Defensive Driving Instructor Development
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  • Techniques to recognize potential hazards and avoid collisions
  • How to get employees view safety on a personal level
  • The importance of vehicle safety inspection covering car anatomy and maintenance-musts
  • How the right attitude can help prevent the collisions and poor decision making
Certificate
National Safety Council – US
Duration
3 Days (24 hrs.)
Assessment
Written and Practical Exam
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Description

Overview

This program trains the candidate instructors to deliver DDC course through instructor development course. This course will provide both technical Information you will need to teach specific DDC curriculum as well as effective facilitation methods and presentation techniques that will make the course much easier to understand. You’ll learn how to determine the needs of your audience / new employees. This course covers the principles and concepts on reducing the frequency and severity of motor vehicle accidents. The intent is also to reduce the organization liability and insurance cost by educating the drivers on the Defensive Driving.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, the participants should be able to:

  • Know how to properly and effectively use the course materials and multi-media disc.
  • Understand the major concepts and strategies of defensive driving.
  • Know the characteristics and traits of an effective DDC instructor.
  • Aware of DDC teaching skills and facilitation methods to increase student involvement and motivation.
  • Know specific learner needs and techniques for managing difficult course participants.
  • Deliver a practice presentation for candidate instructor peer feedback and instructor trainer evaluation.
  • Aware of appropriate administrative responsibilities for conducting defensive driving courses.

Target Audience

This course is intended for industrial, construction and commercial drivers using public road or company primes.

Course Outline

Day 1

  • Rule and Principle of Defensive Driving
  • Identify risky driving attitudes and behaviors
  • The difference between good driving and defensive driving
  • What it means to be a defensive driver
  • Preventable collisions
  • Three basic steps in collision avoidance (Collision Prevention Formula) Recognizing driving hazards
  • Identify driver conditions that result in collisions and violations

Day 2

  • The effects of drugs on driving ability
  • Why drivers choose safe and unsafe behaviors
  • The effects of impaired physical and mental conditions on driving safety Techniques used to maintain control in adverse driving conditions
  • Defensive driving strategies to avoid a collision in any given driving situation
  • Six most common driving errors
  • Reasons drivers choose to speed
  • Alternatives to speeding

Day 3

  • How to approach and safely proceed through all intersections Identify hazards involved in passing
  • How to evaluate a potential passing situation
  • Emergency driving control
  • Three steps needed to complete a safe pass
  • Recognize uncontrollable driving conditions
  • Identify hazards associated with those conditions in time to avoid them Practical driving evaluation
  • Post-Test Student Assessment.
  • PRACTICAL EXAM

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