Sharpening up Driver CPC
Skills for Logistics is calling on training providers and employers to get in touch to help develop a system to ‘sharpen-up’ Driver CPC and make it more relevant to employers.
While JAUPT has the role of ensuring Driver CPC regulations are met, being legal doesn’t necessarily mean that a training provider is ‘excellent’.
To address this, Skills for Logistics is stepping into the vacant quality custodian role and is developing the endorsement standard.
Excellent training providers can expect to come through the standard showing their quality. The set of criteria for the assessment, which is currently being planned, will be based on high quality training and business benefit.
Skills for Logistics will maintain a live database of all endorsed training providers and of those who have had their endorsement removed by falling below the standard. A crucial part of the process will be a programme of unannounced audits and ‘secret trainees’ to ensure the standard is maintained during the 3-5 year period between assessments.
Training providers can use the endorsement ‘kite mark’ in their marketing. It will be a market sign informing employers where to find good Driver CPC and will give the opportunity to benchmark training providers.
