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Roadside repairs and recovery HSE 2009
Quote from HSG261 Essential precautions
It is important to ensure that you assess all risks properly (traffic conditions, weather, lighting, road surface and camber if jacking the vehicle etc) and prepare safe systems for working at the roadside including where and how you park your vehicle.
The fend-off position is generally considered the best vehicle orientation and should be used unless factors in the dynamic risk assessment indicate it is inappropriate; See Dia 1: The IVR recommend the in line position
Further quote from HSG261 Essential precautions
you (employer and employees) provide and maintain vehicles and equipment of an appropriate standard;
appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), eg high-visibility (see BS EN 471:2003 High-visibility warning clothing for professional use) and weatherproof clothing, footwear and gloves, is provided and used.
Mobile workers will also require a first-aid kit and a means of communication (eg a mobile phone), employees have been adequately trained by a competent trainer to work safely at the roadside and to advise people in casualty vehicles on the precautions they should be taking.
Specialist training courses are commercially available
Dia 1
IVR events to be held throughout 2010
Crossroads are making 12 events available throughout the year, dates on our availability page. For block booking, in-house training or custom events please contact us from our contacts page
Basic air and electrical system courses help reduce repair costs
Out of all the courses we delivered Technicians have found that the Basic Air and Electrical courses have the biggest benefits in reducing repair and misdiagnosis costs, 'to be able to work out a problem in a logical and methodical way instead of going off at tangents, it makes me feel more professional.
Alan Barstow (Left) shows one of our technicians how to logically diagnose faults, a lot of technicians feel they get left behind in the vehicle technology race.