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■ TUDENTS can enrol now for the CMSpecial Offer course for the :ertificate of Professional Competence in Road Haulage National). The next examinations are in June.
Students should remember 'at after they have passed the PC exam, Licensing Authorities rill require around nine weeks' otice of an operator's licence pplication in order to process it. herefore don't delay.
If students are in scope to the oad Transport Industry raining Board the full amount f the course can be claimed ack as a training grant.
The payment rates for the CPC ational course are as they Dpear in the application form at re foot of this page.
Examinations are held five -nes a year — but not at equal rtervals.
This CM Special Offer is made conjunction with Road ransport Correspondence ourses of Chertsey, Surrey. ach student comes under one f two tutors — Eddie Pargeter Id Frank Lewsey (Witney 3481). 'phone call can be made if iere are any problems. The 3urse is sent out in sections us a mock exam which mulates the Royal Society of rts actual test. It is icommended that students ke the mock exam halfway 'rough their course and return leir results to RTCC for
larking.
For those not yet employed in ansport, remember that 3ining a CPC is a good first qualification. Around 90 per cent. of goods in the United Kingdom ,are moved by road, either by own-account operators or hire or reward hauliers.
The CPC is vital — but a lot of people are failing the RSA exam. In 1979 the exam was taken by 12,865 persons — 5,460 were unsuccessful. Ensure that you don't add to this number: join the CM/RTCC home study • course, which could mean staying in business. The CPC puts you one up.The following is a summary of the home study course: 'First section: Statutory controls; Drivers' hours of work and records; Vehicles taxation; Drivers' licences; Traffic procedures.
Second section: Mechanical conditions; Structure of law; Company law; Other services; Mock examinations.
Third section: Social legislation; Traffic accident procedure; Insurance; Weights and dimension; Vehicle selection; Safe loading and goods in transit.
Fourth section: Meaning of business; Financial management; Commercial conduct; Costings; Licensing.