RoSPA Young Drivers at Work Report

Chapter 6
Table 4 shows the preferred resources according to the size
of organisation.
To see what resources different sizes of organisation would
find useful, the results were further broken down.
Table 4: What education and training resources employers
would find useful, shown by employer size.
Education or Small Medium Large Total
training resource
Driving for work workshops 70 (64%) 53 (69%) 161 (76%) 284 (7%)
Advice leaflets 35 (32%) 28 (36%) 93 (44%) 156 (39%)
Good practice guidelines 62 (57%) 38 (49%) 124 (58%) 224 (56%)
Training for driver assessors 49 (45%) 29 (38%) 111 (52%) 189 (47%)
Training specifically aimed
at younger drivers 75 (69%) 42 (55%) 144(68%) 261 (65%)
Education resources aimed
at younger drivers 46 (42%) 30 (39%) 107 (50%) 183 (46%)
Training or education packs
for employers to use to
train younger drivers 48 (44%) 23 (30%) 112 (53%) 183 (46%)
Information about advanced
training for drivers 43 (39%) 22 (29%) 96 (45%) 161 (40%)
An approved training
syllabus and work book 46 (42%) 30 (39%) 107 (50%) 183 (46%)
Driver education workshops 53 (49%) 32 (42%) 121 (57%) 206 (52%)
Other 3 (3%) 2 (3%) 3 (1%) 8 (2%)
Don’t know 3 (3%) 3 (4%) 8 (4%) 14 (4%)
Total responses 109 77 213 399
No of responses
(%age of responses)
As organisations could select more than one option, percentages may total
over 100%.
Large employers favoured most of the resources although
small organisations were those most in favour of training
specifically aimed at younger drivers (69%).
Driving for work workshops were identified by all sizes of
organisation as the most useful resource.
The percentage of medium-sized organisations selecting
each response tended to be lower than the percentage of
small and large organisations. Some options such as
training and education packs for employers and
information on advanced driver training were selected by
less than 30% of organisations.
6.1 What would encourage organisations
to provide additional education
and training?
In the questionnaire, respondents were given a range of
options for potential ways of encouraging a greater take up
of resources.
Table 5: What would encourage organisations to provide
additional education and training, shown by
employer size.
Small Medium Large Total
Ability to insure young
drivers at work 39 (36%) 17 (22%) 44 (21%) 102 (25%)
Reduced insurance
premiums 67 (61%) 47 (61%) 116 (54%) 236 (58%)
Evidence of a positive
cost benefit 55 (50%) 42 (55%) 141 (66%) 244 (60%)
Grants available to pay for
part of the training 67 (61%) 44 (57%) 122 (57%) 237 (58%)
Free training 66 (61%) 53 (69%) 145 (68%) 270 (66%)
Free education materials 55 (50%) 38 (49%) 123 (58%) 221 (54%)
Accredited training scheme 74 (68%) 43 (56%) 157 (74%) 279 (69%)
Other 3 (3%) 5 (6%) 13 (6%) 21 (5%)
Don’t know 4 (4%) 2 (3%) 6 (3%) 12 (3%)
Total responses 109 77 213 407
No of responses
(%age of responses)
As organisations could select more than one option, percentages may total
over 100%.
The largest-cited encouragement was an accredited
training scheme, with 69% of all respondents mentioning
it as something which would encourage them to provide
additional education or training at work. It was more popular
in larger organisations than small or medium ones.
58% of all respondents indicated that reduced insurance
premiums could be a way of encouraging them to take up
further safety education. For small and medium sized
organisations the figure was slightly higher at 61%.
36% of small organisations indicated that the ability to
insure younger drivers at work would be a benefit. This was
not so important for larger organisations with only 21%
selecting it.
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