DriveTech geared up for new truck and bus training

23 September 2008

Thanks to an EU Directive, most coach and bus drivers will have to invest in additional training from September 10 this year, and the Berkshire-based driving safety specialist, DriveTech, has created a dedicated new division to meet the needs of both individuals and companies throughout the UK.

Already a major player in the corporate driver training market, DriveTech will now be able to provide professional PCV drivers with the means to comply with the new Certificate of Professional Competence regulations and thus safeguard their livelihoods. LGV drivers will have to comply with the new regulations from September 10, 2009.

Drivers are required to complete 35 hours of specific Driver CPC training every five years in a minimum of seven hour blocks, at which point they are able to renew their Driver Qualification Card.
The aim is to provide better qualified and trained drivers to meet the ever changing needs of the passenger transport and road haulage sectors.

The training requirement applies to all category C and D licence holders driving vehicles of 3.5 tonnes and upwards, as well as minibuses with nine seats or more.

Further information about DriveTech’s Driver CPC training courses can be obtained from www.drivetech.co.uk/drivercpc

For further information, members of the media should contact
Steve Johnson on direct line +44 (0)1344 467896, mobile +44 (0)7894 621134 or on steve.johnson@drivetech.co.uk

Editor's Notes

DriveTech (UK) plc is one of the UK’s leading providers of road risk management, driver assessment and education. We work both with organisations whose employees ‘drive for work’ and with members of the public, who are offered education as an alternative to prosecution by the police.

DriveTech’s vision is ‘working together to eliminate road death and serious injuries’ by providing the most effective and innovative solutions, using education and technology, to minimise risk for all road users.

DriveTech (UK) has won the Institute of Transport Management’s (ITM) ‘Fleet Award for Driver Training’ in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 and the ‘European Driver Safety Specialist’ award in 2005. In September 2007, it was named the ITM’s ‘UK Driver Training Solutions Specialist’ for making ‘the most significant impact upon the Driver Training and Safety sector over the past decade’.

In 2007, DriveTech (UK) won the South England and South Wales regional award of the Bank of Scotland Corporate ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ of up to £5m, interest-free funding and was runner-up in the national Grand Finale. In addition, the company was named runner-up in the 2007 Thames Valley ‘Business of the Year’ award.