At the Wheel
Safeguarding your duty of care
Our in-vehicle training programme helps maintain your driving at work duty of care to all your team, whatever their role, be it managing director, engineer or sales rep..
Whatever their job title, once they attend At the Wheel they will have greater hazard awareness, vehicle blind spot awareness, and risk perception.
This in turn reduces their vulnerability and reduces the risk of…
- Involvement in accidents
- Injury to themselves and to others on the road
- Damage to your vehicle or somebody else’s.
When one of your team is new to your fleet, we can help them gain experience and confidence in the vehicle they will be driving for you, and we can also help if they switch to another type of vehicle. For example, we’ll help them make the transition from a small van to a long wheelbase Sprinter with ease, so they’re comfortable handling something much larger and can manage all the blind spots, shifting their awareness to a higher level to ‘fit’ the vehicle.
Once your driver has completed the At the Wheel course, they will receive a certificate of competence.
At Road Skills, we’re committed to raising driving standards at every stage and we guarantee At the Wheel will deliver the driver behaviour change you need to not only save time and money but also have a lasting impact on road safety within your business.
Call us now and let’s explore how we can help — we’re on 0113 426 0191.
“We have had drivers tell us of life-saving situations which have been as a result of the training they have received from the Road Skills team. The belief and passion of the Road Skills team is infectious, and their knowledge — all based on proven and tested workshops and courses — fits with the Sandvik ethos of care for its employees, while also meeting our driving at work policies. We have worked with the Road Skills team since 2008 and they always deliver a complete and comprehensive structured driver training programme.”John Carter, Fleet Manager, Sandvik
Paul Nicholas Carter is known as Nick and has had over 30 years in the haulage business as a Director of his own multi-faceted transport company and, as such, had responsibility for finance, compliance and safety. He was one of the very first hauliers to attain FORS in Yorkshire (that is when he met David) and to achieve ISO 9001& 14001. Nick soon realised David’s system for introducing and maintaining FORS within a business was beneficial on so many levels and easy to use for staff training. It also became apparent that FORS gave him a competitive edge in being able to tender for contracts involving deliveries and specialist haulage projects within London.
David launched Road Skills in 1991 after recognising that too many fleet operators were not getting the training and support they needed to operate safely and profitably.
Rosemary has been with Road Skills since 2009 and brings a wealth of experience to keeping the company’s finances running smoothly and supporting the rest of the team.
Victoria has been with Road Skills since 2008, bringing many years’ experience in administration to the team.
Ian is a former roads policing chief inspector and has a Masters degree in Occupational Safety & Health who has been with Road Skills since [YEAR].
Callum leads FleetCheck’s direct sales team and is a key Road Skills partner, demonstrating the fleet management system to Road Skills clients and prospects.
Susie joined Road Skills as Marketing Manager in 2016 after working with the company on an advisory basis for several years.
Bill is a retired police officer and driving instructor who joined the Road Skills team in 2011 and specialises in carrying out risk assessments and pre-FORS audits following the FORS PASS process.