TOPS Minibus Driver. Trainers Teaching Package

TOPS - Transporting Our People Safely is a course designed for persons who have the responsibility of transporting passengers in taxis, minibuses, cars or people carriers in any organisation. It can be used for drivers who drive organisation’s vehicles and also for drivers who transport pupils or clients in their own cars with business insurance.

Transporting passengers in road vehicles without adequate knowledge and skill can score high risk on a risk assessment. This is because driving vehicles which carry multiple passengers can have far more serious consequences if involved in a road traffic accident. There are also other factors to take into consideration if you are transporting vulnerable passengers e.g. children or persons with disabilities. The manner in which you drive and the way you conduct yourself on the road and in the vehicle are major factors in keeping your passengers safe from harm. The TOPS course prepares the driver for all eventualities.

This course is delivered by email distance learning. It covers a full package for the trainer assessor in a school or organisation who has a responsibility for overseeing the safe driving of company vehicles and assessing driver skills. This is not a course to teach learner drivers. This gives skills and knowledge to a person assessing full licence holders. It includes Power-Point. Trainers notes and assessment papers.

TOPICS COVERED
Traffic/ law, for car or minibus, duty of care to passengers, the public, the organisation, defensive driving, vehicle preparation, weather awareness and journey plan, road rage, emergencies, fire evacuation, spatial perception, speed awareness, motorway driving, hazard awareness, junctions, vehicle checks and sign off, boarding and alighting safely, reading the road, road signs and markings, reversing, mirrors and blind spots, eco driving, pedestrians, cyclists awareness. Passenger etiquette, passenger safety, boarding and alighting. Accident and emergency procedures. Driver safety and responsibilities.

The course has been designed by Leonard Grimshaw proprietor of LG Training. He has been an advanced driving instructor since 1985 and worked with the police, local authorities, the government and the fire service. Over the last 20 years he has specialised in transporting passengers in minibuses, people carriers, cars and other passenger carrying vehicles. Leonard also holds a certificate in Education from Manchester University, a RoSPA Advanced Driving Certificate, the Cardington Special Test driving certificate, a BTEC diploma in Advanced Driving Instruction and Vehicle Health & Safety and a level 6 degree in Health & Safety. Please check that you are licenced to drive the vehicle that you are driving.

The course has been designed for persons who have the responsibility for employees in an organisation driving their vehicles, or for a representative trainer selected by the organisation.

LG Training packages are accredited courses for trainers to use in the training of their candidates. Upon purchase it gives the purchaser the writes to deliver this package. This is not a train the trainer course as we take it that you are already a trainer. We also do not give you any practical assistance with any of your practical delivery on the equipment you use as we take it you are familiar with using your own equipment. Once you have submitted a completed answer sheet we will issue you with a certificate to say you are permitted to deliver this accredited course. Any accredited certificates for yourself or your candidates must be issued from or accreditation centre at £10 per certificate

The course is designed for all drivers that have responsibility for transporting passengers

TOPS

Digital certificate - Included

TOPS Minibus Module A&B

Digital certificate - Included