35 Hours of Course Content
Day 1
Driver Regulations
- Legal legislation, VOSA GV 262 & Working Time Directive
- Driver’s Licence & Driver CPC explained
- Documents to be carried by the driver
- Drivers Hours Regulations
- Tachographs, Digital & Analogue
- Daily walk around checks
- Rules of the road – The Highway Code
Day 2
Health and Safety for Driver’s
- The Traffic environment & risks to the driver
- Alcohol awareness
- Fitness to drive – medical
- Dealing safely with road accidents
- Fire awareness
- Bridge strikes & tunnel procedures
- Fatigue & stress on the driver
- Rules of the road – The Highway Code
Day 3
Emergency First Aid Training
- Role of the first aider
- Dealing with accidents
- Recovery position
- CPR – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Dealing with choking
- Dealing with burns
- Other miscellaneous conditions
Day 4
Load Securing
- Legal aspects of Load safety
- Load safety practice – good & bad
- Basic principles of physics & load movement
- Various types of load
- Securing loads with restraining systems
- Basic principles of manual handling
Day 5
Driving Economically
- What is Economic driving?
- Cost and types of fuel
- Defensive driving
- Importance of Route planning
- Manoeuvring the vehicle into restricted spaces
- Stress – causes /prevention /signs and symptoms
- Fuel saving measures