Fleet, SaFED & Driver CPC Training
Fleet
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require every employer to carry out an assessment of the risks to the health and safety of their employees or themselves whilst they are at work, as well as to other people who may be affected by those work activities. This includes any driving activity on the road. The regulations require the risk assessment to be reviewed periodically to ensure that it remains valid. Employers must consider the risks to employees on the road in the same way as for those in the workplace.
Everyone thinks they're a good driver. Right?
Fact: Around 33% of road traffic accidents involve a driver at work on the road. However, commercial vehicles account for only around 10% of the UK vehicle population.
Fact: British businesses lose almost 3 billion pounds every year due to road traffic collisions involving people whilst at work.
Fact: A large number of employers still believe that as long as their company vehicles have a valid MOT, a tax disc and the driver has a valid driving licence then they are complying with the law, fulfilling their obligations and nothing more is required of them. However, health and safety law not only applies to office/factory based activities, but also to work activities involving driving on the roads.
Fact: According to recent research, 75% of companies have failed to carry out an occupational road risk management strategy. These companies are failing in their obligation to provide appropriate duty of care for their employees.
Fact: Out of the 3,431 people who died in recent road traffic accidents in a twelve month period, a staggering 65% of them were killed on work related business. Drivers of company cars are 40% more likely to be involved in an accident than private car drivers. Advanced drivers are 25% less likely to be involved in an accident.
For some people driving is an extremely stressful chore, while for others it can be a relaxing opportunity to assert themselves. Whichever category you fit into, surveys indicate that 80% of us think that we are above average drivers and that accidents only happen to others. However, we probably all know, or have heard about, someone whose life has been changed drastically as a result of a road accident
My aim at Agnew Driver Training is to reduce road accidents by encouraging an interest in road safety by improving driving standards, knowledge and skill. With this in mind, I offer Fleet Driver Training to corporate clients with a maximum of 8 delegates attending this course per day. The course consists of 1 full day's training using both classroom and practical road tuition. This will be based onsite and will require the use of a standard company vehicle. The course can be tailored and designed to suit individual company needs, but will be based along the guidelines below:
- Thorough interactive practical vehicle check which will include validation, based on POWDERY system. This will also be relevant to the applicable law for your category of vehicle.
- Presentation on MORR (Management of Occupational Road Risk)
· An assessment drive of around 20 minutes, including an initial risk assessment
· Coaching on findings from assessment drive, with an emphasis on fuel efficiency
· Vehicle sympathy
· Road safety
· Compilation of a final risk profile indicating strengths, weaknesses, areas of improvement and areas requiring attention
· Indication of further training requirements and frequency to ensure standards are maintained
The average driver reacts to a situation in 0.7 of a second and that is only thinking of taking your foot off the accelerator pedal, not actually moving it to the brake pedal. This means that at a speed of 40mph you will have travelled 40 feet considering taking action. Do not spend any more time thinking of booking this course, book it now and help make your employees safer!
Driving a car may be one of the most dangerous things you or your employees do during your working day, let's tackle road safety together and make our roads safer!
SAFED
SAFED is a driver development course, consisting of assessment and training. It intends to improve the safe and fuel-efficient driving skills of LCV and LGV drivers. It therefore should complement a much broader programme of commercial vehicle fleet efficiency management.
Why have van training?
During 2003 UK Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) activity accounted for some 58 billion kilometres. Over 90% of this distance was in connection with collection and delivery of goods, travel between home and workplace or journeys between jobs and hence LCVs play an important role in the countries economy.
Safer driving means:
- Less injuries and fatalities on our roads
- Less accident damage to vehicles
- Less unproductive downtime for vehicle repair
- The potential for reduced insurance premiums
Where operators actively monitor and manage the fuel used by vehicles a fleet’s fuel consumption can typically be reduced by 10%, with an equivalent cost saving. Use of safe and fuel-efficient driving techniques as part of fuel management will make a major contribution to this fuel saving.
Further information can be obtained from the main SAFED site below.
I can now cover LGV's, as a holder of C+E for over 25 years, I have extensive knowledge of LGV driving and also Tachograph training. As a special offer, I will carryout a refresher of Drivers hours and Digital/Analogue tachograph training at no extra charge.
www.safed.org.uk/index.htm
Driver CPC
At Agnew Driver Training, the Driver CPC can be trained out within your own working environment, or taken “off site”. Due to my training background working for a large multinational drinks company I have substantial experience training DCPC, and with the materials I have, I can modify your training to suit your needs.
Please call for details on pricing.
The Driver CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence) is a European Union wide Training Directive which is being introduced “to maintain high driving standards and improve road safety”.
For bus and coach drivers, the Driver CPC started on 10th September 2008, for lorry drivers the Driver CPC starts on 10th September 2009.
New drivers from the above dates will need to pass the Driver CPC in addition to the theory and practical tests if they wish to drive professionally.
Holders of a PCV or LGV licence prior to the start dates will be able to continue driving professionally on the basis of acquired rights. They will then have to undertake 35 hours of periodic training, which must be completed within a 5 year period from the start date in order to renew their Driver CPC.
EU Directive 2003/59, introducing the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) was passed in 2003. The Directive came into effect on 10 September 2008 for PCV drivers and will come into effect on 10 September 2009 for all professional LGV drivers.
To achieve and maintain their Driver CPC, all professional drivers, new and existing, will have to undertake 35 hours of training every 5 years. This training is known as Periodic Training.
Existing PCV drivers will need to complete their Periodic Training by 10 September 2013 and LGV drivers by 10 September 2014. After this a further 35 hours of training will need to be completed in every subsequent 5-year period in order to retain the Driver CPC.
(Exemptions to this can be found in the Guide to Periodic Training)
Holders of both LGV and PCV licences need only complete one set of Periodic Training every 5 years.
Periodic Training must be completed in the country of employment or residence. Training completed in another EU state will count towards Periodic Training in the UK.
A training course must be of at least 7 hours in duration, excluding breaks. However, a 7 hour course can be split into two 3.5 hour courses, provided that the second part commences within 24 hours of the first part ending.
There is no provision within the Directive for training to be assessed, though training centres are required to evaluate each course to ensure drivers are benefiting from the training they receive.
Only courses approved by the Joint Approvals Unit for Periodic Training (JAUPT) will count towards the Driver CPC. This training can only be delivered by training centres that have also been approved by JAUPT.
