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Find out if you need the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) qualification to drive a lorry, bus or coach, or if you could be exempt.
Report a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver or company if you think they’re breaking safety rules.
Qualify as an HGV or bus driver, requalify if you used to drive an HGV or bus, get a provisional licence, take the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) tests.
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Apply to drive an HGV, bus or coach professionally for up to 12 months before taking all the qualifying tests if you’re doing certain training courses.
General information for medical professionals about the assessing fitness to drive guide.
How to set up a training centre and get approval to provide Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) periodic training courses.
How to take part in research that will help to make young drivers safer - you need to be 17 to 24 and have just passed your driving test.
This study creates a process-based framework to separate out components of individual emergence steps
Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing drivers with neurological disorders.
Check if you can supervise friends or family learning to drive a car, what the rules are, how to prepare the car, and how to plan your practice sessions.
How you can train to drive a heavy goods vehicle (HGV): Skills Bootcamps, apprenticeships, vocational courses and driving schools.
We’re the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), holding more than 50 million driver records and more than 40 million vehicle records. We collect over £7 billion a year in Vehicle Excise Duty (VED). DVLA is an executive agency, sponsored...
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You can use this account to view your driving record, check details of vehicles and set up vehicle tax reminders with DVLA.
Book driving and motorcycle tests for your pupils, check details, change, swap or cancel tests, and manage your availability for car driving tests.
When to take Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) periodic training if you're a lorry, bus or coach driver, how to find courses, and what happens if you miss your deadline.
This rapid review synthesises the literature from academic, policy and NGO sources on the drivers of malnutrition in South Sudan.
How to apply to appoint your own staff as delegated driving examiners to provide driving tests for your employees of your company, police service or fire and rescue service
Written decision of the Traffic Commissioner for the East of England for Perretts Metal Recycling Ltd
Buy multiple licences for Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) driving theory e-learning for all of the learner drivers you teach or drivers you employ.
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