Fatigue Management
 
Do you comply with the new Fatigue Management Regulation?
 
Do the new Chain of Responsibility laws around fatigue regulated heavy vehicles affect your business?
 
TLIF1007C Apply Fatigue Management Strategies (Certificate III level) is for drivers who are required to work or drive Fatigue Regulated Heavy Vehicles for more than 12 hours in a day.
 
TLIF6307A  Administer for the Implement of Fatigue Management Strategies is required for Schedulers, Operators, Managers of Transport Companies who operate and manage Fatigue Regulated Heavy Vehicles and require BFM, AFM or Exemptions to conduct your business.
 
These courses have been designed to give you a thorough understanding of the Fatigue Regulated Heavy Vehicle legislation, and you should operate and work under these laws. 
 
 
TLIF1007C Apply Fatigue Management Strategies
 
If your Fatigue Regulated Heavy Vehicles (vehicles over 12 tonnes GVM or 12 passengers including the driver) drive for more than 12 hours in a day then to meet the requirements of Basic Fatigue Management (BFM) or Advanced Fatigue Management (AFM) or any driving exemptions your drivers will require to attend this course. 
 
At the successful completion of the course a Statement of Attainment in TLIF1007C Apply Fatigue Management Strategies (Certificate III level)
 
This course includes:
  • Identify and act on signs of fatigue
  • Implement strategies to minimise fatigue
  • Legislation
  • Standards
  • Readiness for duty
  • Chain of Responsibility
  • Risk Management
  • Sleep Science
  • Miscellaneous
Identify and act on signs of fatigue
  • Potential causes of fatigue are monitored
  • Personal warning signs are recognised
Implement strategies to minimise fatigue
  • Routes and schedules are assessed and planned
  • Factors that include the risk of fatigue-related accidents and safety incidents are understood & minimised
  • Strategies to manage fatigue
  • Lifestyle choices are made
Legislation
  • General duty to manage fatigue
  • Hours of rest and work (standard, BFM, AFM)
  • Record keeping
Standards
  • Drivers need to be aware that there are Standards for Basic Fatigue Management and Advanced Fatigue Management and the minimum level their operator must meet as part of their accreditation
Readiness for Duty
 
Drivers need to understand:
  • the concept of 'not being impaired' for the purposes of work, eg drugs, alcohol, fatigue
  • the importance of overall health and fitness
  • the impact of stress can have on the ability to work
  • the importance of keeping their employer informed
Chain of Responsibility
 
Drivers need to understand the concept of 'Chain of Responsibility" including:
  • how it is legally enforceable
  • how it applies to them through duties in the logistic chain to manage driver fatigue
  • that means the driver will not 'get the blame' for non-compliance if other people have not addressed their legal obligations
They will also have to know about 'reasonable steps' defence
 
Risk Management
 
Drivers need to understand that they are part of a 'Safety System', that they operate within this context, and that their actions contribute to the system working and may influence thing that do not directly involve them
 
Sleep Science
 
The level of understanding about 'Sleep Science" that a driver needs to have should cover basic tips:
  • Basic need for sleep
  • Body clock
  • Signs of fatigue
  • The difference between 'napping' and 'sleep'
  • What is 'sleep inertia'
  • The effects of stimulants
  • How to stay hydrated
  • The importance of the sleep environment
Miscellaneous
 
Loading
  • drivers should know that 'its' not okay if the load manager tells you to come back in two hours time if you've turned up for your allocated collection
  • The driver is not obligate to make up time on the road if it means breaching hours
  •  loading managers and operator schedulers should provide instructions so that the operator can complete delivery without breaching hours
  • For the purpose of managing fatigue, duties are imposed by function or tasks, not by role or job title
Jurisdiction
  • drivers need to know which States/Territories are participating in Fatigue Management and which are not

 

  TLIF6307A Administer the Implementation of Fatigue Management Strategies
 
If your Fatigue Regulated Heavy Vehicles (vehicles over 12 tonnes GVM or 12 passengers including the driver) drive for more than 12 hours in a day then to meet the requirements of Basic Fatigue Management (BFM) or Advanced Fatigue Management (AFM) or any driving exemptions your schedulers, operators and managers will require to attend this course. 
 
At the successful completion of the course a Statement of Attainment in TLIF6307A Administer the Implementation of Fatigue Mnagement Strategies (Certificate III level)
 
This course includes:
  • Fatigue Management Overview
  • Understanding Fatigue
  • Managing Fatigue - Risk Management 
  • Develop a Road Transport Risk Management System
  • Fatigue Management Regulations
  • Basic Fatigue & Advanced Fatigue Management
  • Accreditations & Exemptions
Fatigue Management Overview
  • Purpose of Fatigue Management Guidelines
  • Scope Fatigue Management Guidelines
  • Status of the Fatigue Management Guidelines
  • New Oblgations under the Chain of Responsibility
  • Existing Obligations under Workplace Health & Safety
  • Other Obligations and Benefits
Understanding Fatigue
  • The effects of fatigue
  • What causes fatigue?
  • Body clock factors
  • Sleep factors
  • Ways to reduce fatigue
  • Using napping
  • Why use napping?
  • Health factors
Managing Fatigue - Risk Management
  • Risk identification
  • Risk assessment 
  • Risk control
  • Monitor and review
Develop a Road Transport Risk Mnagement System
  • Tips for managing fatigue
  • Guidance on driver fitness for duty
Fatigue Management Regulations 
  • Duty of employers, contractors and operators
  • Duty of schedulers
  • Duty of consignors and consignees
  • Duty of loading managers
  • Additional duties of particular persons
  • Operating under Standard Solo hours
  • Operating under Standard Two-up hours
Basic Fatigue & Advanced Fatigue Management
  • Basic Fatigue Management (BFM)
  • Advanced Fatigue Management (AFM)
  • Requirements of Record Keepers
  • Work Diary Requirements
  • Records relating to drivers
Accreditations & Exemptions 
  • BFM Accreditation
  • AFM accreditation
  • Exemptions that may be granted