{"id":2462,"date":"2015-11-02T07:00:30","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T07:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/?p=2462"},"modified":"2019-02-05T11:20:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T11:20:31","slug":"five-ways-to-get-the-most-benefit-out-of-driver-cpc-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/five-ways-to-get-the-most-benefit-out-of-driver-cpc-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Five ways to get the most benefit out of driver CPC training"},"content":{"rendered":"

Driver CPC training was introduced as a compulsory part of every lorry and bus driver’s training schedule in 2014. So, if you’re a lorry or bus driver you will either choose your driver CPC training or the company you work for will choose for you.<\/p>\n

It’ll help you improve your knowledge, increase your safety and make you more employable. You have to do 35 hours of training every 5 years, and it’s best to break this down to one day per year so it’s not a huge burden in your fifth year when you’d have to take a week out to complete it.<\/p>\n

You might have been driving for 30 years, but remember that there are always updates in technology, laws, techniques and more that you might not come across in your day-to-day driving, but could be important to you, and help you make more money, reduce your stress, be safer and so on.<\/p>\n

How do you make the most out of your CPC training?<\/h2>\n
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  1. When choosing a course, you need to consider your current job and your future jobs. If you are thinking about changing jobs, pick a course that will make you more employable when you advance or change your career; if you are staying in your current job, pick a course that will improve your skills and make it more likely you will get a pay rise, or will survive any redundancy rounds. Courses that deal with any changes in legislation that have happened recently are particularly useful.<\/li>\n
  2. Make sure to put your courses on your CV and your LinkedIn profile so that prospective employers can see your skills.<\/li>\n
  3. When you take a course, share the learnings with others in your organisation so that you are seen as a more valuable part of the team. Sharing the knowledge will also help you remember the training.<\/li>\n
  4. Picking courses that are most interesting to you will help you get the most out of them.<\/li>\n
  5. See if you can get your employer to pay for all or part of your training.<\/li>\n
  6. Research the course before you get there and do any pre-work or reading about the topic so that when you do the course it will seem more familiar and you will be able to more quickly learn the materials.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    You can search for courses on this website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    They fall into a number of categories:<\/p>\n