Deadline! Are your drivers up to date with their Driver CPC?

29 May 2024

The deadline for many professional drivers to complete their Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) training is 9 September 2024.
To make sure your drivers can find training in time, the DVSA are asking operators to encourage drivers whose Driver CPC runs out this September to check that they have completed 35 hours well before the 9 September deadline.

Drivers can check the numbers of hours they have done towards their Driver CPC and see what the deadline is to complete it by here. Unfortunately, operators are not given direct access to this information, but drivers can share it with them.

The DVSA recently circulated information on why is demand so high for training every 5 years. One reason is that 2024 is the 15-year anniversary of Driver CPC for lorry drivers. When it was first introduced all lorry drivers had to get their driver qualification card by 9 September 2014. This means that many current cards will run out at the same time.

Apparently, lots of drivers leave their training until the last 6 months, probably another reason why demand is so high during that period.
Operators need to know that if their drivers miss their training deadline, they cannot drive professionally until they finish their training, and they could be fined up to £1,000 for driving professionally without having a Driver CPC. More information can be found on this here.

Please contact our regulatory team for more information here.

This article is written by Jo Dawson-Gerrard, Associate Solicitor & Marketing Consultant.