CPC in Road Passenger Transport Operations Management

Course Outline

This CPC is designed for managers transporting passengers and those wanting to set up their own transport business.

Key areas covered are:

Introduction to passenger transport operations

Setting up a road passenger transport business

• Covers marketing, developing a business plan, decision-making factors, financial considerations, business ownership, obligations upon transport operators and consequences of bankruptcy.

Access to the road transport market

• What the legal requirements are in setting up a business and getting access to the road haulage market.
• Covers professional competence, good repute and financial standing so candidates are aware of what is required by the Department of Transport, Sport and Tourism when applying for a Road Passenger Transport Operators Licence.
• Also covers the organisation of the market – scheduled and unscheduled operations, hiring of vehicles, school transport services and competition from non-Irish operators. The issue of community licences and competition is also discussed.

Transport operations management – Passenger

• Covers main issues in managing a road passenger business –  selecting the vehicle, insurances, documentation for driver and vehicle, carriers liability, medical treatment abroad, accident procedures, the role of information technology in managing road passenger transport services and organisation of work, operating efficiency and fuel economy.

Financial management

• Provides students with the main financial information required when setting up and running a business.
• Covers basic accounting information on keeping accounts, balance sheets, financial analysis, depreciation, costings, pricing, cost allocation, budgeting and managing cash flow.
• Other areas covered include road user charges, cheques, methods of payment, renting and factoring of invoices. There is also a section covering invoicing and incoterms, fares and pricing.

Technical standards – Passenger

• Deals with the specific harmonisation issues dealing with passenger vehicles. Areas covered include EU type approval.
• Covers EU type approval vehicle weights, dimensions and design, technical standards, vehicle selection, vehicle maintenance, drivers’ instructions for checking compliance, registration and technical inspection, noise and air pollution and preparation of maintenance plans.

Civil, commercial and social legislation

• Focuses on the social issues concerned with road transport.
• Covers employers’ social security obligations, work contracts, obligations of the parties, working conditions and working hours, paid leave, remuneration, breach of contract, working time directive, main types of contract used in road transport, conditions of carriage, contract, agency and carriers liability in tort, consumer rights, employment health and safety legislation, driver qualifications, compliance with traffic regulations, compensation for loss or damage to goods, claims for injury to passengers and damage and loss of baggage.

Conventions and documentation

• Examines the various conventions and documents in use in transport in passenger operations in Ireland and abroad.
• Covers CMR Convention, CVR Convention, ADR Convention, ATP Convention, Single Administrative Documents (SAD), TIR Carnets, temporary exportation, importation of sales, display goods and professional equipment, Carnet de Passage en Douane and other Customs documentation, transit agreements and road user charges.

Route planning and road safety

• Examines the importance of safety in transport and covers the legal requirement under the tachograph regulations for driving hours and rest periods.
• Also covers the requirements for route planning especially when undertaking an international journey, including country profiles, access to ports and the main routes used from Ireland to Europe.

For more information, the course content and to book your places please follow the link to Transport Manager CPC Course or call us on 076 6020 645 (national on local call rate)