What to Expect

This is a unique hybrid training and workshop specifically for executives and senior managers to learn what they should be doing to comply with the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL).

You’ll be given an opportunity to receive both knowledge and guidance to develop high-level plans for your own organisation’s compliance.

Topics Overview

Understanding Duties

• Explain the ten defined CoR functions
• Focus on the performance of the function, rather than the titles or role descriptions
• Explain that all CoR parties have the same duty ie. The primary duty
• The primary duty lies mainly with the business, rather than an individual employee

• What does safety mean (based on the definitions of “public risk”, “safety risk” and “public safety”
• What are “transport activities” (examples)
• Explain what “reasonably practicable” means (illustration of principal)

• Although each party has the same duty, what is required of each of them to discharge the duty will differ
• Depends on the extent of a business’s influence and control of a matter
• Duty may be shared with others, but is not diminished

• The functions performed
• The nature of the public risk created by the transport activity
• The party’s capacity to control, eliminate or minimise the risk

• How to identify an executive of a CoR party
• What is Due Diligence

Discharging Duties

• Heavy vehicle activities
• Identifying hazards and risks that are created or that could be managed through that interaction
• Ensuring that the business does not directly or indirectly, cause or encourage, a driver of a heavy vehicle to speed or breach the HVNL, or another person, including a party in the CoR, to breach the HVNL.

• Assessing each hazard and risk
• Discussing hazards and risks with other parties
• Identifying reasonably practicable ways to eliminate or minimise risks
• Case studies and examples

• Documenting policies and procedures
• Training

• Identifying what information is relevant
• How to collect information and who should receive it
• How to interpret information and what actions to take

• Cannot use contract to avoid or alter responsibility
• Contracts can help both parties manage safety, by
  • providing clarity about how things are done
  • use of common equipment, processes, or terminology
  • stating what information should be shared, when and how o setting monitoring or reporting expectations
  • planning for incidents
  • identifying points of contact and escalation procedures
• Value of regular communication and collaboration

• Case studies/examples of due diligence

• Registered codes of practice
• NHVR regulatory advice
• Other publications, guides, training resources authorities

Learning Outcomes

These sessions will be tailored for local government executives and senior managers using IPWEA’s experience training Fleet Managers in the safe and efficient operation of local government fleets with the Plant and Vehicle Management Manual (PVMM).

By attending this workshop you’ll connect with a network of likeminded executives and senior managers in local government who want to exercise due diligence to improve the safety and compliance of their fleet’s heavy vehicle transport activities.

At the end of the workshop participants will gain:

• A solid grounding in how to meet your legal obligations under the Heavy Vehicle National Law as an executive or senior manager in local government.
• Concrete steps so you can improve your organisation’s Chain of Responsibility compliance.

Fees

This training is FREE. IPWEA has been awarded a grant by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) to deliver 12 Hybrid CoR training sessions and implementation workshops. The grant allows IPWEA to deliver CoR sessions for council CEOs, General Managers and Directors at no charge.

Delivery

This course is delivered in person at the locations provided. Seats are limited so book now.

CPD

8 CPD Points will be available for attending the in-person training.

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