Gencat specialised delivery with Team KnowHow
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.
Sprinter Pro driver – Mobile learning for light commercial vehicles drivers
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 drivers cost-effectively and independent of time and place.
Irish drivers take on the best in the world
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.
Gencat Driver Academy
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 candidates will complete a driving course in Class C licence and gain experience in driving and working as a professional driver. Gencat have invested in providing this course on a trial basis. Well trained experienced HGV drivers are difficult to get. Gencat understand that the role of the modern day [...]
George Mullins Transport Saves 1800 euro per month on Fuel
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 new technologies to reduce fuel consumption. The €450,000 grant to The Carlow Kilkenny Energy Agency Ltd enabled a strategic alliance to form between NIBC Corcra (Telematics provider), Leetherm (sustainable energy solutions provider) and Gencat Ltd (specialist professional driver training company) with Bord Na Mona as the Obligated Party, the recipient [...]
Driver Behaviour Management & Fleet Performance Monitoring
At Gencat we specialise in monitoring vehicle performance and developing and maintaining a professional driving culture within road transport Companies. Our professuonal driver behaviour modification programmes
Are HGV Overturns Increasing?
The current spate of over turned trucks and shedding loads are reaching levels that must be of concern to the Road Safety Authority, the Health and Safety Authority, An Garda Siochana, Insurance Companies, the road transport Industry and the general public. The cause of these incidents can be as a result of mechanical failure, over loading, insufficient load restraining or restraint failure, Driver fatigue, Driver inattentiveness, Driver inexperience, poor road surface, extreme weather conditions or excessive speed. Based on figures obtained from the UK it is conservatively estimated that approximately two trucks overturn or shed their load per week in [...]
New Dublin 30km/h Zones
To protect the growing number of vulnerable road users in Dublin city, Dublin City Council is to introduce new 30Km/h speed limit zones. New zones with the lower 30Km/h will be introduced in three phases, with the first phase starting on the 27th of March followed by the second phase, on the 29th of May. The start date and the zone to be designated in the final phase has yet to be agreed. Professional drivers operating in Dublin city, will welcome the new speed limits. It is designed to reduce the risk and the severity of accidents. The ever [...]
Driver CPC – Focus on reality
Driver CPC is a real opportunity to provide drivers with quality training. Because drivers have to attend training every year the smart transport managers are using the seven hours of compulsory training to focus their drivers on the issues that affect the smooth running of their actual business. The proactive manager is using the RSA's compulsory training to focus on issues that affect the smooth running of their actual business.
Gencat launches PDC Programme 2017
Professional Drivers Culture Programme 2017. Having achieved excellent results in 2016 the Professional Driver Culture programme is growing in demand and this year there are over 380 Professional Drivers signed up to for 2017’s programme. Instead of just twelve weeks the programme has an enhanced format and will continue for the whole of 2017.