maintaining a Buses/trucks licence

Hi,
Been thinking about doing the rigid truck licence (C),
If I was to do it and get the test (without doing the cpc stuff)
Can the licence expire?
Is there a fee for keeping it active?

Thanks

Stella Virgo

you will have to do a cpc course every year 50/90e to keep the licience.every employer will check to see the cpc card/certs are up to date. a licience without the certs is useless and cannot be used to drive.legal requirement/fines if caught driving without them.

Thanks,
What I mean is,

If Im not working as a professional driver will the licence lapse?
So could I get the licence now and say in a few years do the CPC and off I go?

gbob

urbanledge wrote: »

Thanks,
What I mean is,

If Im not working as a professional driver will the licence lapse?
So could I get the licence now and say in a few years do the CPC and off I go?

Don't think you can get the licence now without having the cpc done. Although I know several truck mechanics that have got the licence without a cpc, not sure how that's done but worth looking into.

gctest50

gbob wrote: »

Although I know several truck mechanics that have got the licence without a cpc, not sure how that's done but worth looking into.

looks like you don't need it for repairs and so on

Driver CPC Exemptions include drivers of:

1. Vehicles with a maximum authorised speed not exceeding 45 km/h;
2. Vehicles used by, or under the control of, the armed forces, civil defence, the fire service and forces responsible for maintaining public order;
3. Vehicles undergoing road tests for technical development, repair or maintenance purposes, or of new or rebuilt vehicles which have not yet been put into service;
4. Vehicles used in states of emergency or assigned to rescue missions;
5. Vehicles used in the course of driving lessons for any person wishing to obtain a driving licence or a CPC;
6. Vehicles used for non-commercial carriage of passengers or goods, for personal use;
7. Vehicles carrying materials or equipment that the driver uses as part of
   their work, as long as driving the vehicle is not the driver’s main activity.

http://www.cpcwise.ie/haulage_CPC.html

jimgoose

gbob wrote: »

Don't think you can get the licence now without having the cpc done. Although I know several truck mechanics that have got the licence without a cpc, not sure how that's done but worth looking into.

You can indeed - you can't drive commercially and/or for a living without the CPC though. I'm in the process of getting a C-license with no CPC, 'cos I wants an old race truck to double up as a campervan and a mobile workshop/garage. HGV licenses run for a maximum of only five years, unlike the ten years for cars/bikes, and you need a medical report to renew them. That aside, there isn't really anything more to maintaining it.

Thanks Jimgoose
that's what I thought