Activity Guide
Workshop Preparation
This document sets out the structure of the workshop, how each section is designed to be run and what the results of each section should be.
Activity Guide : Workshop Preparation
Workshop Preparation
The activity plan sets out a list of things which need to be prepared for:
- The type of jobs done by the young drivers and reasons they drive for work
- The types of journey the young drivers undertake
- The participants' names and ages
- Elements of the employer's driving for work policy
- Optional module of the employer's choice
The workshop slides will need to be adapted to include items on the list, and will enable the workshop to be tailed to specific employers.
A good way of making the employees aware of the company policy and what parts of it can be used to keep safe was using an organisation's own company policy within the slides we presented. The role that a company can play in creating the circumstances for safer driving was one which many delegates may not have considered in depth. On several occasions we found that drivers were not aware of the policy or had only seen it once on induction.
Collecting information about the jobs and journeys undertaken by the young drivers before the workshop is also an important part of preparation.
We found that in some organisations it was difficult to get hold of this information in advance. Where this was the case, typical journeys can be derived from the likely activities of the young drivers, based on the company's sector. Examples of driving for work policies were taken from the RoSPA driving for work resources.
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