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I am merely stating what is happening with certain county councils.....and from what members have told me.

It would appear some of the county councils are clicking onto their corporate liability perhaps?

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

captain dont stop replying as you cheer me up and its a poor man that cant express himself without swearing and as your the grammer policeman id have thought you knew that !! off to work now goodnight, and people who live in glass houses still answer the doorbell.

Some of us have done 12 hours already today

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

At least if that happens then there is a benefit for drivers.

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IDFIMH

Training requirements

The County Council recognises that contractors have already done a lot of good work in this area. Many taxi drivers have completed or are well on the way to completing NVQ level 2 in taxi driving.

The Council is looking to identify which drivers and escorts have received training and/or qualifications relevant to contract passenger transport and record details against the driver and escort records held on the Council’s database.

From April 2009 only those contractors who can provide evidence that their staff have had appropriate training – or who commit to sending relevant staff on to the first available course will be awarded further work.

The Council will announce up coming courses by e-mail to contractors and will allocate places on such courses on a fi rst come first served basis.

The Council will run training courses at cost and for a number, such as Autism awareness, there is unlikely to be any charge. The Council will aim to provide courses in a variety of venues to give better access for all drivers and escorts.

For further information on training speak to the Quality Team on 0*** 3057245.

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

I wish them well on this post as well.

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IDFIMH

The Thinker yourself been a NVQ assesor could you please answer the following question.... 01.13 Duncombe Place Taxi Rank you know the one its a temporary rank(a rank which your partner commented on at christmas time on this forum)
A queue of around thirty people waiting patiently for a Taxi, couple of cars picking up and Johnnie the cabbie also approaching.Rather than waiting till Johnnie gets to the next customer(s) at the front of queue they pick up at rear of rank and drive off leaving the next driver to get an ear bashing from a rather large inebriated and irate gentlemen .Does Johnnie PASS OR FAIL the NVQ.

P.S. After showing empathy, calming the situation and explaing fortunatley we don't have many Johhnies in the trade who are selfish, greedy and can't wait a minute the Gentleman gave me a rather large tip NVQ pass for me i say.

bet you a fiver it was a booked job

The only smell in the classroom when i took the btec came from the teacher it caused most of us to walk out later i was reliably informed that 85 per cent of btec nvq vrq assesors pong so i did learn something

That's a childish comment, but, if true I don't blame you for walking out. As for the realiability of the comment regarding 85% of assessors that would depend on whether the source had met all of them surely. I however am more than confident that I would sit in the remaining 15%.

As I said if you are fortunate enough to be one of those people who know it all then obviouly nothing else can improve you and it's a shame that to keep your badge you have to do things you don't want to. There is one thing that I've learnt in life and that is if somebody decides that you have to do or have something to continue doing something you want to, then you will do it.

Perhaps a course that covers taxi/ph law, transport law(both Uk and EU), the dft, the dda, car mechanics, a dsa test (if not already in place), everything you need to know about running a small business, union law and how to form associations so that intelligent and constructive contribution to the taxi trade can be attained etc etc etc would be more useful to the average taxi driver. Not fogetting the teaching of Enlish for the speakers of another language, literacy and numeracy for everybody.

I also think with things changing so often e.g the law, vehicles and people slipping into bad habits regarding driving maybe a refresher of all this every 5 years may be considered useful too or would you consider that extreme. If we have to consider those that already know the basics then this is the way forward IMO

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

that BTEC assessors smell.I suspect the assessor in question would no doubt refute your allegation of behing unhygenic but as a matter of interest which licensing area are we talking about here?What you are suggesting is that assesssor standards at EDEXCEL leave a lot to be desire and fall short of their advertised standards. perhaps EDEXCEL should change their advertising pitch in light of your disclodure?

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JD have you been on the pi$$

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

Bournemouth
Didnt want to get any closer to him cos the whiff was staggering
EDEXCEL should scrap the courses altogether

Not fogetting the of for the speakers of another language,

There's the problem why we cannot understand them