FTA Praises Change to Road Haulage Training Requirement

 

News that the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has confirmed that with immediate effect a driver may use their Digital Tachograph Card or Driver Qualification Card as proof of their identification in classroom-based Driver CPC training. With Driver CPC deadline less than a week away, 10 September 2014, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has responded to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency stating that the new ID ruling should have been introduced from the start.

 

The legislation surrounding permissible forms of ID for Driver CPC is expected to change on 26 September, 16 days after the deadline. The change will mean that some drivers who were unable to complete training because their licences were held by DVLA under medical review will now have an alternative. For the last five years drivers have been turned away from DCPC training because they did not have their licences, even though they probably had their digicards in their wallets, training providers were not allowed to accept them as ID under DVSA rules.

It is understood that training providers will be receiving notification of the changes from DVSA shortly but the FTA points out that it has raised the idea of these forms of identification being accepted numerous times since Driver CPC was first announced.