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How you can train to drive a heavy goods vehicle (HGV): Skills Bootcamps, apprenticeships, vocational courses and driving schools.
To become a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver, you need a professional…
Skills Bootcamps are free training courses in England that last up to 16…
Apprenticeships combine practical training in a job with study. There are…
You can only take a vocational qualification to become a heavy goods…
You can train through an independent driving school in England, Scotland,…
Contact PHE's proficiency testing (PT) team about which schemes are available internationally through distributors and collaborators.
Proficiency testing (PT), also known as external quality assessment (EQA), allows the introduction of samples of known but undisclosed content into a laboratory’s routine testing procedure.
Complete MSF 4391 to apply for a replacement or update to a certificate of proficiency (CoP) or to apply for a certificate of proficiency in Polar Waters
Over 1000 trucks from different regions of Nepal were sampled.
MSF 4284 the requirements to gain an able seafarer engine certificate regulation III/5 are detailed in this application form.
Public Health England provides PT schemes for food and water microbiology.
Terms and conditions for the UK Health Security Agency's (UKHSA) proficiency testing (PT) schemes.
Guides for using the online reporting system for entering the external quality assessment (EQA) results and accessing distribution reports.
A brief guide to the definition, construction requirements and regulations that apply to works trucks.
Licensing and safety standards regulatory decisions, made since 2018 about truck, bus and coach operators.
How to find MCA approved training providers for STCW short course and ancillary training.
How to become a transport manager, get the Transport Manager Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) and get added to a vehicle operator's licence.
Information for potential suppliers about Skills Bootcamps including how to qualify onto, and bid for contracts through the dynamic purchasing system (DPS).
Report you’ve changed a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or trailer chassis, weight, tyres or brakes (a ‘notifiable alteration’) or change the weight you can carry.
The syllabus sets out a way of teaching people the skills, knowledge and understanding they need to be a safe and responsible car driver when towing a trailer.
Written decision of the Deputy Traffic Commissioner for the East of England for Truck Trans Ltd
Guides about keeping commercial vehicles safe to drive, including heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), vans, buses, coaches and other public service vehicles.
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