DSA Registered Fleet Driver Training and Risk Assessments
Corporate manslaughter Act 2008
Firms
which fail to ensure staff drive safely in their company car are likely to be
a prime target for new Corporate Manslaughter legislation. Police will check
that staff are properly insured, have an MoT test for their vehicles and have
a valid driving license. They will also check that managers are not making excessive
demands on employees by forcing them to drive when tired. The Metropolitan Police
is one of several forces who are seriously investigating the safety of driving
in company cars. Superintendent Mark Bird, from the Metropolitan Police's Traffic
Unit said: "More and more we carry out follow-up investigations with companies
after collision to ensure that work-related road safety is embedded within company
policy." *Act affects all vehicles used for work - under Health and Safety Law
employers must make sure that work equipment is suitable for its intended use,
so far as health and safety is concerned, and that it is properly maintained
and used. This means that organisations are negligent if they don't ensure that
both employees and vehicles (including private ones) are fit to be on the road.
-
Why carry out risk assessment on company drivers?
-
Does your company have escalating fleet insurance premiums,
continually rising maintenance and repair costs or
-
an inexplicable rise in the incident of driver related accidents?
Fleet Driver Training Course can reduce all three of these issues.
We do not believe in waiting for a collision to take place before
acting. Our aim is stop the collisions from happening in the first place! This
means all your employees who 'drive for work purposes' are involved in your
program.
We have experience in delivering highly effective fleet driver
training programmes in the corporate sector for small and large companies.
We will adopt a client-focused approach to the design & delivery
of your fleet driver training course, working closely with each driver as well
as your company.
Our Fleet Driver Trainers are experts in the field of road safety
and have a proven track record of success in helping to reduce the risk to individual
drivers and help in managing the stress experienced behind the wheel for many
company drivers.
Statistics show that 1 in every 3 road accidents involve a company
vehicle. With modern fleet driver training methods it is possible for companies
to vastly reduce the number of their fleet vehicles involved in these crashes.
Our fleet driver training courses are designed to improve driver
awareness and responsibility. Assisting the fleet driver to improve their observation
and hazard perception skills will allow greater time to anticipate and react
to changing hazards.
Standard 1 Day Course Duration 8 hours (typically 9.00am to
5.00pm) Training Ratio 1:1 or 2:1
The typical structure of this course would be:-
- Introduction to the aims and objectives of the course
- Discussion about risk management and the dangers of driving
- Power point Presentation on raising occupational road safety awareness
in driving.
- Presentation to include " Accident statistics and causes " Observations
" Driving Rules " Blind spots " Cross roads " Roundabouts " Summary " Questions
& Answers
- Vehicle Checks
- Short Assessment Drive by Delegates
- Discussion about Assessment Drive
- Commentary Driving
- Delegates to Drive receiving ongoing training and development Discussion
/ Course Debrief
- Completion of Written Assessments on each driver
- This would be tailored according to the findings of the initial assessment.
The best ratio for this course is 1:1 The delegate then has the
undivided attention of the trainer all day. They get a considerable amount of
training, and plenty of opportunity to put it into practice on a wide variety
of road types, and have the skills being developed finetuned and corrected as
appropriate. The course does still work reasonably well with a 2:1 ratio, but
there is obviously less time available for each delegate. A written report will
be provided, highlighting strengths, weaknesses, a risk assessment, and any
recommendations regarding further training.
Course Fees 6 or 7 Risk Presentation & Driver Assessments in 1
Day (6 or 7 times 1 hour) £200.00
