Driver CPC: ADR core module to count to periodic training requirement

The Driving Standards Agency has confirmed to FTA that part of dangerous goods training will be allowed to count towards the 35 hours of periodic training that drivers are required to complete every five years to maintain the validity of their Driver CPC.

It has been decided that:

• up to a maximum of 21 hours of the initial basic course can be approved for periodic training
• 7 hours of the core module refresher course can be approved for periodic training

Training centres and courses will need to be approved and training providers accredited in line with the regulations. The specialist modules that are delivered outside of the initial basic course will not be accepted for periodic training as it is considered the syllabi for these modules are too specialist and do not map readily across to the Driver CPC syllabus.