Our mission is to promote and support Professional Driving Culture in the Road Transport Industry. Our Experieced Trainers and Drivers offer a comprehensive range of services to maximise the efficient operation of any commercial fleet. We focus on Professional Commercial Vehicle Drivers, with a wide range of bespoke programmes designed to support the Professional Driver Skills
We are Ireland's leading dedicated driver agency. Gencat provides Professional Drivers when you need it for local, national or international work [...]
Information Technologies has brought invaluable benefits to road haulage. In addition Professional Driving requires multiple licenses, certificates or training [...]
We specialise in monitoring driver & vehicle performance. Developing and maintaining a professional driving culture within road transport Companies [...]
The recent advent of Information Technologies has introduced some intelligence in the transport sector and brought invaluable benefits to Road Transport [...]
Being a professional driver is a challenging profession. Drivers must continually undergo training to update the necessary licenses and acquire new certification [...]
Delivery to the Front Line. It’s at times of crisis when people become aware of things they take for granted. For example, a fridge freezer, it sits nicely in a kitchen, quietly going about its work, managing and maintaining the correct temperature of whatever is put in it. In the [...]
We are conducting a short survey on the use of emergency braking systems in commercial vehicles. Your answers would be greatly appreciated!
At Gencat, we are doing everything possible to support home deliveries of big and bulky items. As a specialised big and bulky home delivery crew we are taking all the necessary steps to ensure the safety of our crews and customers. Crews are equipped with the necessary personal protection equipment [...]
Due to the restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 crisis, professional bus and truck drivers may encounter some difficulty in undertaking their annual CPC training at the current time. In order to ensure a continuous flow of goods within the EU, drivers with valid Irish Driver CPC cards that are due [...]
We are scheduling Driver CPC Courses commencing week commencing Monday the 8th of June, We may start sooner if the HSE change their guidelines. Drivers can be assured that Gencat will strictly follow the HSE Covid-19 guidelines. We are limiting class sizes to a maximum of 12 drivers per class. [...]
Advice for Gencat Drivers: In Ireland the health authorities have assessed the risk to individuals from the Coronavirus as moderate. This is constantly being monitored but as of today (10 March 2020), there are currently 34 reported cases in the ROI. Information about the Coronavirus:The Coronavirus is in the same family [...]
Module 6 – The Professional Bus Driver – Saturday 7th March 2020Module 4 – Role of the Professional Driver in the Transport Industry – Saturday 14th March 2020Module 1 – Control of the Vehicle & Eco-Driving Techniques – Saturday 21st March 2020Module 5 – The Professional Truck Driver – Saturday [...]
Gencat provide Training for ADR drivers. Exams can now be taken on line at approved examination centres in Maynooth, Naas, Galway and Cork. The Online ADR Basic Exam consists of a total of 36 multiple choice questions. The Paper is divided into three (3) sections, A, B and C. With [...]
Gencat have opened a new training centre to cater for the increased demand for professional driver training. Key to the new training facility is the quality of the trainers delivering the training. MD Siobhan O’Mara recognised the importance of trainers and facilities and has worked with her team to deliver [...]
Gencat have been appointed sole driver agency to Keelings. This is a testament to the commitment of our driver support staff and to our dedicated team of professional drivers. Key to the growth of our driver agency service is our teams understanding of the role of today professional driver. Clients [...]
If buy domestic appliances from Curries or PC World its likely that a specially trained Gencat driver will deliver and install your appliance. Since before christmas 2017 Gencat has been a trusted service provider for Team Knowhow.
Training courses for Light commercial vehicle drivers are seldomly implemented, as hardly any time or financial resources for education and development of the drivers are available. Hence the need for uniform training content, as well as for developing methods and for making the training subject matter available to the [...]
The World Professional Driver Championships is taking place in Ghent, Belgium from the 27th of September until the 1st of October. For the first time Ireland will be represented by a team of five who will compete against twenty-two other countries.
Two recruits have been approved to take part in the Gencat Driver Academy, this is a partnership between the Dublin & Dun Laoghaire Educational & Training Board. The two recruits will undergo an extensive professional driver training programme. The training will be over a twenty six week period where the [...]
Posted 07 February 2018 The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) provided funding for HGV driver behaviour monitoring and training to reduce diesel fuel consumption and emissions in the road transport sector. The transport sector can reduce diesel imports by being smarter about how they use transport and by embracing [...]