RoSPA Young Drivers at Work Report

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Chapter 2 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Employers who have entered RoSPA Awards Employers who are actual or potential RoSPA clients Local Authority road safety departments RoSPA websites (www.rospa.com, www.roadar.org.uk, www.youngworker.co.uk, www.helpingLdrivers.com) The Occupational Road Safety Alliance website (www.orsa.org.uk) RoSPA e-bulletins and road and occupational safety journals RoSPA’s e-letter ‘Safety Connections’ RoSPA events, including the Occupational Safety Awards Speeches given by RoSPA staff at external conferences and seminars RoSPA press office and press releases RoSPA National Road Safety Committee and Road Safety Advisory Group RoSPA’s national network of driver trainers, RoADAR groups and Local Safety Groups RoSPA members Roadsafe Direct mail/email to employer organisations, such as the CBI Direct mail/email to relevant road safety organisations, such as AIRSO Direct email to commercial mailing list of 5,000 employers The ‘latest news’ section of the HSE website Chart 1: Number of questionnaire respondents by organisation size (number of employees) (N = 407). Large 213 Organisation size throughout the report refers to the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform’s classification: • Small = 1-49 employees • Medium = 50-249 employees • Large = 250+ employees Non-response 8 Medium 77 Small 109 6 Young Drivers at Work Report
Chapter 3 What do employers think of the current system of training and testing? The research was undertaken to investigate the views of employers and managers of young drivers on how well the present system of driver training and testing prepares young people to drive for work. Respondents were invited to rate the current system, to identify areas of inadequacy and to suggest improvements. 3.1 Are young drivers prepared for at-work driving? The questionnaire included a section headed,‘Current learner driver training and testing’, and was introduced by the statement:“This section seeks your views on learner driver training and the driving test, and how it prepares young drivers for work-related driving”. The questions in the section explicitly asked about the driving test. The first question (Q2.1) asked:‘How adequately do you feel the current driving test prepares young drivers for driving for work?’ Chart 2 shows that in total, 134 respondents (33%) replied that the driving test either quite adequately or completely adequately prepared young drivers for driving for work. 239 respondents (59%) replied that the driving test did not very adequately or not at all adequately prepare young drivers for driving for work. Chart 2: The adequacy of the current test at preparing young drivers for at-work driving (N = 407). Number of responses 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Completely adequately Quite adequately Not very adequately Not at all adequately Nonresponse These findings were almost identical between private and public sector organisations, and between different size organisations. Table 1: Adequacy of the current test at preparing young drivers for at-work driving, shown by organisation size (N = 399). Small Medium Large Total Completely 5 5 15 25 Quite 32 26 51 109 Not very 45 31 85 161 Not at all 22 10 46 78 Non-response 5 5 16 26 Total 109 77 213 399 (Organisation size unknown not included) Only 6% of respondents in organisations of all sizes felt that the test completely prepared young drivers for driving at work. However, organisations with 50-249 employees were slightly more positive towards the test’s effectiveness. Interview findings In the semi-structured interviews, respondents were first asked about the type of driving their young people were doing. Respondents were then asked: (Q3) ‘How adequate do you feel the current system of driver training and testing is in preparing young people for this type of driving work?’ Responses to this question could be collated into three distinct groups: 1. Those who thought the driving test was ‘adequate’ in preparing young drivers for at-work driving 2. Those who felt it was ‘nearly adequate’ 3. Those who felt it was ‘not adequate’. Adequate Of the 47 telephone interviews only one respondent (2%) replied that they felt the current system was adequate without exception: “I think it’s perfectly adequate for our purposes. It’s a lot more rigorous than when I did mine. ” (Health and Safety Manager, public body) Young Drivers at Work Report 7
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