Projects
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| Reference Number | FL0214 | |
| Title | Driver development training | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial) 25%; Energy Efficiency(Transport) 25%; Not Energy Related 50%; |
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| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | SOCIAL SCIENCES (Business and Management Studies) 50%; SOCIAL SCIENCES (Education) 50%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 70%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions) 5%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Consumer attitudes and behaviour) 5%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Technology acceptance) 10%; Other (Energy technology information dissemination) 10%; |
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Project Contact No email address given AEA Technology Environment |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | DfT | |
| Start Date | 13 May 2003 | |
| End Date | 30 March 2004 | |
| Duration | 10 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £1,700,000 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Transport | |
| Region | South East | |
| Programme | DfT Freight logistics | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , AEA Technology Environment (100.000%) |
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| Objectives | The Road Haulage Forum, chaired by ministers from the Department for Transport and the Treasury, agreed to fund the roll out of this project. This was in recognition that in-cab training for truck drivers can be a very effective way of developing new and better skills. There is some evidence of a shortage of drivers and of drivers lacking skills for safe and fuel-efficient driving. The feasibility study confirmed that it was feasible and that stakeholder demand existed. Specific objectives fort his project are to roll Safe and Fuel Efficient Driver (SAFED) training out to the industry by: promoting the potential benefits of the SAFED standard to the driver training and logistics industries, developing partnerships with training providers to deliver training to different horizontal groups such as novices, experienced and in-house instructors, recruiting and train participants from a diverse range of truck using sectors with a range of existing skill sets, and evaluate the short-termef fectiveness of the training delivery and skills retention. | |
| Abstract | The Transport Energy Best Practice programme (TEBPp) contractors identified the poor take-up of driver training as an opportunity for improvement that could contribute to government objectives. Current training methods and their syllabus’s were discussed with the other stakeholders to determine what training was required and a standard for Safe And Fuel Efficient Driving known as SAFED was produced. Subsequently a small pilot was conducted to confirm the feasibility and potential benefitsof in-cab training for truck drivers. Fuel savings of 5-10% were achieved but fuel savings across the industry will be sensitive to how poor drivers are before their training. This project will use the SAFED standard and roll it out to the industry. Driving skills will be enhanced in a variety of general and specific situations to the benefit of road safety and the environment. The target profile for participants (by the end of March 2004) consists of: 3500 ‘regular’ drivers trained and certified to the SAFED standard, 500 novice drivers trained and certified to the SAFED standard, 100 commercial instructors trained to provide long-term leverage and embedding in the industry, and 100 in-house trainers for leverage during driver selection, refresher training and embedding. | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 10/01/08 | |
