Operator Recruitment and Selection

Fleet safety may be viewed as vehicle safety or mechanical safety, but this type of safety depends on both maintenance and operators. An operator s job must include pre-operation inspections and, upon completing his or her use of the vehicle, the reporting of any defects. This should be normal operating procedure for any preventive maintenance program. Nevertheless, what you can expect depends on the quality of your operators. Operators are the center of your fleet safety program. 

in a fleet safety program, it is important to select the best operators for the job. The operator is vital to the prevention of accidents, incidents, vehicle damage. 

FIGURE 16.1 Drivers face sprains and strains from loading and nnloading. 

As a condition of employment and based on the criteria in a written job description, all potential operators should be able to pass a physical and mental examination and an alcohol/drug test. You will also need a well-written job description, and you may want your legal counsel and others to review it prior to its use. 

To improve fleet safety, adequately qualified drivers must be recruited and then-performance monitored. The great majority of preventable accidents can be shown to be directly related to the performance of the driver. It is therefore extremely productive to any fleet safety program to have careful new driver selection and adequate monitoring procedures for existing drivers. 

in a fleet safety program, it is important to seleet the best operators for the job. The operator is vital to the prevention of accidents, ineidents, vehicle damage, and injuries. Careful seleetionofthe operator is paramount to an effeetive fleet safety program. The selection process should involve access to operator s past employment history, driving reeord (ineluding aceidents), accommodations, or awards, as well as previous operator s experience, if any, on your type of equipment. 

To improve fleet safety, adequately qualified drivers must be recraited and their performance monitored. The great majority of preventable accidents can be 

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