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FPS restructures driver CPC
The FPS has unveiled a restructured eight-module FPS Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (Driver CPC) Scheme. It is promoting the new modules with special offers until the end of 2012....
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Providing skilled drivers for Britain’s transport industry
...on test availability. This investment by Assist greatly increases its capability to grow its own driver pool and offer more professionally trained LGV drivers to its customers. System Training is...
Opinion
Dodgy tanks – do you refuse to fill?
...Energy, West Yorkshire “Our approach has always been to rely on the judgement of our drivers, who are best placed to assess the true risk of a spillage or personal...
Opinion
Easing skill shortages and protecting supply chain
...– and this, combined with an existing shortage of HGV drivers more than 76,000 individuals has meant that haulage firms are now struggling to recruit new drivers – a problem...
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Accredited safe & fuel efficient driver training
...only commercial vehicle manufacturer Driver CPC course to be awarded IAM-accredited status. Designed to fulfil the needs of truck, bus and coach drivers, Scania’s driver training module is a practical...
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Drivers call for a new union
...an anonymous driver on the DCC-GB Oils drivers’ info blog. “We could recruit every driver in every sector of the industry.” Arguing that Unite, the drivers current union would not...
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Tanker driver passports exceed 5,800
...drivers have completed their current training, it is estimated that at least 6,500 drivers will hold the qualification. PDP has been developed by the DODF to cover those elements of...
Analysis
Cyber Love: Innovation & advances in fuel distribution technology
...a line change during the fuel delivery process and removes the need for the driver to calculate a line change manually, particularly beneficial when carrying mixed fuel loads. Drivers can...
Interview
The evolving scope of fuel logistics
...fortunate not to be heavily impacted by the shortages thanks to our strong reputation and proposition for drivers. However, driver shortages elsewhere prompted the fuel crisis of late 2021 and...
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Ex-footballer and army veteran champions Veterans into Logistics
...son.” She said there are no obstacles to being a female truck driver and that the male drivers are, “all totally accepting and supportive,” because she does her job “safely...