Earlier this year, the Office for the Traffic Commissioners (TCs) re-published Statutory Document No 1 - 'Good Repute and Fitness'. The document was amended to clarify the TCs' expectations for transport managers to keep their knowledge up to date. This applies to standard licence holders, who must have a qualified transport manager, but also to restricted licence holders, where the organisation (beholden on the directors) is expected to take steps to ensure the knowledge required to comply is kept up to date. Specifically, the TCs are looking for evidence that something has been done - attending conferences, training workshops, e-learning programmes, ideas sharing - to keep up to date with changes in rules and regulations. There is no laid down requirement, such as exists for the Driver CPC, unless no evidence can be provided. In this case, the transport manager or company directors must complete two days' formal refresher training every five years.
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