, Barnes passed his CPC after a two-week residential course. Some people may need this extensive training, others may not, he says.
"Maybe if they said 14 days on an
intensive course and the rest could be distance learning, that might work. But finding 17.5 days in a row is going to be difficult," he says.
But he gives a ringing endorsement to the crackdown on fleet size for part-time managers. "In fact, I think 12 is too many. A manager's primary duty is to have effective control over the fleet," he says.
"Yet I know firms where the CPC holder is sitting in the accounts department and looks out the window every now and then. That needs to change, whether a person is part-time or full-time."
Barnes also welcomes proposals to have accredited training.