The Fleet Safety Council is an association of driver trainers and safety professionals working to promote safety within the transportation, transport, bus, and coach industries.
The Council encourages the improvement of driver behavior through increased awareness and training. Working with Government agencies and private organizations, the Council strives for a uniform system of safety requirements for drivers in Ontario.
For more info, view the Fleet Safety Council brochure.
The Fleet Safety Council is open to all individuals concerned with promoting safety within the transportation industry. Over 425 members form several chapters in Ontario.
Current members include:
Members must be employed in the motor vehicle transportation industry as a safety supervisor, driver trainer, driver supervisor or associated with any government sponsored agency including insurance companies.
Chapters have representation from local, regional and OPP police forces as well as from the Ministry of Transportation, and other federal and provincial agencies.
If you want more input into the way safety is handled within the transportation industry, join us on the Fleet Safety Council. To register as an active member in the Council, download the application form.
Chapter meetings are held monthly from September to June. Members have the opportunity to learn more about safety within the transportation industry by sharing ideas and information with other companies and individuals.
Meeting Schedule (All Chapters)
Members can access the minutes of the meetings online with a username and password.
An updated copy of the constitution is also available online to members with a username and password.
Theme: Drivers Drive Your Business
Date: October 21, 22, and 23, 2011
Location: Four Points by Sheraton Hotel & Conference Centre
London, ON
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Management cannot be everywhere; therefore the creation of written policies, practices and procedures to deal with any hazardous activity in the workplace is paramount. Central to employers meeting their obligations to employees is the provision of the information in the workplace which allows employees to conduct their activities in a safe way.
This session covers the following key elements:
Once employers have developed the appropriate policies, practices and procedures they must ensure that they are actually followed in the workplace. This involves several elements.
This session covers the following key elements:
Because the workplace is not static, management is expected to be vigilant and constantly communicating to employees about hazards as they develop. The existence of policies, practices and procedures does not excuse supervisors or managers from communicating to employees about the changing conditions of the workplace environment which may present a hazard to them.
This session covers the following key elements:
Management must look at the workplace in a detached way and attempt to foresee where safety hazards may exist. Management is expected to look at the workplace in some depth to identify hazardous conditions. Both management and employees constantly run the risk of not recognizing hazards because they are so familiar.
This session explores ways to being able to actually "see" the hazards in the workplace, including but not limited to: being constantly alert for hazards that have become familiar and making the mental effort to "step back" and attempt to view the workplace through fresh eyes; inviting management and supervisors from one area of a plant to do reviews or inspections of other areas of a plant; and using outside professionals to perform audits on the employer’s premises for a fresh view of the workplace and the hazards which may exist within it.
Employers have an obligation to properly train supervisors and employees. An employer is not meeting their obligations if it is allowing employees to perform work on equipment for which the employee has not received adequate training. Training of both employees and supervisors is an essential element in the workplace.
This session explores advancements made in the area of training and development. The participants are provided with state of the art training methodologies and techniques which can be incorporated and utilized by them in their respective workplaces.
The investigation of incidents and injuries in the workplace should be seen as source of information for improving policies, practices and procedures. Encouraging employees to report near misses and providing for the investigation of near misses will enhance employers’ positions in this regard.
This session looks at ways to conduct effective investigations, pitfalls that an investigator can get into that will detract from a proper process. In addition, the session provides participants with practical methods and procedures which can be used by them in their respective workplace in order to determine and correct the root cause and prevent further injury.
Documentation – The Key to Due Diligence
Management should ensure that training activities, safety audits, discipline and health and safety meetings are all documented and the documentation is retained. Without proper documentation, it becomes much more difficult for the employer to prove the extent of their efforts.
This session covers the following key elements:
