Director Safety 101: Rehiring & Retraining Drivers for Your Company

safety & maintenance VIRTUAL SERIES SAFETY DIRECTOR 101: REHIRING, RETRAINING DRIVERS

SAFETY DIRECTOR 101: REHIRING AND RETRAINING DRIVERS RETURNING DRIVERS TO YOUR COMPANY WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO ? REHIRING PAPERWORK DRUG TESTING TRAINING BEFORE THEY GET BEHIND THE WHEEL TRAINING BEHIND THE WHEEL

SAFETY DIRECTOR 101: REHIRING AND RETRAINING DRIVERS REHIRING PAPERWORK DETERMINE THE DRIVER S CURRENT STATUS WITH YOUR COMPANY LAID OFF ? FURLOUGHED ? TERMINATED ? ACTIVE ? IS THE DRIVER STILL IN YOUR DRUG TEST POOL ? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT DRIVER WORKED FOR YOU ? AFTER DETERMINING THESE ANSWERS YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR REHIRING PROCESS

SAFETY DIRECTOR 101: REHIRING AND RETRAINING DRIVERS REHIRING PAPERWORK APPLICATION OF EMPLOYMENT NEW OR UPDATED ? IF THE DRIVER IS NEW TO YOUR COMPANY THEN HAVE THEM START AS A NEW EMPLOYEER WITH A NEW APPLICATION IF THEY ARE A RETURNING DRIVER THEN HAVE THEM UPDATE ALL OF THE APPLICABLE SECTIONS SUCH AS EMPLOYMENT, DRUG TEST, ACCIDENTS, ETC HAVE THEM INITIAL AND DATE EACH UPDATED ENTRY

SAFETY DIRECTOR 101: REHIRING AND RETRAINING DRIVERS REHIRING PAPERWORK ROAD TEST A CRITICAL ASPECT OF THE HIRING PROCESS HOW LONG SONCE THEY HAVE DRIVEN OTHER VEHICLES THEY HAVE OPERATED SINCE LEAVING BAD HABITS DEVELOPED DURING LESS TRAFFIC ON ROADS NEW COMPANY POLICIES MANY COMPANIES REVIEWED AND UPDATED POLICIES MAKE SURE THEY ARE REVIEWED WITH NEW AND RETURNING EMPLOYEES AND SIGNED OFF

SAFETY DIRECTOR 101: REHIRING AND RETRAINING DRIVERS REHIRING PAPERWORK MVR MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVE A NEW COPY OF THE MVR, IF THE DRIVER REMAINED ACTIVE BE SURE TO UPDATE THE ANNUAL REVIEW AND ANNOTATE IF IT WAS NOT DONE WITHIN THE 365 DAYS OF THE PREVIOUS REVIEW COPY OF LICENSE AND MEDICAL CARD - MANY OF THESE EXPIRED DURING THE DOWN TIME, REVIEW THE EXTENSION PERIODS AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE ALL CURRENTLY VALID BY DATE AS WELL AS PROVIDER, WILL YOU ACCEPT A PHYSICAL FROM AN OUTISDE SOURCE LAST 8 DAYS WORKED TO VALIDATE HOURS AVAIALBLE TO WORK FOR YOU IN THE FIRST 8 DAYS

SAFETY DIRECTOR 101: REHIRING AND RETRAINING DRIVERS DRUG TESTING WAS THE DRIVER REMOVED FROM THE POOL FOR MORE THAN 30/90 DAYS? THEN TREAT THEM AS A NEW HIRE IF THEY REMAINED IN THE POOL WERE THEY SELECTED FOR A RANDOM TEST? WERE THEY TESTED WITHIN THE SELECTION PERIOD ? DRUG AND ALCOHOL CLEARINGHOUSE LIMITED OR FULL QUERY

SAFETY DIRECTOR 101: REHIRING AND RETRAINING DRIVERS

SAFETY DIRECTOR 101: REHIRING AND RETRAINING DRIVERS CLASSROOM TRAINING COMPANY POLICIES- MANY COMPANIES REVIEWED AND UPDATED POLICIES.MAKE SURE YOUR DRIVERS HAVE THE LATEST POLICIES ELD REFRESHER IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE DRIVERS HAVE USED YOUR SPECIFIC ELD MAKE SURE THEIR PASSWORD IS UP TO DATE AND CHECK THEIR LOGS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE UP TO DATE AND SIGNED. MAKE SURE YOU ANNOTATE ANY LOGS AND VALIDATE LAST DATES WORKED PRIOR TO AN AUDIT ADA COMPLIANCE REVIEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN WORKING WITH PASSENGERS WITH DISABILITIES NEW COVID PROCEDURES TRAIN DRIVERS ON WHAT HAS CHANGED. CLEANING THE BUSES, NEW SHIELDS, PASSENGER COUNTS. POLICIES MAY CONTINUE TO CHANGE AS GUIDANCE UPDATES PRE TRIP AND POST TRIP INSPECTIONS HAS YOUR COMPANY CHANGED YOUR DVIR POLICY RELATING TO NOT REQUIRING A DVIR IF NO DEFECTS ARE FOUND? HAVE YOU IMPLEMENTED AN EDVIR ? HAS YOUR DVIR REPORTING TO THE SHOP CHANGED AS SHOPS MAY HAVE LESS TECHNICIANS.

SAFETY DIRECTOR 101: REHIRING AND RETRAINING DRIVERS ON ROAD TRAINING INSPECTIONS- HAVE THEM DEMONSTRATE A WALK AROUND INSPECTION ADA COMPLIANCE AND LIFT FAMILIARIZATION- HAVE THEM OPERATE A LIFT AS WELL AS MOVE SEATS AND SECURE A MOBILITY DEVICE. BE SURE TO SHOW HOW TO PUMP A LIFT IN CASE OF FAILURE NEW ITEMS ON COACHES (BARRIERS AND SEATING ARRANGEMENTS) ROAD TEST JEFF ALL YOURS FROM HERE

SAFETY DIRECTOR 101: REHIRING AND RETRAINING DRIVERS Trip Prep: 1. Remind drivers to prepare for trips. Know the route to take before leaving the yard. 2. GPS is a great tool. Use the tool to find your planned route 3. GPS Trouble-story 4. Fatigue/Illnesses 5. Communicating with other drivers-Multi-bus trip

SAFETY DIRECTOR 101: REHIRING AND RETRAINING DRIVERS Retraining at a minimum: 1. Safe Start 2. Mirror Settings 3. Brake Check 4. Driving Test- Hwy, City, Country, Night

SAFETY DIRECTOR 101: REHIRING AND RETRAINING DRIVERS Thorough Behind The Wheel Training Safe Start Mirror Settings Brake Check Obstacle Course- turns, backing, parallel parking at a minimum, serpentine, 90 degree backing, off set lane. If obstacle course is not in the cards, really do a lot of city driving Driving Test- Hwy, City, Country, Night, adverse weather if you can find some

SAFETY DIRECTOR 101: REHIRING AND RETRAINING DRIVERS Awareness Review 1. Pedestrians 2. Motorcycles, mopeds, bicycles 3. Fixed objects 4. Sideswipes 5. Backing 6. Passenger falls

SAFETY DIRECTOR 101: REHIRING AND RETRAINING DRIVERS Space Management 1. Space allows the driver time to make a safe decision. 2. Remind drivers of your company policies on space management 3. Head on a swivel 4. Adjust speed- slower! 5. Convoy Space 6. How I manage space

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MIKE MCDONAL JEFF MARLEY DIR. REGULATORY COMPLIANCE REGIONAL MANAGER SAUCON TECHNOLOGIES LANCER INSURANCE MMCDONAL@SAUCONTECH.COM JMARLEY@LANCERINSURANCE.COM 410-245-5525 516-519-4807