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719 Fleet Safety Management
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Driver Training and Evaluation

General Requirements

It's important to have a process in place to hire only qualified and safe drivers.

Driving
In order to keep drivers and supervisors well trained, the company should institute a number of policies to monitor and evaluate driver skills.

Once the new driver is hired, a responsible person should be assigned to accomplish initial training and retraining if required.

In order to keep drivers and supervisors well trained and informed, the company should institute a number of policies regarding driver training. These policies include:

  1. driver orientation
  2. formal training for entry-level drivers
  3. driver-finishing training for new hires
  4. driver refresher training for all drivers in the fleet
  5. remedial training for "problem drivers"
  6. periodic driver meetings
  7. driver performance evaluation and reviews

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

5-1. Which of the following training policies is appropriate for "problem drivers?"