damoq:
I done it with (GTG) Glasgow Training Group, which is owned by the Arnold Clark Group. If I had been paying for it myself, I’d have went to Ritchies. I’ve nothing against GTG, cant fault them or their training facilities. It’s just that I done all my HGV training through Ritchies and would have went to them for my ADR through loyalty and their good reputation.
Hi damoq,
You’re spot-on with your observation about Ritchies, they have a very good reputation in the dangerous goods training world, and IIRC, they were the first ADR provider to trial the online ADR exams.
Apart from your comment, I don’t really know anything about GTG.
damoq:
Done and passed my Initial ADR nearly 3 weeks ago. One thing I never thought to ask at the training centre was how long I should expect to wait for my certificate to arrive. Still not recieved it yet and was wondering when I should start chasing it up.
done my refresher with GTG 27th/29th may .got my card in the post on 1st june
Bking:
Give it time,did you do tanks because if you did you wont have learned a lot for your 500 /700 quid.
Maybe a lot of bull, but bugger all that matters in the “real world”
Hi Bking,
A five day ADR course with 21 DCPC hours can be had for £550ish if a person does some research.
IMHO, anybody paying the upper end (£700) of what you’ve mentioned has more money than sense.
Bking:
Did they "teach"you how to blow a tank,wash tickets,steam warm a tank?
They’ll have taught what’s required by the syllabus.
The syllabus is in ADR, so it’s a matter of law over which the training providers have no control.
After the VTC training required by ADR, the responsibility for further training of the driver passes to the tanker operator for whom the driver works. Again, this is a matter of law.
Bking:
Give mine up because I had to have a “refresher” every 5 years at a cost of £200+per day
OK, I’ll bite to this… in order to back-up what you’ve written, can you name any UK ADR provider who charges such a figure for a refresher
Bking:
Yes chlorine,hydrogen or sulphuric acid really change their chemical and hazardous properties over a short period of time.
Of course they don’t, but the law on how they’re to be carried does change.
ADR is completely reprinted and republished every two years.
One of the reasons for this is to take account of scientific and technological developments.
In your game, the equivalent is probably the way that vehicle manufacturers sometimes issue revised and updated procedures and service guidance.
As an example of which I’m sure you’re familiar, … just compare the testing regimes for tanks made up to midnight on 09/05/2004 with the regime for tanks made on or after 10/05/2004.
That’s to do with advances in safety culture, but it is an example of the need to keep ourselves updated.
Bking:
Now your man is going to come on here and tell me it aint a money making scam!
If it’s me that you’re referring to, then my answer is that it’s nothing to do with me, because I am not an ADR provider.
ADR providers are no different to a commercial garage… they’ll charge the going rate in a competitive market.
Paying peanuts and getting monkeys is no different if you’re a garage owner, a haulier, or an ADR provider.
Now THAT ladies and gentlemen is how to carry out a civilised character assassination!
Paying peanuts and getting monkeys is no different if you’re a garage owner, a haulier, or an ADR provider. 