Every five years your O-licence must be continued by paying a fee and confirming your details. What the continuation involves and how reviews can bite.
Foreign-registered trucks working in the UK operate under their home licence plus international rules. How the Community Licence, cabotage limits and permit system work in practice.
Lift-truck operator training has three stages - basic, specific job and familiarisation - with a test, ongoing monitoring and refresher triggers. What the L117 ACOP standard means for employers.
Drivers under GB domestic rules must keep written weekly records. When records are required, what goes in the book, who checks it, and when a tachograph can do the job instead.
Not every goods vehicle journey falls under EU drivers' hours rules. When GB domestic rules apply, what the limits are, and how record keeping works.
Standard licence holders must be of good repute, and repute covers your employees' conduct too. What it means, what damages it, and how it is lost.
The HGV MOT, known as the annual test, applies to lorries and most trailers. When the first test falls due, what examiners check, and how to prepare.
How long a lorry can legally be: rigid limits, the 16.5m artic rule, trailer lengths, what counts in the measurement, and the exceptions worth knowing.
Driver CPC is the qualification; the routes are free Skills Bootcamps (England), paid apprenticeships (all UK), vocational qualifications and private driving schools. How the options compare for employers and career changers.
DVSA can seize vehicles being operated without the required O-licence. How impounding works, the grounds for getting a vehicle back, and why the risk is not worth it.
The driving licence category system for lorries: what C1, C and CE entitlements cover, the trailer rules, and what a car licence alone allows.
Vocational licences come with medical checks at application and at renewal. How the D4 medical works, when it is due, and the rules on driving while DVLA processes your renewal.