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Robin Mulligan Ltd is approved by the Road Safety Authority to carry out Driver CPC training throughout Ireland.

Driver CPC was introduced across the EU from 10th September 2008 for professional bus drivers and 10th September 2009 for professional truck drivers. Its purpose is to set and maintain high standards of road safety, health and safety and driving among professional drivers of buses and trucks.

If you have your bus licence on or before the 9th September 2008, or your truck licence on or before 9th September 2009, you are automatically entitled to Driver CPC. This is called acquired rights. In order to keep your Driver CPC, you must do 35 hours of periodic training over five years. Training is on a one day per year basis.

ADR certificate holders to be eligible for CPC Module 2 credit in one CPC cycle

The RSA has evaluated the ADR training, which is a highly intensive training that focuses on safety standards while transporting dangerous goods and the ADR training has significant overlap with CPC Module 2.

To be eligible for equivalency:

• The minimum level of training which will be accepted is Basic ADR training provided the candidate has passed the ADR exam.
• The ADR certificate must be valid at the CPC card expiry date.  ADR Certificates that expire before the current CPC card expiry date, an ADR Refresher must be taken that is valid at the end of the current CPC cycle.
• If Module 2 equivalency has been claimed in a current cycle, it may not be claimed as equivalent in the next cycle.  Drivers would need to attend DCPC Module 2 in the next cycle.
• Applications for equivalency is only open to drivers who have completed their ADR training in Ireland.
• Drivers who have not been engaged in professional driving or who have not maintained Driver CPC qualification for more than 5 years must complete all 35 hours of periodic CPC training in order to re-establish their CPC qualification.

Driver CPC Locations:

• Pillo Hotel, Ashbourne, The Rath, Ashbourne, Co Meath
• Midleton Park Hotel, Midleton, Co Cork.

Driver CPC Course Modules

1. Control of Vehicle and Eco Driving Techniques
2. Minimising Risks and Managing Emergencies in the Transport Industry
3. Health and Safety of the Professional Driver
4. Role of the Professional Driver in the Transport Industry
5. The Professional Truck Driver
6. The Professional Bus Driver

Each Module is one-day duration.  Modules 1 to 4 are common to both Bus and Truck Driving Licences.
If a driver has both a Bus and Truck driving licence he/she will complete both Modules 5 and 6 .