CPC Road Haulage Exam study plan

Map the Civil and Commercial Law syllabus into a one-page outline covering contract formation, liability for goods in carriage, CMR-type international carriage rules, and insurance basics.

Define and write out from memory the core contract terms used in haulage: offer, acceptance, consideration, breach, damages, and force majeure, with one road-transport example each.

Summarise the main social-legislation limits (driving time, breaks, daily and weekly rest, night work) in a single reference sheet with exact figures.

Solve 20 mixed civil-law and social-legislation practice questions and log every wrong answer with the reason.

Explain, in writing, who bears risk of loss or damage at each stage of a carriage contract, from loading to delivery, and where carrier liability can be limited or excluded.

Draft a model contract checklist a haulier would use before accepting a load, covering parties, goods description, price, delivery terms, and liability caps.

Describe the carrier's obligations and the consignee's rights when goods arrive damaged, including the notice and claims timeline.

Link operational transport management to law by writing three short scenarios in which a scheduling decision creates a legal liability.

Apply the social-legislation rules to five worked tachograph-style schedules, calculating remaining driving time, required breaks, and reduced daily rest correctly.

List the record-keeping and retention duties for drivers' hours and explain what an inspector would check first.

Identify the top ten road-safety risk factors in haulage operations and match each to a concrete control measure.

Explain driver fitness-to-drive rules, including medical checks and the handling of fatigue and alcohol or drug policies.

Recite the key social-legislation figures from memory in a timed 15-minute self-test and score at least 80 percent.

Explain how employment-law duties (working time, holidays, night work) interact with driving-time rules when a driver also does loading work.

Resolve three civil-liability case scenarios involving subcontractors and explain who is liable and why.

Review the week 1-3 error logs and rewrite every missed concept as a corrected one-line rule.

Outline the requirements for access to the occupation: good repute, financial standing, professional competence, and establishment, and state what evidence satisfies each.

Calculate the required financial standing amount for a given fleet size and show the working.

Build a simple annual operating budget for a five-truck operation covering fixed and variable costs, and compute cost per kilometre.

Explain the difference between a transport licence and a community licence and when each applies.

Interpret a set of basic financial statements and calculate gross margin, net margin, and break-even point for a haulage business.

Explain vehicle maintenance obligations, including periodic inspection intervals, defect reporting, and record retention.

Describe the technical requirements for vehicle weights and dimensions and how overloading affects both legality and cost.

Assess the business case for replacing one truck by comparing purchase, lease, and subcontract options over three years.

Produce a maintenance-and-safety management plan covering defect reporting, driver walk-around checks, and vehicle inspection scheduling.

Design a daily dispatch routine that respects driving-time limits and road-safety controls, and document it as a checklist.

Explain how load securing and weight distribution affect stability and legal compliance, with three practical rules.

Identify the operational records a haulier must keep and state how long each is retained.

Take two full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions and record scores per domain.

For every domain scoring below 70 percent, rewrite the five weakest concepts as corrected one-line rules.

Rehearse the highest-weight domains (civil law, social legislation, technical standards, road safety, operational management) with 30 rapid-fire recall questions.

Confirm exam-day logistics: allowed materials, timing per question, and a strategy for flagging and returning to hard questions.