CAMPAIGN SUPPORT FROM FRANCE NJ Campion AFT Formation Continue 60290, Monchy St Eloi, France
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• As a Brit, who passed the HGV test in Scotland, and drove trucks in Britain and on the Continent for five years, I believe that CM's campaign to improve training standards can only be for the best interests of the British transport industry...
As a qualified and registered driving instructor with a registered training company in France, I had to pass the car driving instructor exam and the LGV driving instructor exam before being legally able to give driving lessons. The LGV driving instructor exam includes mechanical knowledge, a personal driving evaluation, a reversing exercise and a demonstration of reversing an LGV within a confined area between cones.
French law obliges instructors to have these qualifications and all CV schools must be registered with the local authorities and chamber of commerce. The company I work for insists that instructors have a minimum Five years experience of LGV driving...
Good luck with the campaign. I hope the
British Government will wake up to the fact that this campaign merits serious consideration.