Our jargon buster explains many of the terms you'll come across during training. Please browse the list below or use the search form to find what you're looking for.
- ADI
- Approved (Car) Driving Instructor
- AFV
- AFV - Alternative Fuel Vehicle (say Gas Powered)
- ALLMI
- Association of Lorry Loader Manufacturers and Importers
- Artic
- Abreviation for Articulated Vehicle, now LGV C+E, formerly known as HGV Class One Licence
- B+E
- Car or Van with Trailer
- Brokers & Agents
- Middlemen advertising non-accredited/non-qualifed training who charge handling fees to pass your booking on - they have no instructors or vehicles of their own.
- Case Study Theory (Module 2) - Initial Driver CPC
- A touch screen test to check your knowledge about being a working driver, the first test for Initial Driver CPC
- CPC
- Certificate of Professional Competence (see Mangers CPC & Drivers CPC)
- CRB (now known as DBS)
- Criminal Records Bureau / Disclosure and Barring Service
- Demonstration Test (Module 4) - Initial Driver CPC
- The second part of the Initial Driver CPC for all new PCV drivers and LGV drivers who passed their car test after 1997
- Dft
- Department of Transport
- Digi Tacho
- Digital Tachograph (card or reader)
- Double Manned
- 2 learner drivers in-cab, sharing driving time
- Drawbar
- Rigid Heavy Goods Vehicle towing a Trailer - could be Close Coupled (which are easier to Reversing) or could be A-Frame.
- Driver CPC
- All LGV and PCV licence holders who want to earn their living driving large vehicles must work towards gaining a Driver Qualification Card either by taking Initial Driver CPC tests or following on with Driver CPC Periodic Training.
- DQC
- Driver CPC, Driver Qualification Card, blue plastic card (like driving licence) showing renewal dates & photo
- DVSA
- Driving Vehicle Standards Agency - Government body responsible for Driving Examiners, Driving Tests, Driving Test Centres and vehicle MOTs.
- DWP
- Department of Work and Pensions - Government body to help people with re-training and funding for qualifications in addition to Job Centre help through Work Coaches
- ESF
- European Social Fund
- EV
- EV - Electric Vehicles
- FLT
- Forklift Truck, including Counterbalance, Reach. Pallet, Pedestrian and Telescopic Material Handlers
- FORS
- Freight Operator Recognition Scheme - London wide voluntary code of good conduct for companies using Heavy Goods Vehicles
- ICE
- ICE - Internal Combustion Engine (term often used when comparing against EV - Electric Vehicles)
- HGV - Heavy Goods Vehicle
- Trucks are Heavy Goods Vehicles, but the licence to drive them is now LGV - Large Goods Vehicle Licence - LGV C1 for over 3.5 tonne up to 7.5 tonne,Old HGV Class 2 is now LGV C - over 7.5 tonne up to 32 tonnes.Old HGV Class 1 is now LGV CE tractive unit and trailers over 32 tonnes up to 44 tonnes.
- Hiab
- Popular name Lorry Loader Crane (Manufacturer's Name)
- Initial CPC
- Required by first time LGV or PCV drivers (who passed the car test after January 1997) and consists of Two DVSA tests. Module 2 -Case Study Theory and Module 4 - Practical Demonstration.
- ITSSAR
- Independant Standards Scheme and Register - Heath & Safety Accrediting Body
- Jaupt
- Joint Approved Unit for Periodic Training
- JCP
- Job Centre Plus
- LCV - Light Commercial Vehicle
- 2.5t to 3.5t - which can be driven on a Car Licence, category B.
- LGV - Large Goods Vehicle
- LGV C1 - over 3.5 tonne up to 7.5 tonne, LGV C - over 7.5 tonne up to 32 tonnes, LGV CE tractive unit and trailers over 32 tonnes up to 44 tonnes.
- MAM
- Maximum Authorised Mass
- MiDAS
- Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme
- Moffett Mounty
- Popular name for Truck Mounted Fork Lift
- NORS
- National Operators Registration Scheme organised through RTITB
- NRI
- National Register of LGV Instructors
- NVDIR
- National Vocational LGV Driving Instructor Register
- NVQ
- National Vocational Qualification
- O Licence
- Operators Licence
- On-Line Learning
- Study Material for passing Multiple Choice, Hazard Perception and Case Study Theory Tests (Module 1a&b and Module 2). Interactive learning with English Voice Over and Mock Tests/Sample Exams.
- Pass Protection
- Another name for Re-Test or re-sitting a test, usually a driving test.
- PCO (Taxi Trade)
- Public Carriage Office
- PCV / PSV
- Passenger Carrying Vehicle / Passenger Service Vehicle
- Periodic Training - Driver CPC
- 35 hours training over 5 days to boost drivers knowledge and skills
- Photocard Licence
- Driving licence, pink plastic card that confirms full licence entitlements & expiry date of the drivers photogragh
- RHA
- Road Haulage Association
- RTITB
- Road Transport Industry Training Board - Accredited Training Body
- TfL
- Transport for London
- Traffic Commissioners / Traffic Area Offices
- Bodies responsible for regulating safety and compliance of operating of Freight and Passenger transport
- Wagon and Drag
- Rigid Lorry towing a Draw Bar Trailer
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