reed.co.uk/jobs/hgv-class-2- … _id=indeed
as the link says, the job is exempt from tacho rules, just curious if anyone knows why this is?
Maybe they never travel on a public road during shifts?
More likely to be exempt because of what they are transporting
Maybe something along these lines:
gov.uk/dealing-with-animal-by-products
I know some tanker drivers on this work near us contracted to Prosper De Mulders where some work can be tacho. exempt (they are on Domestic Rules) and do not need to stop for a break, as stopping in a public place could cause nuisance. However, some of the lower category work can come under EU Drivers’ Hours regs.
could be doing amenity work, they run on books and not the tacho
They might be Tacho exempt but they won’t be WTD exempt, so while you can be at work 60 hrs, you cannot “work” 60 hrs as it must average out to 48 hrs over your reference period of 17 or 26 weeks.
BillyHunt:
They might be Tacho exempt but they won’t be WTD exempt, so while you can be at work 60 hrs, you cannot “work” 60 hrs as it must average out to 48 hrs over your reference period of 17 or 26 weeks.
Is domestic regs under normal WTD or transport RT(WT)R 
BillyHunt:
They might be Tacho exempt but they won’t be WTD exempt, so while you can be at work 60 hrs, you cannot “work” 60 hrs as it must average out to 48 hrs over your reference period of 17 or 26 weeks.
If the job is exempt from EU regulations it’s also exempt from the RT(WT)R 2005, it will most likely come under the general working time regulations most of which can be opted out of.
tachograph:
BillyHunt:
They might be Tacho exempt but they won’t be WTD exempt, so while you can be at work 60 hrs, you cannot “work” 60 hrs as it must average out to 48 hrs over your reference period of 17 or 26 weeks.If the job is exempt from EU regulations it’s also exempt from the RT(WT)R 2005, it will most likely come under the general working time regulations most of which can be opted out of.
^^^^ Correct…Domestic Regs. drivers can individually opt out of the standard WTD, whilst drivers on EU regs. (tachographs) cannot opt out of the RT WTD.
Just a guess, is it quarry-work? Newbie question, cos I am one.
Sumsmeister:
Just a guess, is it quarry-work? Newbie question, cos I am one.
Can’t be quarry-related unless the shift is 100% on-site. If not it will come into scope of EU Drivers’ Hours Regs. e.g. even 30 minutes spent driving on highway will bring you in-scope for whole shift nowadays.
No tacho WTD for;
Work for utilities companies
Dead animals
Utility call outs
Network rebuild (repair to train track or motorway) there is a km radius that has to be adhered to.
I’m sure there are others
HI Guys
Running this Merc, in the '90s, was taxed as a car! TACHO EXEMPT,
on charity work ONLY ( NOT HIRE & REWARD) to Romania etc from UK.
This is working for G.A. Smith, on-site at Port of Tyne, moving bio-mass from the quayside to the storage shed. Never go on public roads.