hgv drivers cpc training whilst on jsa?

scousedave

Hello I am wondering if the jobcentre will fund or part fund the hgv drivers cpc certificate whilst on jsa as I have a hgv licence but next year I wont be able to drive in the uk at all as a hgv driver if I have not passed my cpc.
Thank you

NYM

How long have you held your licence ? ...
You may have 'acquired rights'

scousedave

NYM wrote: »

How long have you held your licence ? ...
You may have 'acquired rights'

10years approx

Horseunderwater

Have just had the same problem this year as I used to drive buses for a living and my boss did not include me on the course she ran.
So I looked into doing it myself and from what I can gather you do not need to do the full course from scratch as you have already been doing the job - so have the necessary experience already. You also have an extra year in which to comply. Look up CPC rules - it is on a .gov site I think. So if you can find out the costs involved - then JC+ might make a part payment towards the cost. I would also print off the information and take it with you to your next signing on session so that the advisor can see for themselves what is happening.

oldhand

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver_CPC.

Seems if you held it before september 2009 you dont need the initial qualification but you will need periodical ones to continue to drive.

jules1973

If you shop around, you can get this for about 200-250 for the full five days. I have never heard about subsided training from the job centre but it would be a great idea to get HGV drivers into work, as the approaching deadline means more and more employers will be asking for a fully completed DCPC.

Druagh

In my area there is a college offering a CPC course for JCP to refer to, so you may as well ask if your jobcentre has access to such provision.

Otherwise you could ask your adviser if they could make bid for funds through Low Value Procurement. This has to be seen to overcome 'Barriers to Employment', so take along full details of the qualification required, location and cost of the best value course you can find, and (most importantly) at least half a dozen examples of currently available jobs, in your area, requiring this qulification.

They may still say no, but it can't hurt to ask.

Drew

Glen_Clark

jules1973 wrote: »

it would be a great idea to get (people) into work,

The problem is not a shortage of people. Its a shortage of jobs. Why would the taxpayer pay to train more people up just to increase the jobs queue?

scousedave

Glen_Clark wrote: »

The problem is not a shortage of people. Its a shortage of jobs. Why would the taxpayer pay to train more people up just to increase the jobs queue?

The alternative is the tax payer paying jsa, housing benefit and all associated costs...a one off payment of about £250 against double that figure weekly.....you do the maths

galante_inc

Hi

Find myself in a similar situation, currently on ESA with a back issue but when its sorted would love to get to HGV driving... Got my class 1 & 2 before the introduction of CPC'S so I got acquired rights for five years but this runs out next year and due to this injury Ive not done any CPC stuff as yet... If it means that you come off benefits, I think cost of £250 for the CPC and £250 for a behind the seat refresher is a small price to pay... Its where people expect the Job cente to fund the whole bloody course is out of order...

Glen_Clark

scousedave wrote: »

The alternative is the tax payer paying jsa, housing benefit and all associated costs...a one off payment of about £250 against double that figure weekly.....you do the maths

You are missing the point. We don't know what the true figures are because Government statistics have been distorted beyond credibility. But its something like this;
20 million people - 15 million jobs = 5 million unemployed. You can pay to train those 5 million, teach them how to handle interviews, write a CV etc, but you still have 5 million unemployed. Just a different 5 million. All you are doing is rearranging the jobs queue - at great expense. It gives Jobcentre staff a job, and is great for the private contractors running the scam (no wonder they are enthusiastic about schemes like this), but it does nothing to reduce the real level of unemployment. Only the creation of more REAL jobs can do that.
If there was a genuine need for more HGV drivers - lorries standing idle - then the Hauliers would take on trainees and train them up.
Recently there were 1800 applicants for 5 jobs in a Nottingham Costa Coffee Outlet. By your account the answer to that is training more people in how to make coffee.