Operators of new DAF CF and XF vehicles are being urged to use their Driver Training Vouchers to take advantage of free driver training. With social distancing restrictions still affecting interaction with customers, DAF Trucks has modified its driver training programme, to enable professional ‘COVID-compatible’, front-line driver training at customers’… Read more »
DAF Driver Training Vouchers delivered ‘at a distance’ for CRS
After taking delivery of four DAF CF 370 three-axle rigids in March, CRS Building Supplies has taken advantage of DAF Trucks’ Driver Training Vouchers to maximise driver productivity and vehicle familiarity. Observing social-distancing guidelines, qualified DAF Driver Trainer, Ron Smith, delivered the training course to two drivers at CRS’s Keynsham… Read more »
HOYER UK fuel tanker drivers receive training to support the NHS in delivery of oxygen
Drivers employed as part of HOYER’s UK Petrolog fuel tanker delivery team have received training to deliver medical grade oxygen to NHS hospitals treating patients with Covid-19. The potential deployment comes after the company approached the Government to see how it could both support the national effort to fight the… Read more »
Mazars appointed as Liquidator of PB Transport Solutions Limited
Mazars, the international accounting and advisory firm, has been appointed as Liquidator of PB Transport Solutions Limited. Based in Pucklechurch, Bristol, the company, which was established in 2011, was a leading supplier of all types of transport training courses in the South West, including specialist HGV / LGV driver training. … Read more »
Phoenix Training makes woman’s HGV dream a reality
In December last year, Leanne Fogg, 39, from Enfield, fulfilled her lifelong ambition of becoming a lorry driver, after enrolling in Phoenix Training’s HGV driving programme. Leanne had dreamed of being a lorry driver since she was a little girl, but found that many people discouraged her, telling her that… Read more »
IFATE must recognise there is not just one driving occupation, say FTA and RHA
With the shortage of qualified HGV drivers now reaching critical levels across the UK, representatives of the logistics sector have urged the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IFATE) to provide the apprenticeship standards that logistics businesses need to start training the next generation of drivers. A recent meeting of… Read more »
HTA Launch City & Guilds Assured Abnormal Load Escort Training Programmes
The Heavy Transport Association (HTA), the only specialist trade association for the heavy and abnormal load industry, officially launch the two City & Guilds Assured Abnormal Load Escort Training Programmes and HTA certifications. Developed and improved from their previous Escort Training courses, the Abnormal Load Escort Driver Stage 2 and… Read more »
ADLV survey shows clear and pressing fleet demand for the DVSA to release CPC training data
A recent survey by the ADLV (Association for Driving Licence Verification & Vehicles) has delivered an emphatic business case for the DVSA to allow fleets greater access to driver CPC training course attendance data. The survey of leading transport & fleet logistics managers along with compliance officers & HR directors,… Read more »
DAF champions professional vehicle hand-over with Driver Training Vouchers
DAF Trucks’ new DAF Driver Training Voucher scheme is already starting to deliver benefits for its customers, and their drivers, following its inclusion on new retail CF and XF orders placed from February. The new initiative from DAF Trucks encourages operators and their drivers to take advantage of a professional… Read more »
Europa Steers The Next Generation of Drivers
With National Apprenticeship Week (4- 8 March 2019) among us, the ambitious and innovative logistics operator, Europa Worldwide Group, is celebrating the success of its Warehouse to Wheels initiative – an apprenticeship scheme for employees to become qualified drivers of large goods vehicles. Launched last year, the initiative, which is… Read more »
