 Vehicle Fleet Control
A 2-day course about transport fleet operation and control, for smaller fleet operators, supervisors, trainee managers and newcomers to the industry.
LEGISLATION
- The Road Transport Quality System and operator duties
- Licensing and registration of motor vehicles
- Licensing of drivers and Professional Driving Permits (PrDPs)
- Vehicle roadworthiness requirements
- Road transportation of dangerous goods
- Other NRTA items of interest
- Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act and the Demerit Points System
- Vehicle dimensions
- Loads on vehicles
- Vehicle plating
VEHICLE SELECTION
Selecting Fleet Cars and Light Commercial Vehicles
- Analysing fleet requirements
- Fleet car utility
- Selecting light commercial vehicles
- Dealer selection
- Fleet standardisation
Selecting heavy vehicles
- Vehicle specification parameters
- Vehicle performance
- Engine performance
- Factors affecting vehicle performance
- Determining engine power requirements
- Vehicle “blueprint”
Vehicle mass distribution
COSTING VEHICLE OPERATIONS
- Cost categories
- Fixed costs
- Variable (running) costs
- Cost allocation and recovery
- Vehicle utilisation, availability and downtime
THE PROFESSIONAL DRIVER - MICRO-BUSINESS MANAGER
- Business basics
- Responsibilities of the professional driver
- Driver evaluation and testing
- Driver training requirements
- Accident reporting requirements
PREVENTION IS CHEAPER THAN CURE
- Objectives and basics of planned maintenance
- The driver’s role in reducing vehicle costs
- Maintenance scheduling
- Maintenance records
VEHICLE REPLACEMENT
- Factors affecting vehicle replacement
- It is necessary to know
- Remanufacturing (rebuilding) vehicle
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