Excel Drive provides high quality training programs that are custom designed and work to deliver the required results for drivers and companies alike. Our courses include a unique blend of risk assessment and training which makes them suitable for all drivers.

All corporate assessments are conducted by professional, highly skilled trainers and evaluate driver competency in the following areas:

• Pre-Drive
• Observation and Scanning
• On-Road Driving Skills
• Low Speed Manoeuvres
• Driver Temperament and Fatigue Issues

Some of the skills covered :-  awareness of vehicle safety condition, company driving policies, road-law knowledge, safe driving skills in different conditions and situations.  Correct techniques involving road signs, road markings, safe following distance, road scanning, acceleration and braking, cross traffic, accident avoidance skills.

Excel Drive would be pleased to provide your company with Driver Training, written assessment reports for each employee & help you establish systems to manage driver safety and create a culture of safety within your organisation.

You need Corporate Training

The true costs of crashes to organisations are nearly always higher than just the costs of repairs and insurance claims.  Excel Drive provides a complete solution to ensure you fulfill your Duty of Care and have an effective Managing OH&S Road Risk policy in place. Excel Drive can design a program for your company to assist in setting out policies and procedures (where not already in place), assessing your drivers, driver training in car control techniques and training that can significantly reduce the risk of being involved in a crash and help reduce fleet running costs.  Our service is designed to achieve dynamic and permanent results.

What gets assessessed in Corporate Training

1. Safety Principles – Pre-trip Inspections, Hazards, Payloads, Safety Space Zones, Loading and Unloading
2. Road Rules and Regulations – The Driving Code, Hazardous Materials, Signs
3. Vehicle control – Speed, Skidding, Recovery, Backing, Turns, Judgement
4. Driver attitude and responsibilities – DWD, DUI, Road Rage, other factors
5. The driving environment – road conditions, traffic, interstate driving, rural roads, sharing the road
6. Proactive Driving Skills – courtesy, defensive driving, Safety Space Zones, Emergencies
7. Advanced Driving Techniques (Behind-The-Wheel) – Positioning, Reading the Road Ahead, I am in Control
8. Fatigue and Temperament Issues

How does the program work?

Excel Drive has developed an efficient Driver Training Program.

PART I

Part I consists of a classroom training program which covers driving laws, defensive driving techniques, emergency procedures, pre trip and post trip techniques, methods to control our emotions, space management skills and vision habits. These classes can take between two to three and a half hours. The length of the course depends greatly on the company’s schedule and time available.

PART II

Part II involves one on one behind the wheel training. Many of the companies we have worked with have found this to be by far the best value.  Keep in mind that just because an employee has a driver’s license and they were able to drive their personal vehicle into the parking lot doesn’t mean they can safely drive a company vehicle.

In Part II each company driver is taken out in their company vehicle and trained to drive CORRECTLY. They will be taught how to use the techniques that they learned in Part I. This includes learning how to adjust their mirrors, how to find the apex of a turn, proper use of clutches and brakes, while at the same time we have an opportunity to observe bad driving habits, vehicle abuses, and driver’s attitude. Most managers and/or supervisors of companies have reported to us that they were astonished at how little most of their drivers knew about the proper techniques of driving, and how much each driver admitted they had learned through this program.

PART III

Part III is designed to help maintain the knowledge obtained in this driver’s training program. The first step is done through testing at the end of the behind the wheel training. It’s an oral test where questions are asked to find out how much information was retained. If the driver fails to answer some of the questions, they are provided with the answers. A written report is submitted to their supervisor on general mistakes that they made during the training and the improvements that they made.

In step two we provide quiz sheets. These quizzes consist of approximately 10 multiple choice questions, again asking questions regarding the behind the wheel training. These questions are generally administered at safety meetings, and the answers to the questions are discussed for clarification.

As part of this program, we provide a speaker who will come in twice a year at these safety meetings and administer the test or discuss driving techniques at no extra cost to the company.

Our Driver’s Training Program is normally customized to fit the hours and scheduling of each company. Some companies choose to only use the behind the wheel training, while other companies only use the classroom training. It’s really all up to you, but we hope that you will consider Excel Drive’s course and what it can do for you. We feel that you will find our course will not only save you money and time, but will have a carry over value for each of your employees.