Drivers, Banksman or reversing assistants, for those personnel who regularly need to reverse their own or other company vehicles. This is important for those with delivery yards to control, or vehicles on urban duties, ie waste collection, furniture removers, white van man, large bulky deliveries etc;
The health & safety executive are actively encouraging this form of training due to an extremely high number of accidents within this sector.
Please take time to read the HSE Waste collection driving guide
View this example of a recent industrial accident within the Mersey area, taken from the HSE website it shows a recent prosecution. Make sure it does not happen to your organisation. It is not a legal requirement in the U.K. to have a banksman, when reversing a vehicle, but it may be company policy to do so. The onus is on the driver to ensure it is safe to reverse, and the onus is on the company to ensure as far as reasonably practical, that measures are put in place to ensure the safety and welfare of their staff and others(members of the public etc) either in work premises or on the road.
The consequences of getting it wrong! for all the world to see, and deal with!
Each individual then gets the chance to make a risk assessment, under controlled conditions, to either drive or guide the vehicle into a number of reversing or manouevering scenarios, whilst maintaining safety for themselves and others, as well as looking after the public, your vehicle, and your company's reputation.
The course can be split for drivers only, or just for banksman if required. Two crews per day will reduce the cost of the training. Early starts are not a problem.
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If you have been tasked with preparing this training for a number of your staff members, and wish to purchase our training package for exclusive use in your organisation, then contact us for rates and details.
This course is best run for groups of four personnel, i.e. using one crew of four per lorry, after a short theory session which informs the driver to learn and understand his or her responsibilities, and then the remainder of the crew get to do the same, finishing with a short fun quiz to reinforce the main points of learning.
