Our ADR courses, in partnership with Altrain ADR Ltd at Ellesmere Port, can be counted towards your Driver CPC qualification, up to a maximum of 28 hours (4 days) Driver CPC for an initial course with tanker module.

If a driver has to transport goods classed as dangerous and the goods are over certain quantities/weights, then by law, he/she must be in possession of a Vocational Training Certificate (an ADR) irrespective of the vehicle size.

Initial courses are run on a regular basis. Full initial courses to incorporate the tanker module normally take up to four and a half days.

For candidates requiring just certain specific modules or classes, eg Class 3, petrol/diesel, we can tailor the course to suit, so in the main the candidate would not be required all week just certain parts of it, or even just two to three days. It just depends on what you want for your driver.

ADR courses are delivered by SQA approved, highly qualified and experienced instructors in both the ADR and Haulage Industries.

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 [Regulation 2(2)(c)] contains general training requirements for everyone at work, and these are obviously relevant to the transport of dangerous goods.

Specific legislation for individual modes of transport takes these general requirements further, for example The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations and The International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code.

These regulations require the employer to ensure that all staff involved in the transport of dangerous goods have received training and instruction appropriate to their duties.

This applies to all staff, from drivers to office staff, warehousemen to container lift operators, forklift truck drivers to managers