Safe Driving for Work: Driver Essentials
A practical course for anyone who drives a car or van for work, covering checks, speed, distractions, tiredness, loads and incidents, with an optional HGV section.
How it works
Buying for a team? Contact us for team places and prices.
Your eLearning login details are emailed to you.
Work at your own pace and download your certificate when you finish.
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About this course
Safe Driving for Work: Driver Essentials is for employees who drive a car or van as part of their job, whether driving is their main role or not. Short modules, interactive workshops and real-life scenarios cover what keeps drivers, passengers and other road users safe. Drivers of heavy goods vehicles can complete an optional HGV section, including abnormal loads and STGO, at no extra cost.
Course content
- Start here and know your vehicle, with the Bonnet Check Workshop
- Speed, with the Speed Limit Challenge (England, Wales and Scotland versions)
- Distance, braking and bad weather
- Staying alert: phones and other distractions
- Tiredness
- Weights and loading
- If you have an incident
- Fitness to drive
- Sharing the road
- Optional HGV section: cab checks, weights, abnormal loads and STGO, with the Cab Check Workshop
How the course works
This online course is completed on the All Star Safety learning platform. Learners work through the modules and workshops in order, then take a 20-question final test. It takes about an hour, plus the optional HGV section.
Assessment and certificate
Learners must score at least 80% in the final test to pass. A certificate of completion, valid for three years, is available once the course and test are complete. Drivers who also complete the HGV section receive a second certificate covering cars, vans and HGVs, including STGO.
Buying for a team?
Contact us for team places and prices: call 01473 561 402 or email info@allstarsafety.co.uk.
