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Old 14-05-2015, 22:52   #16
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could always consider the dark side, PCV, ie bus driving.
Most firms will teach you, but then tied to them for couple of years.

Ok the public can be nasty but most are nice, and you'll have a screen
to keep most of the spit off you....

Did ten years on buses, class 1, manual licence put myself through at
own cost. Did some coach work too.

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Old 15-05-2015, 20:03   #17
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same as someone else posted got my class 2 out of my own pocket, just renewed the medical as i turned 45 and 10 years was up, string to my bow as not driven since i passed the test, but least i got me licence if ever needed
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Old 17-05-2015, 22:53   #18
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same as someone else posted got my class 2 out of my own pocket, just renewed the medical as i turned 45 and 10 years was up, string to my bow as not driven since i passed the test, but least i got me licence if ever needed
Thing is, you will now need to do the CPC test before you can drive on the highway
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Old 17-05-2015, 22:59   #19
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Thing is, you will now need to do the CPC test before you can drive on the highway
Are blue light CPC exempt?
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Old 18-05-2015, 21:23   #20
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Are blue light CPC exempt?
Vehicles being used by or under the control of the armed forces, police, a local authority or fire and rescue authority

You don’t need to have Driver CPC if you’re driving a vehicle that is used by, or is under the control of:

the armed forces
the police
a public fire and rescue service
a public ambulance service
a local authority in an emergency civil protection situation

cut and paste from .gov website
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Old 18-05-2015, 21:48   #21
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Sorry what is CPC? Rick
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As Rustic has said, emergency vehicles are exempt, and if I wanted to drive a load lugging class 2, I would need to sit a CPC, but I also work for a water company and they put all their drivers through the CPC

Rick CPC is a 5 day course you have to sit if you are carrying loads or goods for gain. It's a bloody scam mate and if you don't sit the course, you can't drive a class 1 or 2 on the highway
It stands for Certificate of Professional Competence
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Ah right another scam, here is another, as a refrigeration engineer I cannot let 134a gas to escape to atmosphere, (£2000 fine) but as a plumber I can use freezer gas to freeze pipes to save water, which is obviously discharged to atmosphere, what is this gas! 134a, Rick
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Ah right another scam, here is another, as a refrigeration engineer I cannot let 134a gas to escape to atmosphere, (£2000 fine) but as a plumber I can use freezer gas to freeze pipes to save water, which is obviously discharged to atmosphere, what is this gas! 134a, Rick
Jeeeez. More idiotic rules and regulations enforced by people who knows sweet fa.
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but before that it was r22 a definite no no but who cares, not the government, they just line their own pockets, I say no more, Rick
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Trouble is they are not prepared to listen to people who are hands on with whatever job they are effin up. Then they wonder why British people give up doing the jobs...
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