{"id":4539,"date":"2017-01-18T21:37:07","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T08:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/?page_id=4539"},"modified":"2019-01-18T09:01:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T20:01:54","slug":"fleet-manager-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/fleet-manager-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential resources for fleet managers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Health and safety policy and procedures<\/h2>\n<p>Your basic obligations to your drivers under the Health and Safety at Work Act:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A vehicle is a place of work (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.govt.nz\/act\/public\/2015\/0070\/latest\/DLM5976855.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.legislation.govt.<wbr>nz\/act\/public\/2015\/0070\/<wbr>latest\/DLM5976855.html<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>A company must provide training and risk management (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.govt.nz\/regulation\/public\/2016\/0013\/latest\/DLM6727386.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.legislation.govt.<wbr>nz\/regulation\/public\/2016\/<wbr>0013\/latest\/DLM6727386.html<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The fines are up to $250,000 if the worst comes to the worst (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.govt.nz\/act\/public\/2015\/0070\/latest\/DLM6544168.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.legislation.govt.<wbr>nz\/act\/public\/2015\/0070\/<wbr>latest\/DLM6544168.html<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You must have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/safe-driving-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>safe driving policy<\/strong><\/a> (you can get one <strong>free<\/strong> with any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/course\/fleet-driver-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Fleet Driver Plan course licence<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/driving-at-work-reducing-risks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Reducing the risks while driving for work<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Strategies and policies to help reduce accidents and incidents for your drivers at work<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/what-type-of-drivers-are-most-at-risk-of-accidents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>What type of drivers are most at risk of accidents?<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; How do you tell if you, your family or your employees are at increased risk of having a vehicle accident?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/company-driver-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>What are your company driver training options?<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; What is involved in training company drivers, and what is the best way to train drivers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/transporting-hazardous-or-dangerous-goods-in-a-truck-or-car\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Transporting hazardous or dangerous goods in a truck or car<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Rules and licence requirements for transporting dangerous goods commercially and recreationally.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/how-distracting-is-talking-on-a-mobile-phone-when-driving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Driving while using a mobile phone<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Is talking to a passenger as distracting as talking to someone on a mobile phone? New research gives you the answer.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/vehicle-fleet\/\">What is a vehicle fleet?<\/a><\/strong> Types of vehicles supplied within the fleet, and the options for supplying them to staff.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/fleet-management-software-functions\/\">What does fleet management software do?<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; If you&#8217;re thinking of getting software to help you manage your vehicles, here are the features you should look for.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/grey-fleet\/\"><strong>What is the grey fleet?<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; If you have drivers using their personal vehicles for work (other than commuting), you need to read this article.<\/p>\n<p>Please also check the Health section in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/company-car-driver-resources\/\">car resources page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Employing drivers<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/can-you-drive-in-new-zealand-on-an-overseas-licence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Employing drivers from overseas<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; what are the rules and regulations for employing drivers from overseas, and what should you do even if they have a New Zealand licence?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/driving-licences-for-rural-landowners-and-farm-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Driving licences for rural landowners and farm workers<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; How to stay within the law driving agricultural vehicles on your property and on the road.<\/p>\n<h2>Tools and calculators<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/fuel-co2-calculator-carbon-dioxide-emissions-in-kg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Fuel emissions CO2 calculator<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; work out how much CO2 your company is emitting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/how-to-calculate-fuel-economy-and-usage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Fuel economy and usage calculators<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Calculate litres per 100km or kilometers per litre, as well as price per kilometer.<\/p>\n<h2>Reducing costs<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/is-high-octane-fuel-worth-the-extra-price\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Is high octane fuel worth the extra price?<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; With premium unleaded costing more per litre than regular unleaded, is it worth paying extra?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health and safety policy and procedures Your basic obligations to your drivers under the Health and Safety at Work Act: A vehicle is a place of work (http:\/\/www.legislation.govt.nz\/act\/public\/2015\/0070\/latest\/DLM5976855.html) A company must provide training and risk management (http:\/\/www.legislation.govt.nz\/regulation\/public\/2016\/0013\/latest\/DLM6727386.html) The fines are<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/fleet-manager-resources\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4539","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4539"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14743,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4539\/revisions\/14743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}