When the driver cpc was set up, we anticipated there being 500 training centres. The ukip transport spokesperson said the freight transport association believes more than 20,000 hgv drivers have quit in the past 6 months. But now we have to sit a course 35 hours ever 5 years to be able to keep our licence and our lively hood the driver cpc needs scraped or changed now to. Eu driving regulations and brexit what could change.
It starts on 10th september 2008 for bus and coach drivers. Scrap your vehicle at an authorised treatment facility if its reached the end of its life and you want to dispose of it scrapping your vehicle and insurance writeoffs gov. Its the topic of any remotely political discussion, and with negotiations imminent, all of that emotion has been stoked up once again. No plans to scrap driver cpc after brexit commercial motor. Driver cpc after brexit latest developments in driver cpc see our. Driver certificate of professional competence cpc get licensed. Controversial plans for the baddow bus gate have been scrapped. The average salaries of truck drivers who pick up scrap. The final days of cars before being scrapped at pylle motor spares and metal processing, a licensed scrap yard in pylle, near shepton mallet in somerset, england coronavirus updates stimulus check. Those who believe the driver cpc will be scrapped by september 2019 and therefore dont keep up with ongoing training may find the rush to cram 35 hours of training in before drivers become illegal when their cards expire will mean approved training centres. There has been plenty of speculation that, thanks to a number of factors, including the hgv driver shortage and the dreaded b word brexit, the driver cpc qualification would be brushed aside to ease the path of. Even though the value of scrap metal is currently high, motorists can no longer expect to be paid for their wornout vehicles.
The scrap metal is melted down in a furnace, after which it undergoes purification to make sure the final product is of high quality and doesnt contain impurities. Surplus of driver cpc training centres is good news for. This head in the sand approach is putting their business andor ability to drive large vehicles in serious jeopardy. This has resulted in drivers being advised that the periodic training which they attended has been invalidated and removed from their training record. In summary, regardless of all speculation of cpc training being scrapped due to brexit this could not be further from the truth. Individual courses dont have to cover the full syllabus, but can focus on specific aspects, eg working with customers. The metals that your car is made of can be recycled and reused to make a wide range of items, including new car parts. Government departments are businesses and this is just another cynical ploy to create nonjobs and generate money. Those who believe the driver cpc will be scrapped by september 2019 and therefore dont keep up with ongoing training may find the rush to cram 35 hours of training in before drivers become illegal when their cards expire will mean approved training centres bursting at the seams and many courses fully booked. I dont know about you, but its been pretty hard for me to avoid brexit at the moment. Ukip pledge to scrap the eus controversial driver cpc, which has already resulted in thousands of competent drivers leaving the industry or taking early retirement. During world war ii, the united states government encouraged the american people to participate in scrap drives. The situation has largely come about, apparently, because of a substantial drop in the value of scrap metal. Scrapping the qualification would be bad news for jobs and the economy.
Of course, what didnt help matters in my case was that i took the photo i have of their last gillig on friday, feb 29, and the photo was taken at around 4. Scrap car pile scrap metal and scrap cars wait to be processed at pylle motor spares and metal processing. In cases where a fixed penalty notice is to be issued and the driver is unable to provide a verifiable uk address then. In summary, regardless of all speculation of cpc training being scrapped due to. All staff at wirral metals limited are also trained forklift truck drivers. The driving test is just one of four parts of this initial qualification and the driver needs to pass all four parts before being awarded. Driver cpc seems highly unlikely to be scrapped given we still wish to trade. When to take driver certificate of professional competence cpc periodic training if youre a lorry, bus or coach driver, how to find courses, and what happens. To the scrap metal industry, your cars metal content is the primary source of its value. The company said that because the process of leaving the eu has not yet been invoked there will be no changes until 2018. After being melted, it is carried to a conveyor belt, where it is cooled and solidified.
If you want to professionally drive a bus, coach or lorry, as well as holding a valid driving licence, you will need a driver certificate of professional competence cpc. Driver cpc is being introduced across the european union to maintain high driving standards. Brexit and the driver cpc driver cpc training driver. Scrap metal dealer licence site management safety training scheme. Monday, june 12, 2017 by sarah sundin perhaps nothing represents the communityminded patriotism of the us home front in world war ii better than the scrap drive. It has been introduced across europe with the aim of improving road safety and maintaining high standards of driving. Luckily for the driver with the metal post embedded in his windscreen this. Fuel tanks must be removed from the vehicle before being scrapped in our yard. Introduction to driver cpc the driver cpc scheme was launched in september 2008 for psv drivers and then september 2009 for drivers of vehicles 3.
Cpc training is mandatory and needs to be completed before the deadline. Astonishingly, there remain some effectively in driver cpc denial who say that if a substantial number of drivers have not completed their training by the deadline, then the period will have to be extended or even scrapped. Strip out as much as possible without damaging the wiring and sell it either to a scrap metal dealer who might offer you a good price, or online. This weeks commercial motor has reported that, following investigation, the dsa driving standards agency has removed driver cpc training approval from the united road transport union urtu. In both cases you will be asked to present driver s license with matching name on it. Brass is a very useful and common metal which is highly recyclable and you can find it most often in the drainage of sinks and in plumbing fixtures with lower pressure demands. The government has said it has no plans to scrap the driver cpc after brexit. The content of driver cpc periodic training courses must match this syllabus. To be able apply for a provisional lorry, coach or bus licence you must be at least.
Your cars value is largely based on its metal content. Make money from your dead car secrets of the scrap yard. Some even thought the driver cpc would now be cancelled. He reckons no other changes other than scrapping the driver cpc. As aluminum and copper, the materials used to make metal masters and stampers, were desperately needed for the war effort, scrap metal became an important commodity during world war ii. The driver cpc is a new qualification that all professional bus, coach and lorry drivers will need to have if they want to drive for a living. Crushed car pile demand for steel in china, as well as the falling value of sterling since brexit, has led to increase in the value of scrap in the uk. Poverty drives people to search for scrap metal, and instead they find unexploded ordnance. Steel plating from ships hulls is stacked into a pile prior to being loaded onto trucks and hauled off to be sold for scrap see more with link to pictures and video the upcoming may edition of national geographic magazine features an account of the shipbreaking crisis in the yards of chittagong, bangladesh, revealing child labour and. Dealers, who scrap cars, can present their dealers license instead. These items included products made out of rubber and most types of metal, kitchen fat, newspapers, and rags, among other items. Cpc wont change after brexit, says rtitb logistics manager. When i say on going, as a professional lorry driver for some fifteen years i will now have to sit in a classroom for five days every five years or one day every year on going to keep my lorry licence. The existing transport managers cpc also known as the operators cpc is a separate qualification and anyone holding one who still drives professionally as part of their job will also need to hold a driver cpc.
Think of it more as a service to dispose of your scrap car for the moment until the metal. It has been developed as a requirement of the eu directive 200359, which is designed. The scrapping of a withdrawn oxford open top tour bus, filmed by derek claridge and uploaded with his permission. The vote to leave the eu will have absolutely no impact at all. Jun 26, 2016 this petition has only been going just over a day and already has over 2000 signatures, keep sharing it lets see if we can get this scam abolished. The solidified metal is then sold to manufacturers to be reused as new metal. Lorry drivers help keep britain moving and play a vital role in boosting growth and prosperity. Plans for a controversial chelmsford bus gate have been scrapped in light of serious damage to the army and navy flyover.
Driver health and wellbeing driver cpc training world. Liz heaton, the senior training accreditation services manager at the driving standards agency said that the number of centres continued to grow, with jaupt currently receiving an. Maintaining approval to deliver driver cpc training courses is time consuming and, in many cases, expensive. Citizens were asked to turn over to the government items that would prove to be useful in the war effort. Before you scrap your car, you will need to notify the driver and vehicle licensing agency dvla that you are scrapping the car. When shown the leadsonline documentation, the suspect confessed to taking the scrap metal without authorization and scrapping it at an indianapolis scrap yard. Rtitb, the training standards company, has said that brexit will have absolutely no impact on driver cpc until at least late 2018.
The driver cpc is for lgv and pcv drivers who drive professionally. It is being kicked in the teeth by the eu, which always thinks it knows whats best for. The trucknet uk drivers roundtable view topic driver cpc. As the title suggests, this patronising and pointless exercise is testament to the fact that we have become a nanny state.
And record company vaults were full of old metal masters and stampers. Stainless steel is a highly sought after metal by scrap dealers, who look for discarded car trims and hub caps to recycle the valuable and versatile metal. There has been plenty of speculation that, thanks to a. Recently completed a 7 hr training day to keep my driver cpc in tact, the trainer said something that sort of shocked a few of us. In fact, if driver cpc is reformed postbrexit, then there is more likely to be an end to the policy of making the training attendanceonly. Responding to a question from cm about whether the driver cpc would be kept, scrapped or amended, a spokesman for the dft said. Scrapping your vehicle and insurance writeoffs gov. The driver certificate of professional competence driver cpc is a qualification for professional bus, coach and lorry drivers. New and experienced drivers looking for to improve their health, wellbeing and safety. He reckons the cpc will be scrapped soon, certainly in the next couple of years. The driver cpc, which also applies to bus and coach drivers, is covered. Recording companies donated untold numbers of masters to scrap metal drives.
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