Driver Delivery Program
For Industry
Are you struggling to find and retain safe and competent drivers?
Our Driver Delivery Program (DDPⓇ) was designed in consultation with the transport industry to give the industry what it needs: highly employable, skilled new-entrant drivers who drive at low risk.
Get back to what you do best, focusing on recruiting individuals that are a good cultural fit for your organisation. We take care of training your new recruits through the DDPⓇ: a robust and comprehensive program that provides recruits with all the skills needed to drive a heavy vehicle for you at low risk.
The DDPⓇ
- Is an evidence-based heavy vehicle driver training program which uses proven training methodologies.
- Was developed around two psychology theories in order to help participants be more self-aware and maintain an attitude of accountability:
- Casual attribution theory: the process of trying to determine the causes of people's behaviour - blaming others for events can lead to high risk behaviours.
- Optimism bias: our tendency to overestimate our chances of positive experiences and underestimate our chances of negative experiences - this can dangerously lead to the false evaluation of one’s own true capacity levels.
- Enables new-to-industry drivers to acquire the capacity to drive a heavy vehicle in a safe and low-risk manner in the urban and rural driving environments they will be expected to successfully negotiate on a daily basis as a professional driver, whilst contributing to positive road safety outcomes.
- Provides transport organisations with confidence and peace of mind, knowing that their heavy vehicle drivers have been trained, assessed, and evaluated against criteria which reflect the actual standards required to meet needs of the industry.
- Is fully auditable, ensuring that the program continues to deliver quality training outcomes.
The DDPⓇ is a highly successful program that has been used by leading Australian transport companies to ensure they have the absolute best, most competent and low-risk drivers on the road representing their business.
DDPⓇ New Entry Driver (DDP® - NELD)
| Product Code | DDP-NELD |
| Product Name | DDPⓇ for New Entry Level Drivers (no licence) |
| Vehicles Location | MR, HR, HC or MC automatic vehicles; either
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| Program Strategy | The DDPⓇ Newly Licensed Drivers (DDP-NLD & DDP NELD) has been designed to help new entry or licensed, inexperienced drivers, who are typically considered medium to high-risk drivers, to gain the skills and techniques needed to become low-risk, competent, employable drivers. This allows transport companies to recruit drivers based on their attitude, values, behaviours, and cultural fit for the business. |
| Program Objectives | To train and mentor newly entry or newly licensed HC or MC drivers with minimal or no experience to enable them to operate a heavy combination vehicle in a low-risk manner, therefore increasing their employment opportunities, and ensuring the safety of other road users. |
| Course Number | 1 or 2 persons |
| Time Frames | DDP-NLD – HR or HC (Auto) 1 person for 5 days or 2 people for 8 days DDP-NELD - MC (Auto) 1 person for 4 days or 2 people for 6 days |
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| Delivery Strategy | This program will be delivered using:
ADE Training Model The ADE Training model was developed to apply all key adult learning and teaching[A2] . The use of ‘overlearning’ and the drip-feed approach is used to achieve ‘unconscious competence’ for any given skill or thinking framework. |
| Assessment Criteria Standards | The assessment criteria have been designed to measure a person’s capacity to drive a heavy vehicle at low risk. It is vital the assessment criteria are detailed and measurable, for the assessment outcome to be valid and reliable. To drive a heavy vehicle at low risk, a person must have, and must apply all the skills, knowledge, techniques and thinking frameworks of driving a heavy vehicle at low risk, using the principle of ‘controlled driving’ (low-risk focus) as it is less open to interpretation. |
| Assessment Strategy | Pre-course on-road assessment; 60 minutes to check capacity levels to undertake the program. VicRoads Assessment ADE On-Road Low Risk Formative Assessment ADE On-Road Low Risk Summative Assessment |
| Terms and Conditions | https://www.armstrongsdrivereducation.com.au/student-info.php |
DDPⓇ Low Risk Assessment (DDP® - AT)
| Product Code | DDP-AT |
| Product Name | DDPⓇ Low Risk Assessment + Corrective Training |
| Vehicles Location | HR, HC or MC vehicles; either
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| Program Strategy | The DDPⓇ Low Risk Assessment (DDP-AT) has been designed to measure the risk profile of experienced heavy vehicle drivers on urban roads. Transport companies can utilise this powerful assessment to:
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| Program Objectives | To assess a driver’s capacity to drive a HC or MC heavy vehicle at low-risk. |
| Course Number | 1 person |
| Time Frames | DDP-AT 1 person – 4 hours |
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| Delivery Strategy | This program will be delivered using:
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| Assessment Criteria Standards | The assessment criteria have been designed in order to measure a person’s capacity to drive a heavy vehicle at low risk. It is vital that the assessment criteria are detailed and measurable, for the assessment outcome to be valid and reliable. To drive a heavy vehicle at low risk, a person must have, and must apply all the skills, knowledge, techniques and thinking frameworks of driving a heavy vehicle at low-risk, using the principle of ‘controlled driving’ (low-risk focus) as it is less open to interpretation. |
| Assessment Strategy | ADE On-Road Low Risk Summative Assessment |
| Terms and Conditions | https://www.armstrongsdrivereducation.com.au/student-info.php |
| Program Fee | Please contact our admin team for any questions and program costs. |
DDPⓇ Low Risk Professional Development (DDP® - PD or OJPD)
| Product Code | DDP-PD or DDP-OJPD |
| Product Name | DDPⓇ Low Risk Professional Development or DDPⓇ On the Job Low Risk Professional Development |
| Vehicles Location | MR, HR, Heavy Combination or Multi Combination Vehicle; either
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| Program Strategy | The DDPⓇ Low Risk Professional Development (DDP-PD or DDP-OJPD) has been designed to teach and develop low-risk driving techniques for existing company drivers that are identified as medium to high-risk drivers. Transport companies can utilise this program to help build their driver’s capacity to drive at a lower risk level, especially if they have been involved in a crash. |
| Program Objectives | To train and assess a driver’s capacity to drive a HC or MC heavy vehicle at low-risk, including key critical low-risk driving techniques to help reduce risk profiling as part of development work for existing company drivers. |
| Course Number | 1 person |
| Time Frames | DDP-OJPD – HR, HC or MC (on or off the job) 1 person – 1 workday (8 - 12 hours) |
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| Delivery Strategy | This program will be delivered using:
Note, this program can be delivered in:
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| Assessment Criteria Standards | The assessment criteria have been designed to measure a person’s capacity to drive a heavy vehicle at low risk. It is vital the assessment criteria are detailed and measurable, for the assessment outcome to be valid and reliable. To drive a heavy vehicle at low risk, a person must have, and must apply all the skills, knowledge, techniques and thinking frameworks of driving a heavy vehicle at low risk, using the principle of ‘controlled driving’ (low-risk focus) as it is less open to interpretation. |
| Assessment Strategy | ADE On-Road Low Risk Diagnostic Assessment ADE On-Road Low Risk Formative Assessment ADE On-Road Low Risk Summative Assessment |
| Terms and Conditions | https://www.armstrongsdrivereducation.com.au/student-info.php |