darkseeker:
Any advise on giving myself the best chance possible of getting everything i’ve payed for would be much appreciated!?
Yes darkseeker, now that you’re in this situation I think it’s best to sort facts from myth first.
- The “driver” CPC has no connection with the “operator” CPC. They are completely separate qualifications.
- Since the driver CPC isn’t yet finalised, it’s the operator CPC that’s being discussed here.
- There is absolutely NO requirement for an employed driver to hold a Nat. CPC.
- The exams for Nat. CPC are held on only four dates per year, so some pre-planning is required.
- There are also extra fees for late bookings.
The operator CPC is the same degree of difficulty as an “A” level or an NVQ3. The national CPC exam consists of three modules, and you must pass all three to gain the certificate. Two of these modules have mulit-choice exams, whilst the third one is called a “case study,” and requires short written answers on subjects taken from the whole of the course.
I entirely agree with this from burnie1:
burnie1:
The only thing you can do to improve your chances of passing the CPC is to actualy attend a course … My experiance with CPC homestudy packs is that the pass rates are very very low.
However, I’d advise that some people are suited to doing homestudy. I’d say it depends on a couple of things, such as whether you are used to the self-discipline required for homestudy at this level, and your own home circumstances. Homestudy is possibly not for you if you have small children, a busy social life or you work long hours on a rotating shift system.
burnie1:
Is the Transport industry not just full of cowboys!!!
That’s an excellent question burnie1, and one which has a straightforward answer. IMHO, any prospective candidate ought to be asking the right kind of questions before parting with their hard earned cash. The obvious question has to be “is this combination of qualifications a legal requirement?” Other questions include things like “do you actually provide the training” followed by “what’s involved,” and maybe asking to go along to a “CPC taster day,” that many providers offer so that you can actually meet the tutor and experience a “taster” of what to expect.
Although morally objectionable, what these organisations are doing isn’t actually illegal.
It seems to me that they’re making an offer of combining some separate qualifications and placing conditions as to what order a candidate takes them, so Caveat emptor. 
If you CLICK THIS LINK It will take you to my post on CPC stuff, where you can click another link called “National CPC stuff.” That link takes you to the website of the examining body. (OCR.) A CPC course is all about taking notice of written instructions, so I’d advise you to read very carefully and take the stuff at face value without interpreting it.
By all means, come back and ask a question. 
I wish you luck and hope this helps.
