Road Haulage CPC Transport Manager Course

Road Haulage CPC Transport Manager

About the course

We are offering the Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) for Transport Managers or Operator in Road Transport. The requirements (EU directive 98/76/EC) for the granting of a Standard National or International Operator Licence (‘O’ Licence) for Road operations is that the licence holder either holds, or has access to the services of someone who holds a Certificate of Professional Competence.

Current legislation imposes restrictions on the number of operator licences and vehicles on which an external associate CPC holder can be named.

Who is this course for

Everyone involved in Road Transport that operates vehicles for hire and reward must demonstrate evidence of professional competence.

This is a management qualification (Level 3 Certificate of Professional Competence for Transport Managers), candidate have a basic understanding of accounting procedures, maintenance records etc. is an advantage, but not essential and there are no age restrictions.

Syllabus

Business and Company Law
Industrial Relations
Health and Safety
Financial Management
Commercial Conduct of the Business
Marketing
Organisation Charts
KPIs and Work Plans
Business Taxation
Operator Licensing

Drivers’ Hours and Records
Planned Preventive Maintenance
Vehicle Costing
Vehicle Taxation
Transport Ancillaries and Contracts of Carriage
Electronic Data
Weights and Dimensions of Vehicles and Loads
Safe Loading of Vehicles and Transit of Goods
Mechanical Conditions – Plating and Testing
Mechanical Conditions – Fleet Inspections and Enforcement

Driver Licensing, Speed Limits and Traffic Regulations
Traffic Accident Procedure
Insurance
Vehicle selection
Permits
Transit Systems
Frontier Crossings
International Transport Documentation

Assessment

Multiple questions
This Unit is assessed by a single two hour examination consisting of 60 multiple choice type questions. National pass mark of 70% is applied to this examination. This examination can be taken as online MQC in a centre, anytime according to your flexibility and get instant result or paper base with R2 (case study).

Case study
An open book case study examination which consists of a scenario followed by questions to be answered in two hours and fifteen minutes. Question types include short answer responses, longer length analytical responses, drawing up driver schedules, interpreting data and numerical calculations etc. National pass mark of 50% is applied to this examination.

Examination

Examinations are held four (4) times a year:

March
June
September
December

Exams are normally held on the first Friday of that month. Now you can take R1 examination on computer base test (online) in our centre anytime according to your flexibility. Please contact us for further information or booking your test.