How your first five years work
When you pass CPC Module 4 your first Driver Qualification Card is issued with a five-year expiry date. During those five years you complete 35 hours of periodic training, ready for your next card.
You do not need to start immediately, but leaving it all to the final months can be stressful, especially if courses are busy.
Courses worth taking early
New lorry drivers often find load security and drivers' hours courses useful in the first year. New bus and coach drivers benefit from passenger care and conflict management. Early courses make the job easier as well as counting towards your hours.
Related licences and Driver CPC
Whether you want to drive a lorry (HGV/LGV training) or a passenger carrying vehicle – a minibus, a bus or a coach under a PCV training licence – the route ends with Driver CPC: the CPC Module 2 case study test and the CPC Module 4 practical demonstration test.
Related pages
- What happens in Module 3, the practical test?
- I want to drive an ambulance – which box do I tick on the D2?
- Are there minimum requirements for the Driver CPC?
- Why book a lorry assessment drive?
- Is there a test at the end of periodic training?
- I hold both PCV and lorry licences – do I need two sets of periodic training?
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