Check driver’s licences and abstracts and assess skills
February 3, 2025
This month’s road safety goal is to confirm employees who drive for work are legally authorized to do so, and have the needed driving knowledge, skills, and behaviours. Choose one or more of the following activities to help you reach that goal, using the recommended resources.
Basic
- Check issue and expiry dates on the driver’s licence of all employees who drive for work. Confirm that the class of licence they have is appropriate for the vehicle(s) they drive: Check driver’s licence and record
- Review their driver’s abstract for penalty points, prohibitions, and suspensions. Decide how you will address abstracts that exceed your company’s thresholds: Keep track of driving
- Provide a thorough driver safety orientation before a worker starts a new job or is assigned new driving responsibilities. Go for a quick ride along to see if they are up to the driving tasks you plan to assign them: Driver Orientation Checklist
Better
- Have supervisors do at least 3 ride-along spot checks each quarter.
- Decide how often you will assess employee driving skills. We recommend doing it at time of hire, and then every 2 or 3 years. Make this a policy: Driver Assessment Procedure Template
- Complete our online course to evaluate drivers and help them become safer behind the wheel: Assessing and Improving Employee Driving Skills Online Course
Best
- Delegate a supervisor to complete our SkillCheck workshop, Once they have done that, have them start with 3 ride-along assessments and meet with the employees to discuss the results: SkillCheck workshop
- Use our guide, form, and videos to conduct ride-along assessments with all employees who drive for work: SkillCheck Driver Assessment Tool
- Watch our one-hour webinar explaining reasons behind unsafe driving, the traits of safe drivers, and the tools and methods you can use to improve driver behaviours. Then use the information to build a training plan(s) for your employees: Steering Toward Safe Driving Behaviours Webinar
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