TTS Course
Driver’s Hours, Tachographs and Vehicle Checks (Lorry only)
Event Date:
09/07/2025
06/08/2025
10/09/2025
Event Location:
Transport Training Services, 15 Dundrod Road, Crumlin, Co Antrim BT29 4SS
Course Description
Identify the dangers of driver fatigue, its causes and remedies.
Explain EU law and drivers’ hours rules for EU, domestic and working time.
Discuss common errors, infringements and associated fines/penalties.
Debate issues concerning vehicle checks applicable to those drivers attending.
Examine the use of tachographs; the scope of legislation, exemptions and best practice.
Test the use of tachographs, the rules and best practice.
Classify the enforcement of regulations and the powers of enforcement agencies.
Explain driver’s walkaround checks.
Explain the legal requirements for tyres, lights and spray suppression.
Explanation of various lubricants used in vehicles and how to check their levels.
Explanation of exhaust systems and air brake operation.
Trailer connections as applicable to bus and truck including safe coupling and uncoupling procedures, inspection of couplings and chains/locks/pins etc where applicable.
Mirror inspection, adjustment and replacement including technical standards as required by law. Includes demonstration on a vehicle.
Steering systems explained. Includes explanation and discussion on common faults and identifying problems during a driver’s day.
Subject Areas
- Health, Safety & Emergencies
- Legislation (Hours/WTD/Regs)
- Legislation for Carriage of Goods
- Legislation for Carriage of Passengers
- Personal Health & Wellbeing
- Physical/Mental Health & Wellbeing
- Professional Driver & Company Issues
- Vehicle Systems (Safety)
- Vehicle Systems (Transmission)
Course Cancellation: No refund will be made for any candidate who fails to attend or does not complete the course. Cancellations or changes must be made within a specified timeframe before the course date, otherwise full fees will be charged and no refund will be made. The cancellation policy for this course is 5 working days prior to the course start date.
Course Date
21/05/2025 (8:45am – 5:00pm)
11/06/2025 (8:45am – 5:00pm)
09/07/2025 (8:45am – 5:00pm)
06/08/2025 (8:45am – 5:00pm)
10/09/2025 (8:45am – 5:00pm)
Course Fees
Course Fee – £45.00
Course VAT – £9.00
Registration Fee – £8.75
TOTAL – £62.75
Requirements for Booking
- It is the driver’s responsibility to monitor their own total of completed hours. If you are unsure of your total, you can find out how much lorry or bus periodic training you’ve already carried out by using the Online Driver Enquiry (ODE) service at the link here. You need to register to use the service and you need to enter your driver licence number and password to sign in.
- Course participants must make sure that their Driver CPC training covers a range of subjects. Drivers are no longer permitted to complete the same driver training module more than once in any five-year period.
- Attendees should not have completed this module within the last 5 years.
- Attendees must have acquired rights (see explanation in FAQ section below) or already hold a Driver Qualification Card (DQC).
By making this booking, you confirm that the above applies to the course participant(s).
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Event FAQs
What does “Acquired Rights” Mean?
If you have never held a Driver CPC and have acquired rights or your Driver CPC expired before 1 February 2020, you can carry out 35 hours of periodic CPC training to get your Driver CPC.
“Acquired rights” (or “grandfather rights”) will apply to you if you held a full vocational licence to drive buses, coaches and lorries on the Driver CPC start date.
However, if you have a licence issued before January 1997 which has a D1 (not for hire or reward [nfhr]), D (nfhr) or 079 code, it does not qualify as acquired rights. You also do not have any provisional entitlement.
You’ll have acquired rights if you are a:
- Lorry driver and got your vocational licence (C, C1, C+E and C1+E) before 10 September 2009 - Bus or coach driver and got your vocational licence (D, D1, D+E and D1+E) before 10 September 2008 - this includes a restricted vocational licence D (079/ nfhr) issued after 1991 and D1 (nfhr/ 079) issued before 1997 - You must not have already completed this compliance course within the last 12 months.