Part 1 - Introduction

• Welcome and introduction
• Presentation and course overview

Part 2 - EU Regulations, Working Time Directives & Domestic Hours

• Exemptions, driving hours, breaks and rest
• Daily and weekly rest periods, emergencies, trains and ferries
• Definition of working time, periods of availability, breaks and night work
• Working Time Directive, keeping records, offences and penalties
• Domestic hours exemptions, drivers hours, breaks and rest periods

Part 3 - Analogue Tachograph Regulations

• Mode control switch, tachograph charts
• Responsibilities of the operator and driver
• Calibration and sealing of tachograph
• Misuse and record keeping of charts - offences and penalties

Part 4 - Digital Tachograph System, Tacho Cards & Modes of Operation

• Vehicle unit, sensor and speedometer
• Driver, company, control and workshop cards

Part 5 - Vehicle Unit Operational & Functionality Characteristics

• UTC and local time, driver card log-in and log-off
• Manual enteries, data display, menu structure and mode activity behaviour
• Pictograms, adjusting local time, out of scope conditions and messages

Part 6 - Evaluating Print-Outs plus Company & Operational Procedures

• Daily print-outs
• Mixed tachograph work, tacho checks and company operating procedures

Part 7 - Practical

• Practical time with use of digital tachograph simulators

Part 8 - Course Evaluation

• Assessment review and feedback
• Course evaluation form