The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has launched an improved version of its psychometric risk assessment Driver Profiler tool.
According to the charity, the improved version will bring new benefits to organisations wishing to gauge the strengths and weaknesses of their employees’ driving.
Driver Profiler 2 is an online software package that assesses the risks associated with an employee’s use of the road, enabling informed decisions to be taken about training that might be required.
The updated package is easier to use than the original version, with more colour and clearer text. Each assessment, which takes less than 30 minutes, measures driving-related attitudes and behaviour without the need to leave the workplace. An individual risk rating is then generated.
An improved reporting system gives managers access to more detailed results about the level of risk posed by individual employees on the road. The information can then be used in decisions about further training, which might, for example, involve classroom theory sessions or in-car training.
Rick Wood, Training and Quality Assurance Manager in RoSPA’s Driver and Fleet Solutions team, said: “Driver training is a key part of an organisation’s system for managing occupational road risk. It is crucial to establish what training an individual employee really needs so that the intervention is effective, both in terms of cost and its ability to improve safety. Risk assessments, which are a legal requirement, play an important role in this respect because they enable informed decisions to be taken.
Free trials of Driver Profiler 2 are available. Call 0121 248 2019, email fleetsolutions@rospa.com or visit www.rospa.com/drivertraining for more information.
Simon McBride
