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You must be an approved training centre to provide Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) periodic training courses.

You have to apply for approval from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) for each course you want to run. Your course will be approved for one year, after this youll need to apply for approval again.

Types of Driver CPC training

From December 3 2024, there will be 2 types of Driver CPC training:

• International Driver CPC - for drivers who want to drive in the EU and the UK
• National Driver CPC - for drivers who only want to drive in the UK

You must say which type of Driver CPC your training course will be when you apply.

International Driver CPC

International Driver CPC courses:

• must be at least 7 hours long
• can be split over 2 consecutive days
• can be run in-person or remotely using video call software
• can include e-learning, or be e-learning only
• can be run as a modular course made up of 2 or more modules lasting 3 hours 30 minutes which can be delivered in any combination

National Driver CPC

National Driver CPC courses:

• must be at least 3 hours 30 minutes long
• can be run in-person or remotely using video call software
• can include e-learning, or be e-learning only

Apply for course approval

To apply to get your course approved, you need to send:

• a course approval application form
• a course summary
• information about your trainers, their qualifications and experience

Fill in the application form

Check the guidance on how to fill in the Driver CPC training course application form (PDF, 414 KB, 10 pages) before you fill in the application form.

Application for training course approval

PDF, 304 KB, 5 pages

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Create a course summary

You must send a course summary. This is a breakdown of the course content which shows:

• a list of all parts of the course with references to the relevant parts of the Driver CPC syllabus
• the length in minutes of each part
• the length of breaks and lunch (these will not count as training time)
• the title, length and a written summary of the main points of any DVD used
• the delivery method - either classroom, practical or e-learning
• details of contingency planning
• details of the end of day summary/course evaluation sessions
• a list of resources youll use, for example, classroom sizes, vehicles, videos, IT equipment
• how youll check the identity and licence entitlement of your trainees

Download an example of:

• an International Driver CPC course summary (ODT, 26.2 KB)
• a National Driver CPC course summary (ODT, 22.5 KB)

Create a record of your trainers qualifications and experience

You must send a list of the trainers for each course.

You also need to send the qualifications and experience of all your trainers including:

• photocopies of training qualifications
• testimonials
• references
• their driving licence number

Download a template that you can use to record details of your trainers and their qualifications and experience.