Does anyone know if German HGV drivers need an equivalent to the UK DCPC? If they do, does it come into effect the same as the UK version, and is the UK version transferable if a UK driver moves to live in Germany the same as our HGV licence?
Thanks for any info or directions to more info. And yes I can speak and read German… 
EastAnglianTrucker:
Does anyone know if German HGV drivers need an equivalent to the UK DCPC? If they do, does it come into effect the same as the UK version, and is the UK version transferable if a UK driver moves to live in Germany the same as our HGV licence?Thanks for any info or directions to more info. And yes I can speak and read German…
The dcpc versions are different in every country as far as I can tell from reading other posts but they are transferrable so if you have just got your DQC with a 09/09/2019 expiry date on it then its valid across the EU until that date
I think we are the only EU country that issues a DQC and the others use code 24 on the driving licence next to the LGV categories - stand to be corrected on that
LGV licences are the same across the EU but each country may have different medical requirements
Thanks ROG, that’s a big help…
I’ve been offered a job in Germany, but they want me to get a German licence… which i know is just a straight swap. Their medical conditions are slightly different, but I wasn’t sure what, or how you get a local digital card, and how my DCPC qualification works.
EastAnglianTrucker:
Thanks ROG, that’s a big help…I’ve been offered a job in Germany, but they want me to get a German licence… which i know is just a straight swap. Their medical conditions are slightly different, but I wasn’t sure what, or how you get a local digital card, and how my DCPC qualification works.
I am sure you need a registered home address in Germany to swap licences, and you wont have a DQC, you will have code 95
Wheel Nut:
you will have code 95
Thanks WN - was not certain about the code used
Wheel Nut:
EastAnglianTrucker:
Thanks ROG, that’s a big help…I’ve been offered a job in Germany, but they want me to get a German licence… which i know is just a straight swap. Their medical conditions are slightly different, but I wasn’t sure what, or how you get a local digital card, and how my DCPC qualification works.
I am sure you need a registered home address in Germany to swap licences, and you wont have a DQC, you will have code 95
Yep, I’ll be doing the full on, registering at the local Einwohnermeldeamt thingy, with a German address, but will I get a German digicard when I go to change my licence?
And Wheel Nut, I assume code 95 on the licence shows I’ve qualified for the DCPC?
Thanks for your help guys.
ROG:
I think we are the only EU country that issues a DQC and the others use code 24 on the driving licence next to the LGV categories - stand to be corrected on that
France issues a DQC (Carte de qualification de conducteur) The code 95 is on the back of the CQC against the relevant categories.
I did point this fact out to you in this thread.
Héraultais:
ROG:
I think we are the only EU country that issues a DQC and the others use code 24 on the driving licence next to the LGV categories - stand to be corrected on thatFrance issues a DQC (Carte de qualification de conducteur) The code 95 is on the back of the CQC against the relevant categories.
I did point this fact out to you in this thread.
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Thanks
ROG:
Thanks
You’re welcome 
EastAnglianTrucker:
I’ve been offered a job in Germany, but they want me to get a German licence… which i know is just a straight swap. Their medical conditions are slightly different, but I wasn’t sure what, or how you get a local digital card, and how my DCPC qualification works.
As we are now all one big happy European family ( 
) and the DCPC is a pan European qualification, your Brit DCPC will be recognised in Germany. As long as you have the appropriate entry on your Brit licence, the bird down at the local Strassenverkehrsamt will then be able to issue you with a German licence with the corresponding German code to show your DCPC “proficiency”.
This is probably why your prospective employers are asking you for a German licence, to be certain that your DCPC is cosher.
Although your digicard (as well as your licence) is valid in Germany, you can apply for a German card in the same office as you get your licence. They will be more than happy to issue you a German card for a handsome fee (versteht sich 
)
To apply for a licence, you will need a Meldebesheinigung from the Einwohnermeldeamt to show that you are resident of the Bundesrepublik.
Here are a couple of pages from my local Strassenverkehrsamt to give you an idea of what is required:
Liebe Inselaffe,
Thanks a lot mate. Very helpful.
I’ve already got my DCPC card, which as you may or may not know, is like a digital card, or new UK licence, i.e. credit card size. I’m guessing if I roll up at the Strassenverkehrsamt, in exchange for a load of Euro wonga, they’ll issue the necessary German equivalent/s.
I assume they’ll take my UK licence & send it back to the DVLA?
Anyway, all I’ve got to do now is head on over, find a kleine wohnung somewhere just south of München, and spend a day or so sitting in meldestellen!
Vielen dank für deine hilfe.
EAT
EastAnglianTrucker:
find a kleine wohnung somewhere just south of München,
Bugger me! Good luck with that.
Preiswerte Wohnungen are like hens’ teeth down that end.
And they talk funny…
Well I guess that depends on what you call Preiswert… I was thinking around Starnberg, and having a look on Immobilienscout24, there’s a few places for between 500 & 750 kalt. And I’m guessing there’ll be more when I get to see a local Samstag Zeitung!
Good luck! It certainly sounds like an interesting adventure. What sort of work will you be doing?
I’ve been reading this thread with interest and thought I’d add my story in case it would be of interest to others.
I’m just coming to the end of a 4 month C + C/E course with the local “Strassenverkehrsgenossenschaft” (Road haulage cooperative) here in Hamburg.
It’s been paid for by my local “Arbeitsamt” (jobcentre) I’d become eligible for a retraining due to my last job, (part time hours at the airport) being cut.
The course included a 6 week German course at the beginning, the BKrFQG ground qualification, another really long German
acronym, but in English the CPC!. Dangerous goods ADR and Ladungssicherung (load securing) which I know from reading this forum is taken really seriously in Germany. Sandwiched in the middle was a Fork lift course too. The C and C/E licences and exams are all included in the cost of the course.
I’d only been here in Germany a year, and working for half that time when I got offered this “Ausbildung” or training course by the
local job centre, when my Part time job at the airport had the hours cut.
I’m the only English bloke on the course, which has been somewhat of a novelty to my fellow trainees, mostly Polish, Russian, Bulgarian, (but sound, sound lads all of them) and the trainers alike, and also I wasn’t the youngest at 51!
I’m under no illusions as to the nature of my new career path, but I’ve been really encouraged by the interviews with local firms
for the 6 week placement at the end of the course, two good offers, and I’ve taken one with a family owned firm in the Container
port, which the other lads were all keen to go for as well. For once, my Mother tongue seems to have worked in my favour.
Less than two years ago I was rotting away in a call centre in Stoke, getting grief from whoever had a grievance with the Royal Mail, (that’ll be you then!). I was dead lucky that RM came up with a voluntary redundancy package, just at the time my German girl friend and me were thinking of how we could get together.
There’s a few things that take a bit of getting used to as an Englishman in Germany, but like quite a few others from my homeland
over here I’ve got a genuine respect for their attitude to home life, work and the respect they show to others. I thoroughly recommend the course offered by SVG, few little hiccoughs along the way, but great training as you come to expect over here.
If anybody would like further information just have a search under their name, the course I took part in had the catchy title
“Euro-Trucker”.
As I say, I’m under no illusions about the nature of job, but I reckon if there was one cast-iron recession proof job at this moment
it’d be driving container lorries in Hamburg, but I’ll let you know!!!
Interesting stuff Hamburg, let us know how you get on!