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ADR Training Occupies Drivers

Clive Aisbitt is a partner at RLR Services, a training provider in a niche market – 80 per cent of its business involves driver training for the carriage of dangerous goods (ADR). He says that, regrettably, one of the first things that most employers do in a recession is cut training costs.

He said: “While I understand the reasoning – paying out money when you don’t have as much coming in – it is fundamentally flawed. Cutting back on training when money is short has a knock on effect.

“If work is short, drivers and vehicles are sat idle. Ultimately, this will result in staffing cuts. By embracing training as a means of occupying drivers’ time, enhancing drivers’ skills and retraining in core knowledge, companies can improve the quality of service they provide to their customers.

“Some of our customers have embraced this concept. They recognise that carrying out necessary and compulsory training when business is quiet relieves the pressure when business starts to pick up. How often have we heard the statement ‘I can’t release the driver that week because we’ve got too much work on’?

“In several cases, this has resulted in drivers’ ADR licences running out – and, in one case, the driver being sat in the transport yard for three weeks waiting for his new licence to arrive before he could go back out on the road on full pay. Training when business is quiet reduces the need for agency cover or overtime when business is booming.”

RLR Services has also embraced the requirement for periodic Driver CPC training. Clive said: “We have formed the National Driver CPC Consortium with several other providers and registered a variety of courses with JAUPT. With a number of options for the employer, we aim to provide high quality, relevant training for the modern driver.

“Companies also need to make sure that they get the training their business needs – not what the provider wants to deliver. Training must be relevant to the business.”

Contact RLR Services on 01225 775252 www.rlrservices.co.uk