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Even in the current economic climate there is still a healthy demand for coach and bus drivers as the industry’s traditionally lower costs continue to attract more business. Due to the poor connectivity of our national rail framework coach and bus drivers play a critical in the transport network in both rural and urban Ireland. The instructors listed on lessonlocators.com are dedicated to getting you to that all important test stage as soon as possible at locations and times that suit you the customer. In order to become a professional bus or coach driver you must obtain a Driver CPC qualification.

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What is Driver CPC?

CPC stands for Certificate of Professional Competence and was introduced across the EU for professional bus and coach drivers in 2008 for minibuses with 9 seats or more. The objective of Driver CPC is to ensure that all professional bus or coach drivers maintain good driving and safety standards throughout their careers. As a result this will help to bring down the number of fatalities and serious injuries on our roads. CPC also allows for a standardisation of training and testing for professional coach and bus drivers across the EU.

Additional Info

In order to obtain your Driver CPC you must pass the driver theory test, have obtained your learner driver permit and then pass the Driver CPC. There are two parts- The initial qualification, which must be achieved by all new drivers in order to use their licence professionally. Periodic training, which all existing professional drivers must undertake, this involves 35 hours of refresher training over five years (one day per year).