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For many workers, the greatest risk of the day is on the road. In this theory course for professional drivers and employees who drive for work, you follow a fictitious mine and logistics company on dirt roads, through villages and on isolated routes. Identify the main risk factors: speed, alcohol and drugs, seat belts, mobile phones and fatigue, dirt roads, night driving, pedestrians, motorcycles and animals, 4x4 vehicles and lorries. Apply the principles of defensive driving: anticipation, following distance in seconds, escape space, seeing and being seen, safe overtaking and how to react to a tyre blowout. Check that the driver and the vehicle are fit before every journey, with a daily inspection, an emergency kit and a secured load. Finally, plan and monitor journeys with journey management and know how to act in the event of a breakdown or accident. Aligned with ISO 39001 and IOGP Report 365. Includes a vehicle inspection checklist and a journey plan template. This course does not replace practical driver training. The course is delivered in Portuguese.

What you will learn

• Identify the main risk factors of driving for work, related to the driver, the vehicle and the road.
• Apply the principles of defensive driving, including following distance in seconds and escape space.
• Adapt driving to dirt roads, rain, dust and night, and react to a tyre blowout.
• Check that the driver and the vehicle are fit before every journey, with a daily inspection and an emergency kit.
• Plan and monitor a journey according to journey management, with check-in points and an overdue vehicle procedure.
• Act in the event of a breakdown or accident: signal, protect, alert and assist.

Modules

1. The road as a work hazard49 min
2. Defensive driving50 min
3. Fit driver and vehicle45 min
4. Journey management51 min

Who it is for

Professional drivers and employees who drive for work