ARTSA Safety Summit Melbourne 2015 Imminent safety risk

ARTSA Safety Summit Melbourne 2015 Imminent safety risk - the premise (or promise) of the safety culture Daniel Elkins Manager Vehicle Standards Strategy and Policy

What is roadworthiness? • Roadworthiness is at present undefined. • It means many different things to various sectors of the transport industry. • The current program aims to change that. • The NHVR Roadworthiness Program is about establishing a new paradigm focused on assisting industry and the NHVR develop, build and maintain a road safety culture in business practise. • The journey begins with taking some small steps in a programmed series of complex projects.

NHVR Roadworthiness Program Six projects currently make up the NHVR Roadworthiness Program: • Review of the National Heavy Vehicle Inspection Manual • Roadworthiness criteria • Roadworthiness data collection • Inspection competency standards • Inspection types • Management and clearance of defects.

Review of the National Heavy Vehicle Inspection Manual • Sets the basis for mechanical wear as a pass/ fail criteria and can be used by industry as a guide to roadworthiness. • Will assist deliver consistent inspection standards. • Ongoing review and updating in consultation with industry will occur on a 2 year cycle. • Review will be completed by November 2015 and the manual will be national.

Roadworthiness Criteria • What is it that the NHVR should be enforcing; components, vehicles, or operator safety systems? • Roadworthiness criteria is essential to determining what it is that the NHVR wants to manage in regards to fleet safety. • It will define what constitutes an unroadworthy vehicle. • Proposed to be completed by June 2017.

Roadworthiness Data Collection • What is the problem? • What are things that we should be paying the most attention? • What will bring the largest road safety results and yet require the least prescriptive measures? The NHVR improving productivity and efficiency. • Data is essential to move to an inspection regime that targets those vehicle factors that in turn create the least safe vehicles. • Proposed to be completed by December 2016.

Inspection Competency Standards • There are varying levels of qualifications and competency standards throughout the individual jurisdiction inspection regime. • This project will align these competencies to further assist create a consistent national inspection regime. • Extensive consultation required with both jurisdictions and industry (third party inspection providers). • Proposed to be completed by March 2016.

Inspection Types • There at present no national standard inspection types for roadworthiness or road side inspection. • This project will develop national inspection types to be delivered in various scenarios: – – Full roadworthiness On-road inspection (detailed and visual) NHVAS Maintenance Management Rural and remote (self-assessment inspections). • Proposed to be completed by June 2017.

Management and clearance of defects • The aim of this project is to develop a nationally consistent approach to the management and clearance of heavy vehicle defects. • The formal warning and major grounded defect with regulatory recognition but not in HVNL i. e. called up in regulation but not prescribed in regulation. • Inclusive of the inspection type that will be required to clear the defect. • Proposed to be completed by December 2017.

National Approved Vehicle Examiner Scheme • The NHVR Approved Vehicle Examiner Scheme will examine the following: – – – – Scheme scope (harmonisation and consolidation) Entry/ Exit requirements Qualifications/ competencies Equipment and facilities Business rules, systems and processes Auditing Fees and charges • Proposed to be completed by June 2018.

The NHVR’s responsibility • Provide clear and decisive direction and information about how industry can comply. • Establish an inspection regime that is focused on addressing causes of serious injury and death. • Develop a ‘NHVR culture’ implementing nationally consistent enforcement practise. • Look to innovate where ever possible to the benefit of both industry and the NHVR. • Use regulation to lift the industry standard. • Engage and consult industry throughout the process.

What is the responsibility of industry? • Have an active safety culture in your business. • Have maintenance management systems in place to ensure that vehicles are roadworthy. – – – Fleet maintenance schedules Driver fault reporting system Repair system for fault reporting Record keeping Tool box sessions Regular staff training

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