NEW SMALL TRAILER OPERATORS LICENSING REGULATIONS

There are more and more small vans and trucks getting pulled over due to the new O license changes.

For further information go to http://transportlegal.co.uk/changes-to-o-licensing/

New European legislation means the set figures from standard operator licence holders (€9,000 for the first vehicle and €5,000 for each additional vehicle) will be reset annually based on the Euro exchange rate on the first working day in October of the previous year.

Extracted from Freight magazine

Mark Hull - The Managing Director of Sigma Studies

Transport training specialist Sigma Studies is the latest provider to speak out about the controversy concerning unaccredited training courses. Anecdotes have abounded recently of trainees being led by some providers to believe that courses on which they have enrolled will contribute towards their Driver CPC – when the reality is they do not. Sigma Reports instances of drivers and operators who have come to them for advice, having completed courses with other providers, without realising that these courses are not JAUPT-accredited, and so do not count towards the Driver CPC.

Sigma managing director Mark Hull told us: “Overall, the feedback we are getting from all training carried out is very positive…

Sigma Studies has more than 25 years’ experience supporting the transport industry including with training, tachograph analysis and operator licensing. The company also offers consultancy services, including DGSAs (Dangerous Goods Advisor). As well as Driver CPC, Sigma’s training programmes include ADR courses (including for explosives), the transport managers’ CPC courses and exams, tachograph training, driver assessments including assessor training, and defensive driving and fuel saving tips (SAFED).

Extracted from Transport Operator

Doubts have been raised over VOSA’s ability to handle a deluge of licence applications from Northern Ireland, after the Freight Transprort Association (FTA) said it was “very likely” the agency would shoulder the extra work. The country’s new O-licensing system is due to start next year, but a decision over who will process hauliers’ applications has not yet been announced. However, Tom Wilson, FTA head of policy for Northern Ireland, says the unit set up to implement the O-licensing Act has concerns over training staff based in the country. and also the concern is that VOSA staff will not be able to deal with raise in the number of applications especially as the agency is trying to scrapm 250 jobs.

Exracted from ‘Commercial Motor’.