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Welcome to a new era in Transport Training

One of the primary complaints we hear about transport training is the fact that a CPC course can be carried out by almost anyone who takes the time to jump through the necessary hoops needed to become a DVSA/JAUPT approved CPC trainer.

Authorisation number CM00591/367

There is precious little industry experience required. For someone with a bit of tenacity but little to no experience of operating heavy trucks, a 21 year old with three A levels can soon find themselves training a vocational driver who has 30 years behind the wheel. Teaching that driver how to safely operate a truck he has been safely operating for over 30 years and, for us at least, that didn’t sit right.

Needless to say that makes the driver CPC training requirement unwelcome, unwanted and very much resented by the very people it’s there to train.

Transport Training leaves a lot to be desired in the UK

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Driver CPC: Aims, Outcomes, and Why It Actually Matters

Driver CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence) is often talked about as a legal requirement, something drivers have to complete every five years to keep their vocational entitlement.

Driver CPC aims and outcomes?

Driver CPC is a statutory requirement for professional drivers, set out in UK legislation and overseen by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).

At its best, Driver CPC is more than a box-ticking exercise. When delivered properly, it is designed to support safer roads, more professional drivers, and a more sustainable transport industry.

Understanding the aims and outcomes of Driver CPC helps explain why it exists and how drivers can actually benefit from it.

Driver CPC aims and outcomes? Driver CPC is a statutory requirement for professional drivers, set out in UK legislation and overseen by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).

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HGV Driver: The Missing Middle

The HGV Driver Conundrum

The UK transport industry and the press talk a lot about HGV driver shortages.

We are told there are not enough vocational HGV drivers. That the workforce is shrinking. That demand has outpaced supply. The headlines are familiar, and they are repeated often enough to feel true. But they are only part of the story.

There are drivers out there. Plenty of them. Since COVID, thousands of people have been funded through Category C and C+E training. Licences have been issued. Tests have been passed. On paper, the shortage should have eased.

There is no HGV Driver shortage. What we have is a continuity problem.

Yet many of those newly qualified drivers are struggling to find work.

The reason is simple and rarely acknowledged. They lack experience. And the industry no longer knows how to give it to them.

THIS is the very definition of ‘the missing middle‘.

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