Training

We firmly believe that training is the route for developing performance excellence.  By investing in learning, we can provide a better standard of qualified commercial driver who are committed to road safety.

We believe that the DCPC Qualification will promote a more positive image for the freight and logistics industry, keen to improve on their knowledge and skills on an on-going basis.

A driver who obtains their DCPC will immediately enjoy the competitive market that demands higher standards of quality and professionalism especially if the driver long term wishes to secure themselves a permanent position with a financially secure blue chip employer in the future.

We ensure that our key personnel have on-going training and development ensuring that they keep abreast of ever changing government legislation in employment law.

We have engaged our own experienced professional DSA Registered C, CE driving instructor/trainer, Colin Brind (CPC Qualified, JAUPT approved DCPC instructor and Manual Handling Instructor) to enhance and support the skills of our workforce and Colin works closely with our current blue chip clients giving specific vehicle familiarisation training as well as site specific safe systems of work along with health and safety site procedures.

H&G has been able to launch its initiative aimed at promoting a more professional image on behalf of its clients and drivers who work with and are employed by the agency. Our clients will enjoy an improved quality of service and supply without increasing their training and development costs.

Legally compliant and JAUPT approved (Joint Approvals Unit for Periodic Training), every driver working for or with H&G will enjoy the opportunity of FREE Training towards obtaining  the necessary DCPC Qualification of the future.

Each 7 hour DCPC course can be client bespoke and as H&G only partners blue chip clients who are committed to and focused on safety first, best practice and legal compliance, all drivers will have the opportunity to obtain the training and increase their knowledge and expertise in a safe and supported environment.

At H&G we believe that by investing in our workforce’s personal and professional development which will naturally improve the customer service levels expected by our clients in an ever increasingly competitive market.

The training should also help to improve retention and quality of supply, fuel utilization and eco-friendly driving, whilst promoting heightened health and safety standards and the reduction of accidental damage associated with working within the logistics and distribution industry of today.

H&G aims to provide a better standard of qualified commercial driver committed to improving road safety.

We believe that the DCPC Qualification alone will promote a more positive image of the freight and logistics industry and in turn attract more professionals to the industry keen to improve their knowledge and skills on an on-going basis.

A driver who obtains their DCPC with H&G will immediately enjoy the competitive edge in an increasingly competitive market that demands higher standards of quality and professionalism especially if the driver long term wishes to secure themselves a permanent position with a financially secure blue chip employer in the future.

By 2014 all professional LGV C and C+E drivers will be required to have obtained 35 hours of periodic training and their DCPC Qualification card in compliance with the European directive 2003/59/EC and 7 hours of periodic training every year thereafter.

Although 2014 seems a long way off if the 500,000 active LGV C+E drivers employed currently in the UK’s freight transport and logistics industry today are to become qualified within the deadline nearly 3 million man days of training will have to be delivered if all of these drivers are to become qualified within the time line suggested.

Therefore Driver DCPC training should not be postponed until the last minute because if a driver does not have a valid Driver CPC Qualification card after the 2014 deadline it will become unlawful to drive a commercial vehicle placing greater emphasis on employers to plan 7 hours of periodic training per driver per year.  H&G has committed and planned already to do this on behalf of their clients and drivers alike.