Safe, Fuel Efficient Driving & Manoeuvring

This course focuses on the importance of looking after yourself whilst in charge of a truck or coach, the key issues affecting driver health and fitness to drive, the potential risks and how to avoid them as well as manoeuvring and banksman duties.

This course focuses on the importance of looking after yourself whilst in charge of a truck or coach, the key issues affecting driver health and fitness to drive, the potential risks and how to avoid them as well as manoeuvring and banksman duties.

COURSE AIMS

This module aims to ensure that you have a working understanding of:

• Defensive and Fuel Efficient Driving
• Manoeuvring and Banksman

COURSE CONTENT

• Fitness to Drive
• Distractions and the consequences
• Defensive and safe driving techniques
• Importance of vehicle checks and maintenance
• How to optimise fuel consumption
• Dealing with vulnerable road users
• The dangers of manoeuvring
• Recognise hazards when manoeuvring
• Safe manoeuvring techniques and banksman signals

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of this module you should know:

• The importance of physical and mental fitness
• The effects of alcohol, drugs or other substances likely
  to affect behaviour
• The symptoms causes and effects of fatigue and stress
• Defensive and safe driving techniques
• Importance of vehicle checks and maintenance
• The dangers of manoeuvring
• The recommended banksman signals
• How to optimise fuel consumption
• Dealing with vulnerable road users