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Transport Manager/CPC Holder in your organization, needs to make sure that you transport operation in terms of legal compliance & the Operator Licence regime is up to date & efficient? In Looking for a Transport Manager/CPC Holder & obtaining his/her services you or your organization are asking individual not only to maintain but to take an equal share of the legal responsibilities in connection with the Operator Licence regime. The process of obtaining the services of a Transport Manager/CPC Holder can be a long & drawn out one & if not done correctly can lead you or your organization into further difficulties. Not only in terms of extra costs, but also the possibility action being taken against you by the regulatory bodies.

Therefore knowing the importance of Transport Manager/CPC Holder role in connection with you or your organization Operator Licence application or with the ongoing compliance of one held. Oplas transport consultancy aim to make this important process take place in a professional manner, by helping to make sure that whether the Transport Manager/CPC Holder & his/hers services are those which are required by you or your organization.

Transport Managers / CPC Holders whether they are class as an Internal Transport Manager/CPC Holder or External Transport Manager/CPC Holder or Interim Transport Manager/CPC Holder play a pivotal role in commercial road transport regulation compliance. As road transport accounts for about 65% of all commercial movements around the country, this means that whatever the designation of the Transport Manager/CPC Holder weather that is an Internal Transport Manager/CPC Holder, External Transport Manager/CPC Holder, or Interim Transport Manager/CPC Holder; their role is an important one in keeping business in the UK moving. Numerous organisations employ Transport Managers/CPC Holders to make sure that these movements are done safely & in a professional manner, these include:

logistics and distribution companies
bus and coach companies
parcel couriers
manufacturers and retail chains
vehicle hire companies and contract fleets

Transport Managers/CPC Holders plan and co-ordinate road haulage distribution services and passenger transport operations, routes and schedules. They make sure that goods and passengers reach their destinations on time and in the most cost-efficient way. Transport Managers/CPC Holders roles/duties/responsibilities/tasks/undertakings would normal include those shown below but there could be others depending on the role the Transport Manager/CPC Holder is being employed to undertake, here are some examples set out below.

compliance management
liaising with suppliers,
planning routes and scheduling delivery times
managing a team of supervisors, administration staff and drivers
making sure the operation meets its delivery targets
coordinating staff training
scheduling vehicle maintenance, MOTs and tax payments
arranging vehicle replacements

Transport Managers/CPC Holders must make sure that all operations are carried out in line with UK and EU laws and regulations governing commercial vehicle safety, examples of which are environmental controls on fuel emissions, driver hours, food, livestock, and hazardous goods transportation. The main instrument of regulation is the Operator Licence Raceme. EU Directive 74/561 requires operators using Light / Heavy Goods Vehicles (LGV/ HGV) over 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight for the commercial carriage of goods (Hire & Reward) and Passenger Service/Carrying Vehicles (PSV) over 9 seats (including the driver) carrying passengers for a commercial purpose (Hire & Reward) to be in possession of an Operator’s Licence or also know as an O Licence.

To be a Transport Manager/CPC Holder you must under most circumstances (it is not required to have a nominated qualified Transport Manager/CPC Holder with a restricted operators licence) hold a Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC). When the Operator Licence is either a national or international type, the Operator Licence Holder is required to have at least one person with a CPC qualification matching their licence type i.e. Goods Vehicle (HGV) Operator Licence holder of a international type must nominate a person as their Transport Manager/CPC Holder with a CPC qualification for goods vehicles to the international standard.

An Operator Licence Holder of either national or international standard is required under the regulations may employ either directly (PAYE employee) or indirectly (Sub-Contract/Outsourcing) the requirement of a suitable qualified Transport Manager/CPC Holder If the Operator Licence Holder employees a person directly then the Transport Manager/CPC Holder is consider to be an Internal Transport Manager/CPC Holder. It is also possible as stated to outsource this requirement to a self-employed Transport Manager/CPC Holder, if this is done then the Transport Manager/CPC Holder is consider an External Transport Manager/CPC holder.

Even if a person is suitable qualified & holds a Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) there are number of regulations in connection with being nominated on the licence as the Transport Manager/CPC holder. These Transport Manger/CPC Holder regulations run alongside with other conditions or guidance, which The Traffic Commissioner will consider before granting a person being nominate on Goods Vehicle (LGV / HGV) Operator Licence or Passenger Service Vehicle (PSV) Operator Licence, as a Transport Manager/CPC Holder.

Please find shown below the main operative conditions for the use of an External Transport Manager/Cpc Holder on Goods Vehicle (LGV / HGV) Operator Licence or Passenger Service Vehicle (PSV) Operator Licence. These conditions are often call the 4/50 regulations

The nominated External Transport Manager/CPC Holder is a resident in the European Community;
The nominated External Transport Manager/CPC Holder must be suitable qualified to name, on the operator licence for which he/she is being nominated for.
The nominated External Transport Manager/CPC Holder whilst acting as the nominated External Transport Manager/CPC Holder shall perform tasks solely for the interests of the Operator Licence Holder/Applicant;
The nominated External Transport Manager/CPC Holder shall be the transport manager/cpc holder for a maximum of 4 operators, with a combined maximum total fleet of 50 vehicles, whilst acting as the nominated External Transport Manager/CPC Holder
The nominated External Transport Manager/CPC Holder hours of work are those as per the Traffic Commissioners Guidance or as per the undertakings attach to the Operators Licence by Traffic Commissioner.
The nominated External Transport Manager/CPC Holder or the Operator Licence Holder must be able to provide a copy of the contract between them upon request.

Please note: The list shown above is not to be taken as exhaustive one & that other conditions may be added to it. Also even if all conditions shown or not shown have been meet, it is at the discretion of The Traffic Commissioner whether or not a person can be nominated as the External Transport Manager/CPC Holder on an Operator Licence.

The External Transport Manager/CPC Holder when nominated on either a Goods Vehicle (HGV / LGV) Operator Licence or Passenger Service Vehicle (PSV) Operator Licence signs a declaration, which he/she has agreed to; uphold the undertakings (regulations/rules) of the Operators Licence, for which he is nominated on. These are in effect the same as the ones as the Operator Licence Holder, has agreed to uphold. The regulatory bodies take these declarations or undertakings very seriously, both the External Transport Manager/CPC Holder & the Operator Licence Holder must make sure not only that they are maintaining the undertakings, but that the other nominated party i.e. the External Transport Manager/CPC Holder or the Operator Licence Holder are maintaining the undertakings, so in fact all declarations in connection have a duel responsibility for both the Operator Licence Holder & External Transport Manager/CPC Holder to uphold.

Please find shown below the roles, duties, responsibilities, tasks, undertakings that an External Transport Manager/CPC Holder when nominated on a Goods Vehicle (LGV / HGV) Operator Licence or Passenger Service Vehicle (PSV) Operator Licence.

The making of arrangements to ensure that drivers comply with drivers hours and tachograph rules and with speed limits;
The making of arrangements to ensure that the vehicles are maintained properly, including the inspection of vehicles at the appropriate time and the action taken to remedy defects found;
The reporting and recording of vehicle defects by drivers;
The method of compilation and the accuracy of all records, which must be kept for a period of not less than 15 months;
The making of arrangements to ensure that the vehicle/s are not overloaded;
Ensuring that authorised vehicles will be kept at the authorised operating centre(s) when not in use;
Where appropriate, notifying the relevant traffic commissioner (in writing) of all prosecutions and convictions concerning the operator, the drivers and all persons connected to the operators licence within 28 days of the court hearing;
Notifying the relevant traffic commissioner of resignation, termination or any other reason which ends with the nominated External Transport Manager/CPC Holder being no longer named on the Operator Licence on which he/she is nominated.
Any role that the External Transport Manager/CPC Holder may have in; Verifying contracts and documents; Basic accounting; Any other role involving safety procedures;

Please note: The list shown above is not to be taken as exhaustive one & that the External Transport Manager/CPC Holder roles/duties/responsibilities/tasks/undertakings may be added to it. Also even if all conditions shown or not shown have been meet, it is at the discretion of The Traffic Commissioner whether or not a person can be nominated as the Transport Manager/CPC Holder on any Goods Vehicle (HGV / LGV)Operator Licence or Passenger Service Vehicle (PSV)Operator Licence.

Oplas Transport Consultancy Limited has developed a data base of over two thousand suitable qualified Transport Managers/CPC Holders suitable qualified for Goods Vehicle (HGV / LGV) Operator Licences & Passenger Service Vehicle (PSV) Operator Licences, & who are willing to offer their services on a self employed basis & act as an External Transport Manager/CPC Holder. This Transport Manager/CPC Holder service offers a cost effective way for Operator Licence Holders both Goods Vehicle (HGV / LGV) Operator Licence & Passenger Service Vehicle (PSV) Operator Licence to maintain their obligations in relation to Operator Licensing regulations but without a lowering of professional standards required by the enforcement & regulatory bodies. Please feel free to take the first step in using this service & contact us via the details given on the site or via email inquiry link for this service shown below.

Finally, whether you are reading this as a current or potential External Transport Manager/CPC Holder, or as a current or potential Operator Licence Holder thinking of using the services External Transport Manager/CPC Holder, please read & understand the following:

The Transport Manager/CPC Holder & Operator Licence Holder both have a legally responsible for the Operators Licence that either have been named or nominated on. It is not sufficient that the Transport Manager/CPC Holder be a faceless name on an Operators Licence & that the Operator Licence Holder believes that the Operators Licence compliance is the solely the responsibility of the nominated Transport Manager/CPC Holder in regards to the Operator Licence on which he/she is nominated on. Therefore it is essential that the Transport Manager/CPC Holder & The Licence Holder are active & a present part of the team ensuring that the Operators Licence on which they are named, meets the standards of compliance set by the enforcement & regulatory bodies & that the responsibility is a duel & equal one.