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Driver CPC Training Mod 1 CVETD
July 7, 2023 @ 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Marina joined the FTA Ireland team in April 2023. Her responsibilities include the organisation and coordination of the office administration and accounts for the Association. Marina is actively involved in supporting customer relations and supports the day-to-day management of all training and auditing services for the Association.
Donncha Cody has 40 years experience in the international transport industry with an in-depth knowledge of the road freght sector. His roles include Auditor, Trainer and Advisor, specialising in compliance with particular emphasis on tachograph rules. He also holds a Transport Manager Certificate (1254).
Anna Gorecka joined FTA Ireland in October 2018 as Project Manager for Logistics Associate and Transport Operation and Commercial Driving Apprenticeship. During this time she has raised awareness of career opportunities in the industry within the public area (particularly students, teachers, and parents) which led to her appointment in 2019 as Skills Champion and Ambassador by the Logistics and Supply Chain Skills Group governed by the Department of Transport.
She is an RSA-accredited trainer of Driver CPCs and holds a Certificate in Professional Competence in International Road Transport Operations Management, BSc in Economics as well as European Business Management.
During her 15 years logistics experience she has worked as a Distribution Shift Manager at Brakes Ireland/ Sysco Corporation and Compliance Manager at Lucey Transport and has had further roles in the areas of transportation and distribution, fleet management, motor transport compliance auditing, road transport, and drivers’ hours’ compliance, temperature control system management, and commercial driver training.
Her current duties include engagement with employers on apprenticeships, including supporting the registration process with SOLAS and universities, and increasing public awareness and promoting the sector within the Irish school system. Project Manager for Logistic Associate and Transport Operation and Commercial Driving apprenticeship. She is responsible for all apprenticeship-related queries, has served as an Apprenticeship Project Manager for the Logistics Associate Apprenticeship, and is now in charge of the newly launched Transport Operation & Commercial Driving Apprenticeship.
Paul Maguire has been working for FTAI since February 2020, completing his Transport Manager CPC in Haulage in 2011 and Passenger in 2014.
He began his logistics career in 1996 when he joined the Defence Forces as an apprentice mechanic. During that time he was involved with teaching apprentices, heavy lift vehicle recovery and safe and secure loading.
Having served as a mechanic on peacekeeping missions all around the world, he moved into the army’s heavy lift unit (the National Stores Reception Centre) which was in charge of all heavy and outsize movements both nationally and internationally. The unit was also responsible for deploying troops and equipment to overseas missions and he was given the opportunity to complete a Diploma in Freight Forwarding and a Degree in Business and Supply chain management.
During his time in the National Stores Reception Centre he taught in the Military Administration School, the Transport School and the United Nations Training School (UNTSI).
His role in FTAI involves course development and delivery, auditing (TruckSafe, VanSafe and PassengerSafe), tachograph analysis and support, managing Ecofleet as well as producing briefing notes for members and assisting in technical queries for members.
Tonya Grace joined FTA Ireland in April 2022 and, as Corporate Services Manager, she has taken on responsibility for leading the commercial and operational development of FTAI, ensuring the delivery of a range of world class products and services, enhancing its member base, and continually supporting the Irish freight, passenger and logistics industry.
Over the last 25 years, she has held several senior roles in Customer and Client Services functions across a range of industries and market sectors. She worked for several years as Client Services Manager in eir’s Consumer Markets division, delivering many award-winning sales and marketing campaigns to eir’s residential customer base. More recently, Tonya was Client Service Manager working alongside the Department of Social Protection, delivering clear pathways to work programmes.
Niall Cotton is the Interim Chief Executive for the Freight Transport Association Ireland. He was one of the founding members of FTA Ireland and has been President and a Director of the organisation since its inception in 2010. Niall was part of the team that created the Trucksafe programme, which ensures operational excellence and reinforces safety standards across the haulage industry. He has over 20 years of industry experience in senior management positions in logistics, operations and commerce, and has a particular interest in safety and compliance which is core to FTA Ireland’s business / services model for the industry.
As part of the interim transition period, Niall continues to focus on the hugely important Logistics Associate Apprenticeship consortium and the Transport Operations and Commercial Driving Apprenticeship consortium which is critical to delivering solutions for Skills Shortage in the Freight Distribution and Logistics Sector.
On behalf of FTA Ireland, Niall actively promotes decarbonisation in the road freight sector through its Alternative Fuels Working Group which includes key policy engagements, collaboration with Government, national and international targets, and providing guidance to members on decarbonisation strategies.
Developing and promoting commercial fleet operational compliance standards for the industry is integral to work Niall does with FTA Ireland. As head of a trade association for the freight distribution, logistics and passenger transport sector Niall is passionate about representing members interests in a structured and collaborative manner that delivers for members and contributes to improved safety and working environments for all in the logistics sector.
FREIGHT TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION IRELAND
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE REGISTERED No. 487041
Address : Freight Transport Association Ireland,
Unit A4, Santry Business Park,
Dublin 9, D09 P2Y4
Phone : +353 1 844 7516
Email : info@ftai.ie
To maintain your driver CPC card, you must attend mandatory RSA training. Every five years you must:
– attend one seven-hour driver CPC training module per year with an RSA-approved CPC training organisation (35 hours over five years)
– attend a total of 42 hours of driver CPC training modules if you hold bus and truck driver CPC and wish to maintain both.
Driver CPC training records can be viewed online – Login or register with RSA : Login (rsa.ie)
We also can arrange group booking, please contact us to discuss your requirements: Tel 01 8447516/ 086 1303341
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