Courses

ESSENTIAL INFORMATION FOR PCV DRIVERS

 
Training Course Outline
DSA Approval No. CRSO125/59
Who should attend?

This course will form a 7 hour training module and can be counted towards the Driver CPC as approved periodic training.

The seminar will include the following:
  • Operational Driving – Highway code, vehicle checking, vehicle loading
  • Safety & comfort of passengers
  • Health & safety of drivers
  • Drivers hours regulations
  • Tachograph instruments & records
The Presenter – Colin Rowe

Colin Rowe has been involved in the passenger transport industry for 28 years, starting out as a coach tour driver.  For 13 years he has been involved in all aspects of training for drivers and scheduling staff and for the past seven years has been a Transport Manager – with responsibility for all compliance issues – for several large coach operators.

 

The New Drivers’ Hours Rules

 

EC561/2006

Presenter:  Colin Rowe BA IEng MIRTE
Who should attend?
This seminar is principally aimed at Transport Managers, Traffic Schedulers and PSV Drivers.  However, the information will be of vital importance to anyone else involved in applying the new Drivers’ Hours Rules which come into effect in April 2007.  It will also be of interest to Tour Managers and planners.
Seminar objectives
The main objectives of the seminar are to highlight the changes to the existing regulations – and by the use of examples and case studies to demonstrate the practical application of the new rules.

The seminar will include the following:
  • The revised Drivers’ Hours regulations
  • How the changes will affect drivers and operators
  • Record keeping
  • Working examples
  • Common violations – and how to avoid them!
  • Enforcement
The Presenter – Colin Rowe

Colin Rowe has been involved in the passenger transport industry for 28 years, starting out as a coach tour driver.  For 13 years he has been involved in all aspects of training for drivers and scheduling staff and for the past seven years has been a Transport Manager – with responsibility for all compliance issues – for several large coach operators.
Previous delegates on our New Drivers Hours courses have represented Heyfordian Travel, Wide Horizon, On a Mission and Mike de Courcey.  Delegates’ feedback has been very positive:
 
“Very comprehensive.  A most useful afternoon.  Every detail explained clearly in a relaxed atmosphere”
“All parts of the course have been very useful and kept me updated with all the new regulations”
“This course was well run and just the right length of time”
“Most sections had important factors to remind and inform you of the changes”
“Good course content, small group size makes things faster and easier to understand

Digital Tachograph Training

Presenter:  Colin Rowe BA IEng MIRTE

Who should attend?

This seminar is principally aimed at Transport Managers and PSV Drivers. It is best carried out at the operators depot in small groups but can be adapted to suit any operators requirements.

Seminar objectives

The main objectives of this short intensive seminar are to introduce the concept of digital technology to demonstrate the advantages and to help dispel what appears to be a daunting and confusing amount of activity surrounding these instruments.

The seminar will include the following:
  • An overview of the system
  • Smart cards
  • How recording drivers hours differs to the analogue tachograph instrument
  • Record keeping – How they are kept and can be accessed
  • Mixed operation of digital and analogue
  • Manual entries
  • Understanding the pictograms
  • The paper print out
  • Enforcement and what happens at the roadside check
The Presenter – Colin Rowe
Colin Rowe has been involved in the passenger transport industry for 28 years, starting out as a coach tour driver.  For 13 years he has been involved in all aspects of training for drivers and scheduling staff and for the past seven years has been a Transport Manager – with responsibility for all compliance issues – for several large coach operators.

Safe & Economical Driving Presentation

(For Coach & Bus Drivers)

Presenter:  Colin Rowe BA IEng MIRTE
WHO SHOULD  ATTEND?

This course is aimed principally at PCV drivers but provides useful training particularly for any large vehicle driver as well as car drivers.
OBJECTIVES OF COURSE
To show that the drivers attitude and approach to driving and the techniques adopted will ensure safety and good fuel economy.
THE SEMINAR WILL INCLUDE
  • Vehicle weight distribution loading and plating
  • Weight transfer
  • The forces of accelerating braking and cornering and their effects
  • The effects of drag and rolling resistance
  • The adhesion between tyre and road surface
  • The effects of cross winds
  • Use of the gearbox
  • Using the electric or hydraulic retarder
  • Vehicle  control
The Presenter – Colin Rowe

Colin Rowe trained as a mechanical engineer. He has been involved with the passenger carrying industry for all his working life in air, rail and road transport.  For twelve years he has been involved in all aspects of technical and conformance training for PCV drivers and scheduling staff and for 6 of those years as a Transport Manager – with responsibility for all compliance issues – for a large coach operator.
DRIVER CPC – PERIODIC TRAINING COURSE
CRS 1191/59 “People Planning & Paperwork”
Duration: 7 hours

Location:
Northampton
&
Belbroughton

Maximum No. of Delegates: 15
Aims: To provide an understanding of the key issues affecting the interaction between driving staff and the travelling public.
Objectives: On completion of training delegates should be able to demonstrate an understanding of :
  1. Driver development & team building
  2. Dealing with disability
  3. Dealing with the elderly
  4. Dealing with school children – The school run
  5. Preparation & communication
  6. Legal and drivers hours updates
  7. Case study of  28 days in the life of a bus & coach driver
 
Who is training intended for? Vocational licence holders (class D/D1 PCV drivers)
Benefit to delegates and operators? Provides one fifth of the requirement for the driver certificate of professional competence required under EU Directive 2003/59/EC can be combined with any other approved courses already undertaken.
Preparation: None
Assessment: None – attendance and participation only
Supporting material: Case study hand-outs.
 
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  CRS 059/01 Essential Information for PCV Drivers
 

Date:  Monday February 15th 2010

The Holiday Inn Bedford Road Northampton.

  
Date: Thursday February 18th 2010 The Bell Inn Belbroughton Worcestershire.
For more information:
Colin Rowe
Clockwise Briefings
Tel:  01327 344479        Fax:  01327 349477        Mobile:  07944 825045
Email:  info@clockwisebriefings.co.uk