{"id":923,"date":"2014-03-13T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T07:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/?p=923"},"modified":"2019-02-05T11:20:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T11:20:55","slug":"driver-cpc-training-deadline-reminder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/driver-cpc-training-deadline-reminder\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver CPC: training deadline reminder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>10 September 2014 is the deadline to finish your first round of Driver CPC periodic training if you&#8217;re a lorry driver with &#8216;acquired rights&#8217;. Acquired rights are where you have obtained a Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) through existing experience as a professional lorry, bus or coach driver prior to the introduction of the CPC in September 2009.<br \/>\nHowever, you still need to do 35 hours of periodic training every 5 years to keep your CPC. You risk being fined and even losing your livelihood if you don&#8217;t finish your training in time.<\/p>\n<p>You will have acquired rights if you are a lorry driver and got your vocational licence (C, C1, C+E and C1+E) before 10 September 2009, or you are a bus or coach driver and got your vocational licence (D, D1, D+E and D1+E) before 10 September 2008.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of the Traffic Commissioner is reminding operators to be aware of their drivers&#8217; training hours and the\u00a010 September 2014\u00a0deadline to avoid penalties.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/check-your-driver-cpc-periodic-training-hours\" target=\"_blank\">Check your training record here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can\u00a0<a title=\"Driver CPC periodic training courses\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/driver-cpc-periodic-training-courses\" target=\"_blank\">find Driver CPC periodic training courses<\/a>\u00a0online.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have acquired rights you will need to pass all four parts of the Driver CPC initial qualification to be able to drive professionally.<\/p>\n<p>The first part is the <a href=\"http:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/highway-code\/heavy_vehicle\/\" target=\"_blank\">theory test for LGVs, which you can practice here for free<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The second part is a Driver CPC case studies test which is a computer-based exercise with seven studies based on real-life situations<\/p>\n<p>The third part is a driving ability test<\/p>\n<p>The fourth part is a Drive CPC practical demonstration test which takes around 30 minutes and is to ensure you can keep your vehicle safe and secure, including loading your vehicle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 September 2014 is the deadline to finish your first round of Driver CPC periodic training if you&#8217;re a lorry driver with &#8216;acquired rights&#8217;. Acquired rights are where you have obtained a Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) through existing experience<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/driver-cpc-training-deadline-reminder\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,3],"tags":[216,67,217],"class_list":["post-923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heavy-vehicle","category-news","tag-driver-cpc","tag-theory-test","tag-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":924,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions\/924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}