This course explores crucial tips, controls, policies, and procedures designed to promote secure and responsible driving. We focus on fitness to drive, understanding driving hazards, and adopting low-risk behaviours that collectively promote consideration for others and a culture of safety on the road.
The ready2work HSE series is designed for all staff and will typically follow from the ready2start series. With a basic grounding from the associated courses in that range, we can now focus on specific hazards and more detail. Workers should complete these courses at the very start of their employment and most titles would need to be refreshed every one or two years based on workplace requirements to ensure they are updated with the latest protocols and practices.
Learn the importance of being fit to drive, including the effects of drugs (illicit and prescription) and managing fatigue. Understand defensive driving skills, including the four defensive driving behaviours, the 3-second rule, and managing speed, steering, acceleration, braking, and merging. Understand how to prepare and react in different driving scenarios to minimise risks and ensure a safe driving experience.
Topics include: Safe Driving: Fitness to drive - Drugs and driving - illicit and prescription drugs - Fatigue - Wear a Seatbelt! - Driving hazards and low-risk behaviours - Defensive driving - The '3-second rule' - Speed management - Vehicle operating standards - Use of electronic devices (mobile phone, GPS, etc.) - Knowing your vehicle - Steering - Acceleration skills - Braking skills -Merging - Defensive driving behaviour (Plan, Detect, Position, Communicate) - Four defensive driving behaviours - Only reverse when necessary - Adverse conditions - Driver and vehicle security - Commercial vehicles - System of vehicle control.
