Driving For Work
Virtual College
Summary
Overview
Where driving is required for work, whether it is a regular part of your employment or a one off situation, there are responsibilities for both the employer and the employee that must be adhered to. These responsibilities are put in place to protect drivers and the people around them.
Although many of us drive regularly in our day to day lives, driving for work may involve taking irregular routes, driving long hours or using a vehicle we are unfamiliar with. Because of these and other reasons, many incidents happen due to inattention, distraction and fatigue, as well as failure to observe the Highway Code. Complying with individual and collective responsibilities will ensure that the risks associated with occupational driving are minimized and this course has been designed to make you aware of these responsibilities and learn how to risk assess various unusual driving situations. The information provided can also be used to help improve the maintenance of your every-day vehicles, improving their performance, and their impact on your wallet.
Please note: This module does not apply to LGV, PCV or minibus driving for work.
Duration
Approximately 2 hours. With 72 interactive screens, it is estimated that this course will take approximately 2 hours to complete (depending on learning speed). As an e-learning course you can complete this training in convenient stages. The learning management system will automatically record your progress throughou
CPD
Description
Lesson Plan
Areas covered include:
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Monitoring and Control
- Driving Guidance
- Risk Assessment and Review
- Highway Code and Module Summary
Accreditation
The content of this course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.
Certification
On completion of this course you will be able to download a Virtual College certificate.
How it Works
This is an online course, all the training will be taken through your browser window. There will be no face-to-face sessions with instructors nor will you receive any training material through the post. If you wish you may print out any page of the training material and may also print the notes you took during the training.
You can also revisit the training material at any time, even after you have completed the course.
The material for this course has been broken down into several smaller lessons, each lesson dealing with a specific area of the overall subject.
The lesson consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk you through the lesson material at a pace that suits you. Pages may also include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help you keep in touch and interested in the material.
Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be PAUSED and RESUMED at any stage. When all lessons in the course have been completed our system will realise and automatically record that you have successfully completed the course
Who is this course for?
Target Audience
This course is intended to help employers, employees and self-employed people understand their responsibilities and legislation regarding driving as part of their employment.
By completing this course, you will:
- Understand relevant driving at work legislation
- Recognise the roles and responsibilities of employers and employees
- Know how monitoring and control support driving for work
- Understand what is required to drive company owned, leased or privately owned vehicles for work
- Be able to adopt a pre-use checklist before driving
- Review a range of driving guidance profiles
- Know how to carry out a driving risk assessment
- Assess your own Highway Code proficiency
Test screens are included at regular intervals to help emphasise important information and a short quiz is included to help you to assess your familiarity with the current version of the Highway Code and find out if you really should improve your knowledge of the Code.
Requirements
Entry Requirements
There are no specific entry requirements for this course.
Career path
The content of this course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.
Questions and answers
How do I apply for this?
Answer:Hi John, When viewing our Driving For Work course there will be an 'Add to basket' button on the right hand side of the screen. Please click on that and then follow the steps through from there. Kind regards, Virtual College
This was helpful.I am interested in undertaking a course of this nature. Can it help towards applying for vacancies or driving courses.
Answer:Hi John, This course could be listed on your CV and depending on your employers requirements it can help when applying for jobs. Kind regards, Virtual College
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