Sinopse: This national standard describes the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to be a safe and responsible driver of a category C vehicle. It assumes that any person wishing to drive vehicles in category C has demonstrated full competence against roles 1 to 4 of the ‘National standard for driving cars and light vans (category B)’; they hold a current full category B driving licence.
It also assumes that they have demonstrated competence against role 5 of the ‘National standard for driving cars and light vans (category B)’. This means they have the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to demonstrate that they have maintained and continued to improve their driving competence since they gained their full category B driving licence.
The relevant content of the ‘National standard for driving cars and light vans (category B)’ is reproduced here for completeness and to avoid the need to refer to more than one standard. The standard is written to be compatible with existing National Occupational Standards (NOS). It will link the work of: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), the standard setting organisation for safe and responsible driving Skills for Logistics, who set the Driving Goods Vehicles NOS The providers of driving related vocational qualifications
