Daily Walk Around Checks and Defect Reporting
Security and Crime Prevention
This course will interest operators who wish to gain some protection from vehicle hijacking and theft and who wish to protect their road safety record. Operators have undertakings to ensure that vehicles are kept in fit and serviceable condition and that an effective system of driver defect reporting exists.This training covers those issues and benefits from simplicity without being simplistic. In particular, an enforcement role play shows the driver the importance to them of good defect checks, reducing the chances of the operator attracting prohibitions (especially ‘S rated’) and other enforcement. It also discusses safe parking on nights out and avoiding being duped into releasing the vehicle or goods to criminals.
Objectives
The course objectives are to:
- improve candidates knowledge of regulations regarding roadworthiness involve candidates in an enforcement role play exercise
- improve driver defect reporting and rectification recording
- improve awareness of confidence tricksters and hijackers techniques
- improve security awareness in general
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, candidates will have an understanding of:
- Walk around checks including good defect reporting, recording of rectifications and keeping good records
- Graduated fixed penalties, fines, prohibitions and immobilisations Safe overnight parking
- Avoidance of confidence tricksters techniques
- General Security Awareness
Course duration
Half Day (3.5 hours excluding breaks).
