Nithcree Training

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Heathhall
Dumfries
DG1 3NX
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Briscoburn Industrial Park
Brampton Road
Longtown
Cumbria
CA6 5TR
Tel: 0800 731 3073

Nithcree Training Services are currently awaiting course approval
by J A U P T

Driver CPC applies to drivers of vehicles on roads open to the public and for which a driving licence in any of the following categories is required:

i.     C1, C1 + E, C or C + E
ii.    D1, D1 + E, D or D + E

All drivers of the above categories who are either

i.     nationals of an EU member state or
ii.    nationals of a non-EU member state but who are employed or used by an organisation based in an EU member state

will have to hold Driver CPC if they wish to drive professionally.

Both the initial qualification and periodic training will be based on the same syllabus.

The syllabus has three main subject areas. These are:

1.    Advanced training in rational driving based on safety regulations
2.    Application of regulations
3.    Health, road and environmental safety, service, logistics

Periodic training should revise and expand on the subjects and should suit the needs of the driver at that time.

For the initial qualification, a test plan has been developed that shows in which module the various syllabus areas will be tested.

Drivers of the following vehicles will not be required to hold a Driver CPC:

        i.     a vehicle with a maximum authorised speed not
               exceeding 45 km/h;
        ii.    a vehicle used by, or under the control of, the armed
               forces, a police force, a fire and rescue authority;
        iii.    a vehicle undergoing road tests for technical
               development, repair or maintenance purposes, or of
               new or rebuilt Vehicles which have not yet been put
               into service;
        iv.   a vehicle used in a state of emergency or assigned to a
               rescue mission;
        v.    a vehicle used in the course of driving lessons for the
               purpose of enabling that person to obtain a driving
               licence or a CPC;
        vi.   a vehicle used for non-commercial carriage of
               passengers or goods for personal use;
        vii. a vehicle carrying material or equipment to be used by
               that person in the course of his or her work,
               provided that driving that vehicle is not that person’s
               principal activity.

An example of a driver under exemption vii (also known as “incidental driver”) would be a brick layer who drives a load of bricks from the builder’s yard to the building site and then spends their working day laying bricks. In this case, driving a lorry is incidental to their main occupation.

However, drivers can move in and out of an exemption, depending on the circumstances in which they are driving. For example, a bus mechanic would be exempt while driving a bus to check that it had been repaired, but would need to hold a Driver CPC if they also drove a bus on a passenger carrying service.