Training Requirements for Drivers in the Extractive and Mineral Processing Industries
Background to the Course
All industry hauliers need to be aware of a training requirement for all aggregates businesses who are members of the Quarry Products Association (QPA).
Workplace transport continues to be one of the highest risk sectors in the industry and QPA members are determined to improve this situation. All hauliers carrying aggregates, asphalt, ready mix concrete and mortar will be required to hold an EPIC Driver Skills Card.
The training leading to the achievement of this card has been designed specifically to increase the safety awareness of drivers and to encourage safe behaviour at industry sites, delivery sites and on the road.
To obtain an EPIC Driver Skills Card a driver must
Hold a valid LGV licence and omplete the one day EPIC Driver Skills training course or an EPIC Approved equivalent
The deadlines are
August 2007: Drivers of aggregate business liveried vehicles
April 2008: Regular industry drivers, defined as working for QPA aggregates business for 100 days per year or more other than those above
April 2009: All drivers making a delivery on behalf of a QPA member company
An EPIC Driver Skills Card is likely to be increasingly demanded for access to construction sites and is already recognised by the Highways Agency.
Who should attend?
LGV drivers of all road hauliers in the extractive and mineral processing industries sector, except those who have recently attended an EPIC approved course leading to the achievement of the EPIC Driver Skills Card
Course Objectives
The main aims of the EPIC course are to increase drivers’ awareness of health and safety issues at work and to encourage safe behaviour ad practices that will improve safety performance during every stage of the transportation of quarry products.
Course Content
The course covers:
Preventing Workplace Accidents
Accident Reporting
Personal Protective Equipment, PPE
Vehicle Pre-start Checks
Safe Driving Behaviour
Vehicle Access and Egress
Site Hazards
Vehicle Manoeuvring
Entering and Leaving Customer Sites
Environmental issues
Vehicle –specific risks and how they can be controlled
Course Structure and Delivery Methods
This one-day interactive classroom-based course is presented in a series of modules. There are ten core modules to be taken by drivers of any type of specified vehicle and additional modules specific to vehicle type, such as tipper, truckmixer and building materials vehicles, with tankers to follow. Learning is assessed by means of a multiple-choice test, successful completion of which leads to the issue of the EPIC Driver Skills Card which has a five year validity.
A leaflet detailing the Haulier training and the EPIC Drivers Skills Card can be downloaded on the right.
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