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SharpDrive Advise Driving The Biggest Health & Safety Risk

Monday 27 March 2017, 1:32PM

By Beckie Wright

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NZI Lumley have claimed for some time that driving the company vehicle is the biggest health and safety risk facing most businesses, with one in four work vehicles involved in a crash annually. There are the obvious exceptions like forestry work or abseiling, which are patently more dangerous, and you would expect the job health and safety risks to be higher than any associated driving.

 

Ryan Balemi the Chief Executive Officer of SharpDrive Online Driver Training, advises that all companies have a duty of care to their employees for work place health and safety, whether those employees are driving the company vehicle, or using their own vehicles for company purposes. Given the latest Health and Safety legislation changes, SharpDrive has re-launched with new dynamic animation and video and refreshed its modules. 

 

Ian Taylor of NZI Lumley says, there is plenty of anecdotal evidence that his company’s accident rates and claims have been reduced after his staff had undergone driver training, and survey information from SharpDrive’s clients reveals 92% of their graduates believe they are better drivers as a result of completing the SharpDrive course.

 

SharpDrive’s point of difference is that their training can be completed on any device that is capable of accessing the internet. The initial training course takes about 90 minutes or can be done in shorter sessions over several weeks. Mr Balemi says, “All Health and Safety managers have to be concerned about driver training if they have any staff driving on business in either company or private vehicles, irrespective of what industry or business they might be in. Health and safety practices are ongoing and constant into today’s world. Re-training always has to take place.” 

 

Sharpdrive’s training consists of a wide-ranging curriculum, which includes sections on stress and fatigue. Other modules include emergency stopping, manoeuvring at slow speeds, economy driving, “eyes up” looking ahead, as well as mobile phone use, road rage and distractions. 

 

Annual refresher courses are available, containing new material and revision of the principal aspects of the main course, so to find out more please visit the website at http://www.sharpdrive.co.nz .