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This short online course is for anyone who drives or rides at work, whether using a company vehicle or their own.

Course overview

Nearly 30,000 people are killed or seriously injured in road collisions each year, making it a major source of preventable death, serious injury and trauma.  This short course aims to enhance your awareness of road risks, enabling you to implement controls to reduce the risk of harm and stay in control of your vehicle.

The course covers:

  • General introduction to understand the reasons for controlling the risks from driving/riding for work.
  • Before a journey, exploring how to plan your route and check your vehicle. We also discuss throughout the course electrical vehicles and charging.
  • During a journey, how to how to manage distraction, stress, tiredness and to stay fully in control of your vehicle. Understand about defensive driving and consideration for other vulnerable road users.  And how to prepare and react to weather changes, breakdowns or emergencies.
  • After a journey, how to report any incidents or issues with your vehicle.
  • In the final section, we discuss company policies and risk assessments.

The course is full of interactive, engaging content, that uses scenarios to embed knowledge throughout.

On completion, learners will be able to:

  1. Identify and reduce common risks on the road.
  2. Recognise how driving behaviour impacts risk.
  3. Implement effective control measures.

Why choose British Safety Council

  • We create a positive learning environment for all our students.
  • We provide high quality tutorial support, excellent materials and a supportive learning journey.
  • Our expert trainers create interactive sessions that are informative and engaging and help support learning by applying knowledge using real world scenarios.
  • Unlimited dedicated study support with additional resources, tutor guidance and forums to talk with tutors and other students
  • Our pass rate is well above the national average, which means you have a greater chance of passing the first time around.
  • For over 60 years, the British Safety Council has been educating millions of workers and making hundreds of thousands of workplaces safer around the world.
  • We are a not-for-profit membership organisation, a trusted brand and a leader in driving health, safety and wellbeing innovation and engagement across our global community.

Assessment

Learners must pass a multiple-choice assessment to receive a certificate recognising completion of this awareness course.

 

Available on your system via SCORM

Study methods and booking

Digital Learning

If you can’t find time in your busy schedule to attend a classroom course, then online training is the answer.

Why digital learning?

  • Study wherever and whenever suits you
  • Perfect for people with busy lives
  • Most cost-effective way to study