E-Learning Training – How Can This Help? 

Online Learning

E-learning training is a type of training that takes place through online learning platforms, like on our website.  This type of training consists of courses, videos, simulations, assessments, and other forms of digital instruction. It provides learners with access to content and resources that can be used to enhance their existing knowledge, skills, and abilities. …

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How Can You Plan Training? 

Planning Training

Planning training in the workplace is important for a variety of reasons. It can help to ensure that employees are adequately trained for their roles and have the skills needed to work safely and effectively.  It also helps to ensure that employees are up to date with the latest industry standards and regulations.  Additionally, training…

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Are You Doing Driver Licence Checks and Why Are They Important?

It is a legal requirement for companies to check the driving licences of their drivers, to ensure that they hold the correct licence to drive the vehicles they will be driving! This includes company cars, vans, lorries, buses and coaches. It also gives management the opportunity to monitor their drivers’ continued rights to drive their…

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Who Needs An Operator Licence?

𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝑵𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝑳𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆? If you wish to operate vehicles larger than 3.5 tonnes or. Passenger carrying vehicles with more than eight passenger seats you will need to have an operators licence to trade. Depending on the nature of your operations will determine what kind of licence you will need. If transport is not…

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𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 – 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 (𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟓 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬)… 

Brake Test

Records are kept (for at least 15 months) of all driver reports that record defects, and all safety inspection, routine maintenance and vehicle repair reports, and that these are made available on request. When it comes to vehicle maintenance it is essential that you retain evidence of all works completed on your vehicles. This could…

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𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 – 𝐕𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Vehicle Checks

Vehicle maintenance is a crucial element to operator licensing. It is one of the twelve undertakings and this demonstrates how important it is to safe and compliant operations. It does not matter how big or small your operations are the requirements for keeping your vehicles in a fit and serviceable condition is the same.  Things…

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𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 – 𝐕𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬

Speed Limits

Like any part of Road Traffic Law, speed limits are important as they are set to ensure road safety. The Traffic Commissioners do, specifically, list ensuring that the vehicles held under an operators licence adhere to speed limits as one of the twelve operator licence undertakings. There are 2.4M speeding tickets issued every year and…

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𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 – 𝐕𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝

Loading Vehicles

The safe loading of vehicles is a fundamental requirement of both Traffic Commissioners requirements, as well as Road Traffic Law in general. Depending on which industry you are in, will determine what measures you will need to take to ensure compliance. From the days when Jonathan used to drive a fridge vehicle loaded with pallets,…

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𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐓 (𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠) F𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒 

Driver Training

Our experience of Operator Licence awareness training for drivers is one of confusion! Drivers cannot understand what the benefit are to them, but our experience of the benefits is almost infinite. In 2020, we undertook a transport manager refresher course as a one day driver CPC course and early in the course our trainer posed…

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What are High Consequence Dangerous Goods?

Official definitions normally sound like this… High consequence dangerous goods are those which have the potential for misuse in a terrorist event and which may, as a result, produce serious consequences such as mass casualties, mass destruction or, particularly for Class 7, mass socio-economic disruption. Typically, from the work we have covered, this would include…

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