Workplace Road Safety Leadership
Learn to lead workplace road safety, protect staff and build a strong safety culture in organisations where people drive for work.
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Duration
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How it works
Workplace Road Safety Leadership
This course has been certified by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to continuing professional development principles. Find out more.
Lead workplace road safety and build safety cultures
Explore new ways to protect staff who drive for work and create a strong road safety culture. Many organisations struggle to manage work-related driving risks effectively, leaving staff vulnerable and organisations exposed to legal and operational consequences.
This two-week course provides essential knowledge for leading workplace road safety. You’ll explore vehicles as workplaces, driver risk factors, safe journey planning, and practical risk management processes tailored to organisational contexts.
Understand vehicles as workplaces and safe systems
Explore the fundamentals of treating vehicles as workplaces under work health and safety laws. You’ll learn the safe system approach including safe vehicles, seatbelts, child restraint systems, and legal responsibilities.
You’ll discover how to identify key road safety hazards and practical ways to minimise risks for work-related driving.
Learn driver factors and safe journey planning
Examine factors affecting safe driving like fatigue, distraction, and journey risks. You’ll learn to implement safe journey planning that removes hazards before staff begin their journeys.
You’ll understand how to activate organisational support and build leadership commitment to road safety across all levels.
Embed road safety culture and develop policies
Learn risk management processes tailored to workplace road safety challenges. Through practical guidance, sample policies, and useful resources, you’ll develop effective road safety procedures.
You’ll gain strategies for good governance, consultation, and creating a positive road safety culture throughout your organisation.
Syllabus
Week 1
Workplace road safety
Introduction to workplace road safety
Meet the teaching team and discover who you’ll be learning with as we start exploring the important workplace health and safety (WHS) issue of road safety.
Vehicles as a workplace
Learn about the safe system approach to road safety, and explore safe vehicles, seatbelts and child restraint systems.
Drivers and safe journeys
Investigate the factors that can affect a person’s ability to drive safely and discover how safe journey planning can remove some of the hazards and risks associated with driving on the roads.
Weekly wrap
Reflect on the key ideas covered in Week 1, test your knowledge, and find out what's on for next week.
Week 2
Embedding workplace road safety
Activating support
Guidance on activating organisational support to maximise success
Process
Learn how to manage workplace road safety risks by applying a risk management process.
Useful information and resources
Access useful resources, guides and sample policies
Wrap up
Reflect on the key ideas covered in Week 2, test your knowledge and find out what's on for next week.
Who is this accredited by?
The CPD Certification Service was established in 1996 and is the leading independent CPD accreditation institution operating across industry sectors to complement the CPD policies of professional and academic bodies.
When would you like to start?
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Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Demonstrate knowledge of the vehicle as a workplace and relevant work health and safety laws.
- Identify key workplace road safety hazards and risks and how they can be minimised.
- Discuss how organisations can embed a road safety culture, supported by good governance, consultation and effective policies and procedures.
- Lead the development of road safety policies/processes for your workplace.
Who is the course for?
This course is ideal for organisations whose staff drive for work, plus those managing transport for children with disabilities, especially WHS managers, HR leaders, and senior teams responsible for workplace road safety.
Who will you learn with?
I bring my road safety policy, leadership and advocacy skills to my role as Chief Executive of MACA to advance the rights of all people to safe and equitable transport.
A Director at MACA Ltd, I'm passionate about improving road safety for all road users and advancing the rights of people with disability to safe and equitable transport.
Who developed the course?
Mobility and Accessibility for Children and Adults Ltd (MACA)
Mobility and Accessibility for Children and Adults Ltd (MACA) is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to advancing the rights of children and adults with disabilities and medical conditions to safe transport.
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Develop skills to further your career
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- Access to 1,000+ courses
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Tests to boost your learning
- Digital certificate when you're eligible
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Buy this course
$54/one-off payment
Fulfill your current learning need
- Access to this course
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Tests to boost your learning
- Printed and digital certificate when you’re eligible
Start learning today
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- Limited to 2 weeks
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