Driver training and assessment
Practical assessment and training for your own drivers, new starters and long-servers alike. Quoted per driver or per session, once we know what you need.
An honest read on how a driver handles the vehicle, before you hand over the keys or after something has gone wrong.
New starters taken through the job properly, so their first day is not left to whoever happens to be in the yard.
Practical sessions on driving safely and economically, aimed at the habits that cost you money.
Follow-up for the drivers who need it, rather than one session and a signature on a form.
Follow-up for the drivers who need it, rather than one session and a signature on a form.
Driver CPC — opening soon
Every course provider in Kent runs midweek, in the day, which costs a working driver a day's pay on top of the fee. We are setting ours up for evenings and weekends, delivered remotely, in 3.5-hour blocks you can fit round a shift.
Book a 3.5-hour module or a full seven-hour day when it suits you. Hours are uploaded to DVSA for you.
Your seven hours a year covered, your card and expiry dates tracked, and first pick of dates before they go public. Cancel any time on five working days' notice.
3.5-hour blocks, delivered remotely, so you are not giving up a shift to sit in a classroom in Ashford on a Tuesday.
Driver CPC now splits in two. National can be taken as 3.5-hour blocks on any days you like, which is what makes evenings possible. International must be seven hours, and if it is split the two halves have to be on consecutive days. A driver who takes all 35 hours as National cannot drive in Europe, and would have to do the full 35 again to get it back. Sat where we are, next to Dover, we will ask before you book — not after.
CPC periodic training keeps a qualification you already hold, for work you already do — so for most self-employed and owner-drivers it is an allowable business expense against your profits. That takes a meaningful chunk off what it really costs you. Your accountant will tell you exactly what it is worth at your rate.
Most drivers have no idea until the card is nearly out. Put your two numbers in and it will tell you what is left and whether you are behind.
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Questions
National can be taken in 3.5-hour blocks on any days, which is what makes evening courses possible. International has to be seven hours, and if it is split the two halves must fall on consecutive days.
The catch: a driver whose whole 35 hours are National cannot drive in Europe, and would have to do all 35 again to get that back. If there is any chance you will cross the Channel, do the International format.