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Trainers' Page
Welcome to our dedicated RoSPA Driver and Fleet Solutions Trainers' page. Here you can read all the latest RoSPA news and download your essential trainers' resources.
New Course Materials and Booking System
Rick Wood, Head of Driver and Fleet Solutions Training, has recently upgraded course presentations. These presentations should be used by all trainers as standard. Trainer's meetings were held at RoSPA 27-28th June, and all materials were distributed then. If you did not attend the session, you will need to contact Rick Wood on 0121 248 2139 or rwood@rospa.com to receive training for the presentations. Once this has been done, you will be sent a disk containing all course materials.
In addition, RoSPA are launching their new Electronic Booking System, this allows customers to book courses online. Trainers will be given their own account, where they can log on and use the electronic calendar to select their availability. Trainers will be responsible for ensuring their calendars are up to date at all times and for ensuring their qualifications and details are correct. If you were unable to make the trainer's meetings, you are now able to register onto the system and receive the necessary login codes, after this time, we will be able to book jobs for you on the system. These codes will only be issued after training on the new presentations from Rick Wood.
Record Death Low - But More Can Still Be Done
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents today welcomed the news that the number of deaths on Britain’s roads had fallen below 3,000 for the first time since records began more than 80 years ago.
The seven per cent fall in roads deaths in 2007 to 2,943 was wonderful news Kevin Clinton, Head of Road Safety at RoSPA, said. But he warned there was no room for complacency.
Road deaths peaked in 1941 when 9,169 people were killed and began to rise again in the 1960s with 7,985 people dying in 1966. When data was first published in 1926 there were 4,886 people killed.
“The progress we have made since then is a tribute to road safety professionals working in local authorities and the police forces, and shows the value of having long-term, government-led road safety strategies. Technological advances in the motor industry have also played a very significant role,” Kevin Clinton said.
“It is encouraging to see that child casualties are down seven per cent and child deaths down by 28 per cent to 121.
“The number of pedal cyclists and motorcyclists killed also fell. But it is worrying to see increases in deaths among adult cyclists and in serious injuries among child cyclists. This shows the need for the new investment of £140million announced earlier this year to make the roads safer for cyclists and for cyclist training.
“Although motorcyclist deaths fell slightly, the number seriously injured rose. We still need to see improvements in motorcycle training and riders need to develop skills and experience if they are riding more powerful machines.
“Drivers too can benefit from refresher driver training which can iron out bad habits they may have unwittingly developed over the years. RoSPA offers driving assessments and helps many people to become safer road users through RoSPA Advanced Drivers and Riders groups.
“We hope the Government’s review of the driver training and testing regime will bring even more improvements to address the high risk group of young and inexperienced drivers.
“Measures such as reducing the drink-drive limit and changing our clocks to bring us lighter evenings all-year-round would also have a major impact on reducing deaths and injuries.”
RoSPA Launches New Version of Driver Profiler
RoSPA has launched an improved version of an award-winning psychometric risk assessment tool to bring new benefits to organisations wishing to gauge the strengths and weaknesses of their employees’ driving.
Driver Profiler 2 is an online software package that assesses the risks associated with an employee’s use of the road, enabling informed decisions to be taken about training that might be required.
The updated package is easier to use than the original version, with more colour and clearer text. Each assessment, which takes less than 30 minutes, measures driving-related attitudes and behaviour without the need to leave the workplace. An individual risk rating is then generated.
An improved reporting system gives managers access to more detailed results about the level of risk posed by individual employees on the road. The information can then be used in decisions about further training, which might, for example, involve classroom theory sessions or in-car training.
Organisations using Driver Profiler 2 also now have the option of customising the online pages by adding their own logos.
Rick Wood, Training and Quality Assurance Manager in RoSPA’s Driver and Fleet Solutions team, said: “Driver training is a key part of an organisation’s system for managing occupational road risk. It is crucial to establish what training an individual employee really needs so that the intervention is effective, both in terms of cost and its ability to improve safety. Risk assessments, which are a legal requirement, play an important role in this respect because they enable informed decisions to be taken.
“Thousands of people have taken a Driver Profiler assessment since the software was first launched, and we hope the new version will further benefit a wide range of organisations with employees who use the road for work. It is important to remember that work-related road safety is not just an issue for firms that employ professional drivers, but also for those that have any staff members who drive as part of their job, perhaps between sites, to meetings or as sales reps.”
Driver Profiler is based on the academic work of Dr Diane Haigney and behavioural experts at Aston and Manchester universities, and was originally developed in partnership with BT. It was named Innovative Road Safety Product of the Year at last year’s Highways Magazine Excellence Awards and won a British Safety Industry Federation Product Innovation Award in 2005.
If you would like to see Driver Profiler in action, contact 0121 248 2084 or email jbartlett@rospa.com
Safety Award For RoSPA's Work With Fleets
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has won the 2008 Fleet World Honours Safety Award in recognition of its work in promoting the management of occupational road risk.
Ken Rogers, Editor of Fleet World, said: “RoSPA has made a valuable contribution to fleet safety over the years, putting across a message about the positive benefits of safer driving, while not being shy of the grim statistics concerning deaths among fleet drivers, and the grisly outcomes from the incidents in which they are involved.”
The trophy was presented to Errol Taylor, the safety charity’s Deputy Chief Executive, at a special ceremony held at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, yesterday (May 13).
The Fleet World Honours are presented annually to those motor manufacturers, service companies and individuals who have, in the opinion of the judges, achieved the highest possible level of excellence in their sector.
George Emmerson, chairman of the judges, said: “As fleets continue to get to grips with ever increasing Duty of Care legislation, RoSPA is providing a huge amount of useful professional advice and guidance on the subject. RoSPA totally covers the issues of heath and safety at work and its guidance should be required reading for any company wishing to fully comply with the legislation as applying to the operation of company cars and their drivers.”
This year’s Fleet World Honours attracted a record number of entries, acknowledging the high level of service and innovation that exists within the fleet industry.
Errol Taylor said: "RoSPA is delighted to have received the Safety Award in the 2008 Fleet World Honours.
“This is a tremendous accolade, which helps to raise the profile of the work we do with fleets to improve road safety. As part of our ongoing fleet education programme, our new Driving for Work video helps drivers to recognise some of their own risky behaviours - which can then be addressed by RoSPA's tailored package of risk assessments, online learning and maybe some in-car training.
“Ultimately, we would hope that every driver would feel equipped to take that ultimate challenge: ROADTest, RoSPA’s Occupational Advanced Driving Test. The proven benefits to fleet managers are reduced accident rates and better fuel efficiency.”
Scottish Power Fleet Business Clinches Top Safety Award
ScottishPower Fleet Business has been presented with RoSPA’s top award for managing occupational road risk.
It was named best of 20 businesses and organisations who were honoured by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents for the way they tackle work-related road safety.
Last year’s winner Tesco.com – Home Shopping Deliveries Vans was highly commended and Arriva North East Ltd of Sunderland was commended. Other companies picked up gold, silver or bronze awards.
The winners were announced at RoSPA’s Occupational Health and Safety Awards at a gala dinner at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel, at the NEC, on May 13 attended by nearly 1,000 people.
The presentation to ScottishPower Fleet Business was made by Lord Brougham and Vaux, RoSPA Vice-President, for being the company that has most effectively managed its occupational road risks in the last year.
ScottishPower Fleet Business is responsible for supplying and maintaining about 3,400 vehicles for ScottishPower and companies formerly within the ScottishPower Group. While the number of vehicles has increased steadily over the last five years, accident rates have been reduced.
The business is based in Glasgow and employs 56 staff at locations in Scotland, the North West of England and North Wales. It operates 10 internal workshops, which provide a comprehensive range of services to its customers.
ScottishPower Fleet Business plays a leading role in the implementation of MORR policies throughout ScottishPower, including checking of driving licences, accident investigation and auditing. It has been praised for the way it meets the challenges of a utility-based vehicle fleet where employees have other responsibilities, such as cable-jointing and overhead lines. Many drivers have to drive both on and off road, often in the worst conditions after storms and flooding.
Tom Mullarkey, RoSPA Chief Executive, said: “Managing work-related road risk has become increasingly significant in recent years as the requirement for employees to drive has grown. Driving is the most dangerous thing that the majority of people do as part of their job. This award recognises the leaders in the field and the achievements of ScottishPower Fleet Business benefit not only the company and its employees, but also everyone who is on the road around them.”
ScottishPower Fleet Business was also highly commended in the Engineering Services Sector of the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety awards, sponsored by NEBOSH
