UK Van Driver Training
We offer van driver training across the UK and can start training from your office anywhere in the UK. We already help a number of companies in the UK that have
identified the need to train their van drivers.
We provide training in a range of vans, the most popular being the Mercedes Sprinter and Ford Transit/Luton-type vans. Most of our training is for small and large vans up to 3,5t, which can be used on a normal B car licence. We can also provide training for Cat C and C1 commercial vehicles.
Who Do We Help?
A. New Van Drivers – Employees who have recently been employed and need to drive a van or current employees who are starting to use a company van. We help ensure they have the skills and ability to drive a van, regardless of their level of experience, safely.
B. Bumps & Scrapes – Employees who drive a van yet are having near misses, scrapes and accidents, which is causing a major concern within the company.
C. Duty of Care – Companies that wish to demonstrate their duty of care and raise the level of safety of their van drivers across the fleet. We can train between 1 and 100+ van drivers.
The objective of our courses is to make safer van drivers who have fewer incidents, fewer insurance claims, and improved MPG.
We cover the following:
- Observation & Planning
- Speed awareness
- Being a responsible van driver
- Understanding Road Rage
- Driving Law
- Reversing and Mirror Use
- Skid control
- Adverse Weather/Rain/Ice
- Van Load Awareness and Impact on Driving
- The Difference Between Cars vs Vans
- Other bespoke elements based on your specific driver
- Advanced cornering techniques
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Vans and (Too Many) Bumps – Why?
Many van collisions involve low speed and reversing errors, which are almost always due to a lack of observation and poor spatial awareness. We help develop both. Often, a van driver fails to alter their driving and manoeuvring “thinking” when moving from a car to a van.
This is a key reason why vans are involved in more accidents at lower speeds than cars. After one of our courses, you will receive a van driving report by email as a record of the training that took place. We measure van drivers both before and after training so you can see their improvement.
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Price & Course Duration:
The price for a full day is £400.00 + VAT; if split between two drivers, this is £200 a driver. A single one-off 3.5hr session on a day is £280.00 + vat
