Fawcett Driver Training provide advanced driver training courses, beyond those you will find in a basic driving school. The courses aim to help organizations, in and around Chester, reduce fleet running costs, meet their obligations of ‘duty of care’ to employees who drive, reduce work related road deaths and avoid the risk of prosecution.
Keith Fawcett's Driver Training consultancy is based in Chester with clients throughout Cheshire, Northwest England and North Wales. Driver training lessons can be provided at a time and place convenient to your business and at highly competitive rates.
Keith is a qualified:
- DSA Approved Driving Instructor
- Police Driving Instructor
- MiDAS (minibus) Driver Assessor Trainer
- CIPD Certificate in Personnel Practice
- RoSPA National Diploma in Advanced Driving Instruction
Work Related Road Safety
Work related road traffic accidents are the single highest cause of occupational death in the UK - Department of Transport.
Over 1,000 people died in 2006 from work-related road traffic accidents. - The Health & Safety Executive (HSE).
"Between 25% and 30% of all serious and fatal road traffic incidents involve someone who was at work at the time" - The Dykes Report.
Company car drivers are involved in 49% more crashes than any other driver - even allowing for their higher driving mileage. - Lynn & Lockwood (1998).
It is not enough for employers to comply with road traffic law; MOTs, driving licenses, etc. Health and safety law also applies to driving and on-road work activities. The associated risks must be properly managed within organisations’ health and safety management systems. Failure to do so can not only cause employee death or injury but also lead to severe fines and imprisonment for Companies and Company Directors.
The Business Case
Road traffic accidents cost organisations much more than simply the cost of repairs or insurance premiums.
HSE estimate that businesses loose from £8 to £36 for every £1 reclaimed through insurance, e.g:
- Lost working time
- Loss of sales
- Lost production
- Additional administration costs
- Legal fees and fines
- General business disruption
The Occupational Road Safety Alliance describes how one organisation lowered its fleet vehicle accident rate from 40 down to 9 accidents per million miles (over 75% reduction) over a 4 year period.
Learn how much you could save on your vehicle operating costs using the Fleet Support Group cost calculator.
Large cost savings can be achieved from a relatively low investment in driver training.
Organisations implementing a driver training policy also benefit from improved staff motivation and public image.
Courses
Fawcett Driver Training deliver a range of advanced driver training courses, beyond the driving school, to help businesses in Chester reduce fleet operating costs and fulfil duty of care obligations to employees, contractors and volunteers.
Our highly competitive rates are appreciated by organisations with limited budgets; e.g. charities and small to medium-sized businesses. Our courses include:
- PCV D1 for drivers of minibuses for hire or reward
- MiDAS minibus: a national standard for minibus training & assessment
- MiDAS MPV: for drivers of vehicles carrying carry passengers in vehicles with less than 9 passenger seats
- Speed appreciation: to help people recognise & conform to UK speed limits
- Defensive driving: giving drivers the information needed to avoid collisions & near misses
- Driving assessments: to assess the driving ability of new and experienced employees, e.g. as part of a training or induction programme
- UK familiarisation: for contractors and employees new to the UK
- Bespoke driving instruction & training: for highly specialised businesses or organisations with a specific driver training need
- Driver Training can be held at your place of work or in our driver training facility in Chester, Cheshire
For more information:
- Send us an email using the
'Email Us' link at the top of this page
- Download our Fawcett Driver Training brochure
Visit www.fawcett-driver-training.co.uk
Alternatively, phone Keith Fawcett directly on
07979 916421
Keith cannot answer calls whilst driving or delivering Driver Training, but will return your call if you leave a message and your contact details
Please mention The Best Of Chester when contacting Keith Fawcett Driver Training.