Part 2 of Gearing Up Drivers CPC Passport

This course will guarantee that as an employee, you have a solid understanding of a healthy business.

The workshop will cover the following modules:

• Healthy business - understanding the law and regulations: this module outlines the legal aspects of starting a business, including the different legal structures, information on tax, licences and other legal regulations.

• Healthy business - the law and transport- familiarisation with Working Time Directive (WTD). You will be provided with the knowledge of the basic rules that apply and can schedule a driver dovetailing the WTD with the EU hours and recognise infringements, to help you understand Operator Licencing and its implications.

• Healthy driver - the importance of healthy eating- providing an understanding of the importance of healthy eating principles.

• Healthy driver - highlighting the impact of alcohol and drugs to a driver- Reviewing Government guidelines and with focus on the effects of alcohol and drugs, the symptoms of alcohol and drugs and how to manage consumption.

• Healthy driver - driver fatigue - understanding the causes, symptoms, effects and consequences of driver fatigue.