FIMO / FCO - Freight transport
Are you a private individual?
If you're an individual with a C or D license, looking for a new job or looking to retrain, the FIMO is the essential training course to become a truck driver. This 140-hour training course is eligible for the CPF, enabling you to gain a recognized qualification and improve your employability.
If you are already a professional driver with the FIMO, the FCO is essential to maintain your qualification and comply with regulations. This 35-hour training course, also eligible for the CPF, will help you enhance your skills and adapt to changes in the industry.
Are you a company?
For companies, our training center can support you in ensuring regulatory compliance and professionalizing your teams, whether for recruitment, skills upgrading or in-house retraining. Please contact us for further information, to download the training program or to consult our session dates.
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The program
FIMO training
Duration:
140 hours over approximately 4 weeks.
Objectives:
Meet the regulatory requirements for the initial qualification of professional drivers.
Obtain the FIMO qualification to legally drive heavy goods vehicles or passenger transport vehicles.
Acquire fundamental knowledge of rational driving, social regulations, road safety and driver responsibilities.
Master the rules governing driving and rest times, load safety and occupational risk prevention.
Prerequisites for enrolment :
Hold a C, C1, CE, C1E (goods) or D, D1, DE, D1E (passenger) driver's license. Fluency in French (reading and writing) is recommended.
FCO training
Duration:
35 hours over 5 days.
Objectives:
Meet regulatory requirements for continuing training.
Maintain and update the driver's professional qualifications.
Reinforce practical and theoretical skills in road safety, social regulations, economical driving and risk prevention.
Keep abreast of regulatory and technological developments in the road transport sector.
Prerequisites for enrolment :
Hold a valid initial qualification (FIMO). Have already worked as a professional driver. Be able to read and write in French.
The training courses we
offer you
We provide the FIMO (Formation Initiale Minimale Obligatoire), designed for all drivers wishing to work as goods or passenger road haulage drivers, as well as the FCO (Formation Continue Obligatoire), which enables them to update their knowledge, perfect their skills and keep up to date with current regulations.
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Both courses use interactive multimedia animation, personalized teaching aids, practical exercises and case studies (individual and group). Assessments are carried out regularly, in the form of multiple-choice questions and simulations exercises.
Our FIMO and FCO training courses take place at our Technical Center in Le Creusot, in a setting that is unique in Europe. For this reason, our trainees benefit from a highly practical FIMO or FCO course, as close as possible to their daily activity and surprisingly dynamic.
What is the
FIMO / FCO?
The FIMO is compulsory for anyone wishing to become a professional driver. It provides the knowledge base for safe, eco-responsible and rational driving. The FIMO qualification is valid for 5 years.
The FCO is a regulatory training course for professional drivers who have already obtained the FIMO. It serves to renew and update the skills acquired during the FIMO. The FCO qualification is also valid for 5 years, and must be renewed regularly to maintain professional accreditation.
How to finance your
FIMO / FCO ?
BVT, as an organization accredited by the French Ministry of Transport, enables you to finance your FIMO and FCO training courses using these funds. Other financing options are also available, such as Pôle Emploi or your employer.
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