The CPC exam and beyond
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THE CHIEF objectives of the Certificate of Professional Competence are, first, to ensur that a minimum standard of managerial skills is available throughout the road transport industry and, secondly, to improve the quality of transpot in general. George John Murphy, author of The Transpc Operator's Guide to Professior Competence (Hutchinson £8.9E who is senior lecturer in the Economics of Transport Structure of Business at Lanchester Polytechnic, follow the twofold purpose of the CPC While he covers the syllabus of the RSA examination, he als provides a reference work for a transport managers and operators.
However, as the author says: "The nature of the industry is such that technical skills withoi practical experience are almost superfluous." But in order to allow those with experience to benefit from familiarity with some aspects of formal management skills, some sections have been expanded beyond what is required by the syllabus — like the section on costing.