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Bulgaria Driver CPC study plan

Bulgaria Driver CPC · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Advanced training in rational driving based on safety regulations

  • Explain how vehicle dynamics (weight transfer, centripetal force, braking distance) affect stopping and cornering in a laden lorry or bus

  • Calculate how speed, load and road surface change braking distance, and state the safety margin you would keep in rain

  • Describe eco-driving and defensive-driving techniques that reduce fuel use and risk simultaneously

  • Identify the main causes of rollover and jack-knifing and the driver actions that prevent them

Your checkpoint

A one-page braking-distance table with three speed and three surface scenarios, each with a written safety-margin justification

Week 2

Advanced training in rational driving based on safety regulations

  • Apply the correct procedure for driving on motorways, in tunnels, at level crossings and in roadworks

  • Justify following-distance choices at different speeds and visibility conditions

  • Describe load securing principles and the consequences of an unsecured or badly distributed load

  • Explain passenger-safety duties for bus and coach drivers, including boarding, standing and emergency exits

Your checkpoint

A 15-item checklist covering tunnel, level-crossing and load-securing procedures, scored against your own current habits

Week 3

Application of regulations

  • Summarise the EU and Bulgarian rules on driving licences, vehicle categories, periodic training and medical fitness

  • List the documents a driver must carry and the checks an inspector can perform at a roadside stop

  • Explain the rules on weights, dimensions, axle loads and permitted overloading

  • Describe the obligations for carrying dangerous goods and for abnormal loads

Your checkpoint

A two-column summary sheet: legal requirement on the left, practical driver action on the right, covering at least 20 requirements

Week 4

Application of regulations & Working time rules and tachograph use

  • Interpret the core EU social-rules limits on daily and weekly driving, breaks and daily and weekly rest

  • Work through five sample duty rosters and mark every infringement with the rule it breaches

  • Explain what a tachograph records, how to insert and use a driver card, and what to do when the equipment fails

  • Describe the manual-entry and printout procedures a driver must follow after an inspection

Your checkpoint

Five completed roster exercises with every infringement flagged and the correct schedule written alongside

Week 5

Working time rules and tachograph use & Health, road and environmental safety, service, logistics

  • Reconstruct a full working week from tachograph records and state whether it complies

  • Explain the responsibilities of the transport operator and the driver under the working-time rules

  • Describe the health risks of long-distance driving and the countermeasures for fatigue, diet and sleep

  • Explain how driving style, route planning and load planning affect fuel consumption and emissions

Your checkpoint

A reconstructed seven-day tachograph record with a written compliance verdict and three corrective recommendations

Week 6

Vehicle mechanics and technical maintenance

  • Explain the function and warning signs of failure for the braking system, including air pressure and retarders

  • Describe routine pre-departure checks on tyres, lights, fluids, couplings and load restraints

  • Identify the causes and prevention of the most common roadside breakdowns

  • Explain how to respond safely to a warning light, a tyre failure at speed and a brake fault

Your checkpoint

A written pre-departure inspection routine of at least 20 checkpoints, ordered as you would actually walk around the vehicle

Week 7

Road safety and accident prevention & Health, road and environmental safety, service, logistics

  • Analyse the main accident scenarios involving heavy vehicles and the behaviours that cause them

  • Describe first-aid priorities and the correct sequence for securing an accident scene

  • Explain how to handle an emergency involving dangerous goods or a passenger evacuation

  • Describe how service quality and customer care affect safety and the operator's reputation

Your checkpoint

Three written accident-scenario responses, each covering scene safety, casualty care, notification and evidence preservation

Week 8

Advanced training in rational driving based on safety regulations & Application of regulations & Health, road and environmental safety, service, logistics & Vehicle mechanics and technical maintenance & Road safety and accident prevention & Working time rules and tachograph use

  • Consolidate all six domains into a single revision map linking each rule to a driver action

  • Complete timed practice sets across all domains and review every wrong answer to its source rule

  • Rehearse the weakest three topics until you can explain them without notes

  • Plan your exam-day logistics and your post-exam periodic-training schedule

Your checkpoint

A full mock exam scored by domain, with a written remediation list for any domain below 75 percent

Milestones

Week 2: You can explain braking distance and rollover prevention to a colleague without notes, and your safety checklist is complete

Week 4: You score at least 80 percent on a 20-question social-rules and tachograph set, with no unresolved roster errors

Week 6: Your pre-departure routine covers every legally required item, and you can name the warning sign of each major brake and tyre fault

Week 8: Mock exam total is at least 80 percent and no single domain falls below 75 percent