Operational Management Support

Commercial Operator Training Solutions Ltd are specialists in advising clients on any matter relating to Operator Licensing, driver and commercial training and tachograph analysis. Our services extend to offering an interim Operational Support Package, either in the way of short term help or guidance in getting your systems to the required standard or ongoing monthly support by a fully qualified CPC holder.

Driver Handbooks

Commercial Operator Training Solutions Ltd is able to provide customers with driver handbooks tailored to their operational needs. You decide the content and we do the rest! Working with one of our members of staff, COTS and the customer will agree broad content details – generally, for the truck, coach or bus operator. This will include sections on drivers' hours, daily vehicle checks, what to do in the event of an accident etc. but of course, anything else that is important to you can be included. Typically we have included sections on projecting loads and standard procedures for delivering waste to transfer stations for our truck operators, or assisting wheelchair users and assessing pick-up and drop-off points for our coach operators.

About Us

Commercial Operator Training Solutions Ltd (COTS) was established in 2009 by its current Managing Director Jason Mowforth. The business was established to provide a comprehensive and relevant set of courses to comply with the requirements of the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (Driver CPC) Regulations, compliance advice on Operator licensing and tachograph analysis.

COTS very quickly added a range of courses leading to the Operator Certificate of Professional Competence for both LGV and PSV Transport Managers and increased the services relating to helping the operator comply with the undertakings made on the Operator licence.

Later, we added ADR – Dangerous Goods and other practical courses to these two existing arms of the business including LGV driver licence aquisition for categories B+E, C and C+E and practical training for HIAB, tail lift, gantry crane, shunter training, etc. We have maintained our SQA and OCR Grade 1 status for the past 4 years.

Commercial Training is at the core of our business, working with some of Wales’ largest organisations and with customers throughout England; quality is integral in what we do as we are currently working towards ISO 9001 accreditation. Between us our staff have many years of experience on the operational and enforcement side of both the LGV and PSV sectors and are therefore extremely well placed to provide relevant solutions to your problems.

All of our Driver CPC courses have been designed to enable the driver and operator to mix and match their particular needs whilst satisfying the requirements of the Directive and the Joint Approvals Unit for Periodic Training (JAUPT). Our Operator CPC is delivered using the OCR syllabus and we have consistently achieved Grade 1 centre status since the company started.

We are proud to be members of NDGTC (The National Dangerous Goods Training Consortium). The NDGTC is recognised by the DfT, DSA and SQA and consists of a group of nationally distributed training centres. Members provide high standards of dangerous goods training delivered by experienced instructors. To become an NDGTC member and obtain DfT approval, training organisations have to meet laid down standards for facilities, equipment and instructor qualifications that ensures quality of service.

Our practical FLT and HIAB training is delivered under the RTITB Accreditation scheme – RTITB are approved and listed as an accrediting organisation by the Health & Safety Commission (HSC) in the Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) for Lift Truck Operator Training.

We are ELCAS and CTP approved and are able to provide a full package of training for anyone qualifying under the HM Forces resettlement training scheme. Our regular attendance in York, Hanover, Guttersloh, Herford and Paderborn Barracks means that COTS are fast becoming one of the UK’s leading providers of resettlement training packages. Our approach includes many unique services provided to the military with a number of students walking into logistics roles following their training with COTS.

Trading Since

2009