Driver CPC Courses (DCPC)
All of the courses below can be delivered remotely via teams or Zoom but we can also deliver them in a classroom locally across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire at a suitable location of your choosing or at our training centre in Hull.
Managing Road Traffic Incidents, Driver Welfare & Managing Mental Health DCPC
We understand the challenges that come with being a LGV driver. That's why we offer our Driver Welfare & Managing Incidents training, designed to equip you with essential knowledge and skills required to deal with the challenges of a driver's lifestyle and how to manage road traffic incidents.
Course Highlights
- How to save a life, learn how to give CPR and use a defibrillator.
- A demonstration of how to use fire extinguishers and on which type of fire.
- Action to take if involved in a Road Traffic Incident.
- Diet and its effects on a Driver.
- The effects of fatigue & stress on a drivers health.
Load Securing, Vehicle Checks & Defect Reporting DCPC
Vehicle checks and safe loading are an important part of any drivers daily routine. We will guide you through the various components of the vehicle that need to be checked prior to departure and comprehensive loading advice to ensure you remain compliant.
Course Highlights
- Discover the best practice of completing a vehicle walk round check.
- Find out how the DVSA perform a roadside inspection.
- Why safe loading is important and what are the consequences when it goes wrong.
- Be able to calculate axle weights.
- How to avoid bridge strikes.
LoCity Urban Driving DCPC
Our LoCity training program is designed to help drivers reduce their emissions and drive in an eco-friendly manner as well as an understanding of how to share the road with others .
With our expert trainers, drivers will learn practical techniques and strategies to reduce their carbon footprint. Join us and make a positive impact on the environment.
Course Highlights
- Understand which alternative fuels and drive trains are available.
- Journey planning and vehicle checks to help reduce emmisions.
- Fuel efficent driving techniques.
- Sharing the road with vulnerable road users as a commercial driver.
- Safety equipment requirements for HGV Vehicles.
First Aid & Mental Health Awareness DCPC
This course offers Drivers an understanding of CPR, how to use a defibrillator and other first aid skills, designed to equip you with essential knowledge and skills required to assist anyone in need of First Aid, whatever the situation. We will also explore effects of mental health on drivers,. discuss causes and explore how to help anyone displaying symptoms of Mental Health.
Course Highlights
- Discover how to perform CPR.
- An introduction to using defribiliators.
- Learn how to identify and give first aid treatment for a number of common conditions.
- Understand how mental health can impact drivers.
- Identifying symptoms of mental health.
Interactive Road Safety DCPC
Learn how to identify and safely share the road with vulnerable road users through our innovative Interactive Road Safety training program. We also investigate the causes and consequences of road traffic incidents.
- Understand the dangers of manoeuvring large goods vehicles and the dangers posed to vulnerable road users.
- What lucky and unlucky looks like.
- Risk assessment on the road and speed awareness.
- The causes and consequences of collisions.
- How to protect vulnerable road users.
Compliant Driver & Customer Service DCPC
Our expert team will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to fully understand EU driver hours, domestic hours, and working time directive. Not only that, but we also place a strong emphasis on the importance of customer service, ensuring that you have the tools necessary to provide the best possible experience for your customers.
Course Highlights
- Refresh your knowledge on the Drivers Working Time Regulations, EU, Domestic & driving rules including the Mobility Package updates.
- Using the digital tachograph, including manual entries.
- Understand individual behaviour and how to achieve excellent standards of customer service.
- How to communicate effectively.
