CPC Modular course: Driver Health and Wellbeing
About the module
This module helps drivers understand how their health and wellbeing can affect their driving performance and explores ways they can mitigate work-related road risk.
Topics include:
- Legal fitness to drive
- Sleep and fatigue
- Diet and nutrition
- Mental health
- Exercise
- Reporting issues and seeking medical advice
At a glance:
Duration: 3.5 hours
Format: Classroom or online
Suitable for: All professional licences (C1, D1 C1E, D1E C, D CE & DE)
DVSA CPC syllabus areas:
3.1 To make drivers aware of the risks of the road and of accidents at work
3.3 Ability to prevent physical risks
3.4 Awareness of the importance of physical and mental ability
3.6 Ability to adopt behaviour to help enhance the image of the company
Learning outcomes
Learn the importance of health & wellbeing
Understand the effect on driving performance
Advice on health & coping strategies for stress
When to report issues or seek medical advice
Why attend Driver Health and Wellbeing
Educating drivers about the impact their own physical and mental health has on their driving performance is a cost-effective way to reduce incidents, collisions, conviction rates, protect business reputation and avoid unnecessary penalties and costs.
Driver Health and Wellbeing explores the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and the potential consequences of fatigue, sleep apnoea, drugs, alcohol and stress. It also makes drivers aware of their legal responsibility for medical fitness and offers effective practical advice to help mitigate risk. Our experienced driver trainers fully engage with participants to maximise the learning experience and draw out their views and opinions.
“We used TTC for our CPC training and found that it was dealt with very easily. Everyone at TTC that we spoke to were polite and efficient to ensure that our needs were met. The trainers and the facilities were of a good standard.”
Carol Ball, M&B Minibuses Ltd
Your questions answered
Who should attend?
Any professional driver who needs to complete 35 hours of periodic training every 5 years in order to maintain their Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC).
Delivery method
This module can be delivered online or in-person and facilitated by an experienced Driver CPC trainer.
For pay-per-place courses, Driver Health and Wellbeing is delivered with the Driver Safety Awareness module as a 7-hour online course.
For private courses, this module can be delivered online or in-person alongside any other TTC Driver CPC module.
Need help joining an online course through Zoom?
TTC has experience of delivering online courses through Zoom to hundreds of thousands of drivers each year. We have used this experience to make the process of joining an online course with TTC as simple as possible.
TTC highly recommends that you take 15-minutes to test your equipment and make sure that you have the Zoom app installed, and working with your microphone and camera. Please visit our Zoom Technical Support page for a user-friendly guide to help make sure you get the most our of your online course with TTC.
Learning outcomes
Following this module drivers will understand:
- Their legal obligation for medical fitness
- The effects of poor sleep, diet, mental health and lack of exercise on driving performance
- When and how to report health issues that may affect driving ability
- When and how to seek medical advice
Identification requirements
A photocard driving licence and Driver Qualification Card must be presented when attending the course.
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