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Operator CPC - The Changes (178 KB)
Shorts - Useful Snippets (43 KB)
Click the link below to download our Training Programme for 2012. You can also view live course availability by selecting one of the headings down the left hand side of this page.
Use the links below to access the pre-released case studies from OCR for the December 2011 CPC exam.
Pre-released Case Study Passenger - Unit 5 (72 KB)
Pre-released Case Study Freight - Unit 4 (70 KB)
Use the link below to find out more about the new European Legislation that affects CPC courses and the new CPC Syllabus which will be implemented as of 2012.
EC Directive (1071/2009) (1076 KB)
New Certificate of Professional Competence Freight & Passenger Syllabus (698 KB)
Use the links below to access the pre-released case studies from OCR for the September 2011 CPC exam.
Pre-released Case Study Passenger - Unit 5 (82 KB)
Pre-released Case Study Freight - Unit 4 (64 KB)
To read the full article please select the link below.
Driver CPC - Anniversary Time (84KB)
New and Improved - Specialist Website (42KB)
CPC - The One for Managers This Time (178 KB)
Shorts - Useful Snippets (43 KB)
Click the link below to download courses and availability from July to the end of the year.
Use the links below to access the pre-released case studies from OCR for the June 2011 CPC exam.
Pre-released Case Study Passenger - Unit 5 (35 KB)
Pre-released Case Study Freight - Unit 4 (66 KB)
To read the full article please select the link below.
Corporate Manslaughter (44 KB)
Use the links below to access the pre-released case studies from OCR for the Mar 2011 CPC exam.
Pre-released Case Study Passenger - Unit 5 (64 KB)
Pre-released Case Study Freight - Unit 4 (61 KB)
Click the link below to download the courses and dates available.
Click the link below to download the courses and dates available.
As of Thursday 1st October first aid training courses will change, as directed by the Health & Safety Executive. The changes are briefly outlined ......click to read the full article.
Notification of Changes to First Aid Training (31 KB)
HSE Guidance on First Aid provision - including information on what to consider when carrying out a first-aid needs assessment.
HSE First Aid at Work Guidance (545 KB)
Use the link below to view our current list of Driver CPC courses.
Driver CPC Course Listing (47 KB)
Specialist Training has just completed its 10th year offering training solutions to businesses locally and nationally....... click to read the full article
A Very Successful 10 Year Old (26 KB)
Happy Birthday Celebrations (81KB)
Use the links below to access the pre-released case studies from OCR for the September 2009 CPC exam.
Pre-released Case Study Passenger - Unit 5 (31 KB)
Pre-released Case Study Freight - Unit 4 (22 KB)
If you want to keep upto date with Driver CPC and the options available then it is all detailed in the Newsletter...and an exmple of what one of our clients has already achieved.
The Driver CPC Newsletter (129 KB)
The below documents have been produced to provide guidance to Operators in the Passenger sector. Click on the link to download the documents free of charge.
Catergorisation of defects (2276KB)
Financial Evidence Guidance Note (7KB)
Guide to maintaining Road Worthiness VOSA (1948KB)
Local bus service registration guidance (108KB)
Passenger Transport in the Voluntary Sector(164KB)
PCV enforcement checks COP (65KB)
PSV Operator Licensing guide (241KB)
Rules on Drivers' Hours & Digital Tachograph PCV (3143KB)
Specialist Training starts its 10th year offering training solutions to businesses locally and nationally with the same levels of enthusiam....... click to read the full article
Celebrating 10 Years of Business article (26KB)
Keeping you upto date on the developments of the Dangerous Goods Regulations 2007......
Specialist Training & Consultancy Services is amongst the first organisations in the country to be awarded approved centre status for the delivery of the Driver CPC.
Specialist Training and Consultancy Services Ltd is pleased to announce that it has been recognised as an Investor in People organisation.
Specialist is recognised with the IIP Award (13KB)
Companies that carry LPG on their vehicles are increasingly asking training providers about the ADR training implications of the 2004 Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations. I have compiled a list of some of the most frequently asked questions that we are getting here at Specialist Training. Hopefully, the answers should help operators to prepare themselves for next years changes........
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Dangerous Goods Training and its effect on carriers of LPG (31.2KB)
The LEAD programme run by the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development was just what Nicola needed. It aims to promote business growth through leadership training and has led to considerable changes in the way Nicola's business is run.......
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Lancaster University - Lead Programme Case Study (17.9KB)
National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) and their North of the border equivalent Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQs), have been with us for some years now. Over four million people in work have gained an NVQ in the last decade and a half. One of the major aims of vocational qualifications was to recognise existing or acquired vocational skills by means of nationally accredited certification.
Bus & Coach Buyer
Issue No. 831 Dated 02 September 2005 (32.2 KB)
As you may already know, there are changes to the dangerous goods legislation; with transport security becoming an increasingly important issue. The Government certainly takes the matter very seriously indeed, as indicated by recent news that VOSA (Vehicle Operator and Service Agency) are now conducting a programme to phone a variety of consignors and carriers of dangerous goods...
VOSA Inspections – Transport Security Customer News – July 2005 (16.7 KB)
As part of our commitment to keeping our customers informed of developments within the Dangerous Goods Industry, you may find the following information below of interest...
Customer News – June 2005 (22.1 KB)
“The most dangerous moving part in a motor vehicle is the nut that holds the steering wheel”. So starts an old US Army manual on truck driver training. The manual is not of course referring to the metal fixing device but to the human controller of the vehicle. In the Sixties, when that particular manual was written, vehicles were still fairly primitive...
Bus & Coach Buyer Issue No. 815 Dated 13 May 2005 (29.8 KB)
