Failure to promote DRIVER CPC leads to Manager disqualification

The BVSF have heard recently that a Transport Manager who did nothing to ensure that drivers were booking onto Driver CPC courses ahead of the September deadline has been disqualified by North East Traffic Commissioner Kevin Rooney.

The operator had its licence curtailed from 22 trucks to 11 for two weeks so that drivers could get trained. The Traffic Commissioner judged that the lack of driver training was linked to a number of drivers’ hours breaches at the operator.

Speaking at Tip-ex and Tank-ex 2014 Rooney reproached operators who expected drivers to attend Driver CPC courses in their own time and commented, “At a public inquiry, the transport manager had done nothing on Driver CPC, so I curtailed the licence and disqualified the transport manager indefinitely ……………..The lack of training had led to the drivers’ hours infringements.”

You have been warned !!