Staff training: Social provisions and digital tachograph
The qualification of our employees is a prerequisite for our company's success.
Drivers, dispatchers, trainees and warehouse staff jointly deepened their knowledge of social regulations and digital tachographs.
Training on social provisions related to road transport
Practical knowledge about the digital tachograph
22 participants from drivers, dispatch, training and warehouse
Social provisions related to road transport
...intend to protect the health of drivers and road safety. The increasing volume of traffic on the roads causes an ever-increasing burden on the mobile workplace motor vehicle for drivers who carry out passenger or freight transport. Tired drivers endanger themselves and others.
The European Regulation, the European Agreement Concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR), and the national standards on social provisions in road traffic restrict the maximum driving times and dictate breaks of journey as well as sufficient rest periods for drivers executing passenger and cargo transportations.
The regulations also apply to certain non-commercial freight transports. The requirements apply regardless of whether the drivers are working independently or as employees. They must be complied with and respected both by the drivers as well as by entrepreneurs and dispatchers when planning trips.
Only this way can the objective pursued by all European states be achieved: to increase road safety, improve safety at work and avoid distortions of competition. Breaches of these rules are therefore penalized throughout Europe with heavy fines.
Digital tachograph
Analog was yesterday, digital technology is today. This also applies to the monitoring of driving and rest periods in European road traffic.
Since May 2006 in Germany, newly licensed commercial vehicles with more than 3.5 tons of total weight and all buses with more than 9 seats must be equipped with a digital tachograph. As this digital monitoring unit is mandatory only in newly licensed vehicles and as there is no obligation to upgrade older vehicles, the introduction will take many years.
Therefore, this subject stays on the agenda for all involved parties - enterprisers, drivers, repair shops, authorities and manufacturers. Transportation and logistics companies must deal with this change.
Which responsibilities and which competencies do fleet managers, drivers, service companies and regulatory authorities have? From the speed-time chart to the printout: who can analyse what, how and for which time period? Which technical and legal fundamentals have to be respected?
The training
20 participants were initially registered for the advanced training; finally 22 appeared: many drivers, dispatchers, trainees and warehouse employees did not want to miss this chance.
At the end of the course everybody received a certificate that can be used to renew the driver's licence from 2014 on. From this year, all drivers have to show 5 certificates to continue using the driver's licence commercially.
Some impressions from the training (the limited image quality may be excused):
Training impressions
A few weeks after this course there was another employee seminar on load securing.
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