RoSPA’s Driver Profiler Wins Top Innovation Award
A RoSPA online risk assessment tool, allowing bosses to measure the strengths and weaknesses of their employees’ driving without leaving the workplace, has won a top award for innovation.
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Left to right: Charles Davis was presented with the Product Innovation Award by Sir John Cullen, President of the BSIF and former chairman of the Health and Safety Commission. |
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has been presented with a British Safety Industry Federation Product Innovation Award for its Driver Profiler. It is one of only five winners this year.
Using internet technology, Driver Profiler focuses on behaviour and attitude rather than the traditional assessment methods of control and skills.
The awards celebrate new and original safety products and services that contribute to improvements in occupational safety and health or reductions in workplace injuries. They aim to promote the importance of innovation and underline the highest standards of excellence within occupational safety and health.
RoSPA’s Driver Profiler was developed in partnership with BT because it is now recognised that for the majority of people the most dangerous thing they do while at work is drive on the public highway.
Around 1,000 deaths a year on Britain’s roads are believed to be work related. RoSPA’s has led the campaign to combat the problem and to persuade employers to manage the risks faced by their employees on the road.
Driver Profiler is part of a package of products developed by the Society to help employers with this. It is a psychometric test using 98 questions which can determine eight different character traits. The profiler has a built-in lie detector and costs only £15 per employee to use. It is less costly than assessing people on the road and takes less than 30 minutes to complete.
Charles Davis, RoSPA Head of Driver and Fleet Solutions, said: “RoSPA has pioneered the work on managing occupational road risk, and Driver Profiler is a key element in this. It can measure different traits such as aggression, stress alertness and dislike of driving, allowing bosses to see what is good and bad about a person’s driving.
“The results gained from an online assessment allow employers to deliver an appropriate level of training to each employee if required.”
The award was presented to Charles Davis by Sir John Cullen, President of the BSIF and former chairman of the Health and Safety Commission.
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