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CPC Syllabus: What to expect
If you’re looking into getting your Driver CPC, you may want to take a look at exactly what’s involved in the training. The CPC syllabus covers everything you might need to know when driving professionally in any capacity, so you become qualified to use the road for a living.
Here’s what you’ll be learning, depending on which kind of licence you want to get:
Advanced CPC training in rational driving – based on safety regulations
For all licences:
- Learn all about the transmission system a vehicle so you understand how to use it to its best advantage. This includes things like power, engine consumption, gearbox, torque and revolution counter
- How to correctly operate the safety controls of a vehicle, how to minimise the wear and tear and how to prevent any functional problems
- All about brakes and retarder, how best to use the speed and gear ratio, as well as how to handle hills when it comes to potential brake failures and regular brake use
- How to optimise the vehicle’s fuel consumption
- Knowing the regulations around driver working hours, how to apply the regulations and what happens if you don’t, knowing the duties of drivers and the social environment around professional driving, drivers’ rights and what training is needed for which qualifications
- Identifying the risks of the road, preventing accidents, what sort of accidents can occur, what the consequences are for people, vehicles, material and companies
- Preventing the trafficking of people, including illegal immigrants, consequences for drivers, relevant legislation and laws
- Avoiding risks through physical means, movement and posture, fitness and personal safety
- Staying healthy, knowing the importance of self care including diet and exercise, sleep, alertness, illness, substances, stress and mental health issues
- Assessing emergency situations, how to assess and behave, first aid, passenger safety, how to handle confrontation and aggression, evacuation procedures, summoning help, minimising the impact of accidents, reporting accidents
- Representing the employer properly, how to behave, who you will be dealing with and how, maintaining the vehicle, disputes and consequences
For licences C, C+E, C1 and C1+E:
- How to load the vehicle, paying attention to all relevant safety regulations, how to use the gearbox ratios in conjunction with the load distribution, road type and weight of the load to keep the vehicle stable while it’s moving
- What happens when the vehicle is overloaded, categorising goods and how to safely load and secure them in the vehicle, types of pallets and packaging, tarpaulin placement and removal
- Transporting goods, your obligations, documentation and contracts, driving internationally, border crossing
- How road haulage works, how the different types of driving are defined, about the industry and different transport options
For licences D, D+E, D1, D1+E
- Keep passengers safe and comfortable while driving, sharing the road, positioning on the road, how to use specific roads, passenger service and interaction, dealing with other road users, catering to needs eg disabled passengers
- Vehicle loading safely and properly, what affects the vehicle’s motion, using gearbox ratios, vehicle load and road profile, load distribution, keeping the vehicle stable
- Apply the correct regulations, how to transport specific passenger groups, staying safe and using safety equipment, loading the vehicle safely
- How the passenger transportation industry works, the differences between different modes of transport, crossing borders
For more information, please give us a call and one of our expert team will be happy to assist you in any way we can. Here is some more additional information:
