Effective Driver Proficiency and Evaluation

• • Establish a benchmark for driver proficiency.
  • Improve driver awareness.
  • Encourage the development of safe driving practices.
  • Recommend corrective measures to improve driving performance.
  • Assist with meeting employer obligations under WorkSafe NZ Health and Safety regulations.
  • Identify potential savings in fleet operating costs through:
    • Routine driver inspection and maintenance of vehicles.
    • Compliance with legal requirements.
    • Instituting driving practices that reduce wear and tear.
    • Reducing insurance and crash/incident repair costs.
    • Creating improved public and client perception of delivery and company performance.
    • Providing a permanent, ongoing record of driver performance.

CONTENT:

• Vehicle dimensions.
• Driver’s seating position.
• Correct steering technique.
• Reversing and parallel parking.
• Path of travel when turning.
• Apply risk reduction techniques and strategies while driving.
• Demonstrate knowledge required by driver educators of road transport legislation.
• Describe factors that affect people’s learning in a driver training environment and describe methods to manage these.
• Describe light motor vehicle components, systems, dynamics and handling characteristics.
• Demonstrate knowledge of hazard detection and responses.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.