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Professional driver wellbeing program for regional Victoria

The Professional Ownership Driver Wellbeing program continues in early September with sessions in Regional Victoria. Source: Timberbiz

The program was developed by Australian Trucking Safety Services & Solutions’ Alan Pincott and KJ Training and Consulting to address the human factor’s such as fatigue, inattention and complacency.

These ‘human factors’ have been the underlying causes of several recent crashes in heavy and light vehicles in the forest industry. The aim is of the PODW program is to guides participants to adopt a proactive, intrinsically motivated view of solutions to driving challenges.

The session is delivered over a 2.5 hour session by two facilitators and:

  • Assists drivers and management to collaboratively develop personal management tools.
  • Challenges participants to examine personal ownership and responsibility for their own and the community’s safety and show them how to develop a personal risk reduction plan.
  • Builds on key learning outcomes from the Heavy Vehicle Rollover Awareness Program

Victorian dates are:

Thursday, 2 September 2021 – Colac or Geelong depending on registrations.

Friday, 3 September – Myrtleford

Thursday, 9 September – Gippsland

To register your interest to attend a session and to find out more information please email [email protected] asap.