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Taxis drive up standards
Date published: 21 June 2010
Taxi customers in Oldham are assured of good care after local drivers completed new qualifications.
Hackney carriage drivers from Oldham Borough Taxi Owners Association and Borough Taxis Ltd have taken their NVQ Level 2 Certificates in passenger transport. All passed and will be rewarded with a presentation evening and buffet supper at the Taj Palace restaurant in Oldham tomorrow night.
The new City and Guilds qualifications are for taxi drivers and chauffeurs and cover passenger health and safety, how to deal with difficult passengers and how to deliver high customer service.
It also covers the laws involved in driver and vehicle licensing and traffic legislation.
Fazal Rahim, chairman of Borough Taxis, said: “This is a new qualification and we are driving up the standards of professionalism among our members.
“All the drivers gained the NVQ Level 2 qualifications, which is a huge achievement not only for the individual but also for the taxi trade in Oldham and its taxi-using public.”
Members of Oldham Licensing Committee have also been invited to the event.
Comments
Flake; parents give much more than a free buffet, perhaps this is not your experience hence your opening comment.
NVQ Level2 is a nationally recognised qualification it is an achievement for Taxi drivers and benefits the travelling public. Do you not want the public to benefit?
Where does it say that the Council is paying for what you call a JOLLY. Taxi trade in Oldham has paid for the celebration.
Take off your glasses of ignorance you will see our Town is moving forward, you may be left behind
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So when children pass their O levels are they going to be given a free buffet supper? Or maybe those attending evening classes, who gain an NVQ2 in computing? Of course they're not!
NVQ level 2 is a basic level qualification and is quite easy, hence the 100% pass rate.
In these difficult times why are the council wasting money on jollies like this? It should be easy enough to insist that any local taxi drivers gain a qualification before a licence is given - possibly a level 3 no need for fre
By Flake @ 22/06/2010 08:27:23