Road Transport Management Policy and Procedure
Editable Word road transport management policy and procedure for Queensland businesses: heavy vehicle chain of responsibility, scheduling, fatigue, speed, load restraint, phones, journey plans and contractors.
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Written by Ryan Graham, health and safety professional (16 years on Queensland sites)
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About this template
Suits Queensland businesses that run heavy vehicles or use carriers. It explains who is in the chain of responsibility and what each party must do, with practical steps for scheduling, fatigue, speed, mass, load restraint, journey planning, monitoring and contractor checks.
What is included in our road transport management policy & procedure?
- Policy statement with an approval sign-off
- Plain-English definitions of heavy vehicle, chain of responsibility and fatigue
- Roles for managers, schedulers, drivers, loaders and contractors
- A 22-step procedure from scheduling to monthly review
- Chain of responsibility duties and executive due diligence
- Scheduling and rostering that does not push drivers
- Driver fatigue duty, work and rest hours and work diaries
- Mass, dimension and load restraint checks
- Speed, seatbelt and mobile phone rules
- Journey management plans and check-ins
- Monitoring, complaints and contractor compliance
- Legislation and references
Legislation and codes of practice referenced
- Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012 (Qld), which applies the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland): ss 5 to 7 (definitions), ss 26A to 26E (chain of responsibility), s 60 (vehicle standards), ss 96, 102 and 110 to 111 (mass, dimension and loading), Part 4.5 (exemptions for vehicles over the mass or dimension limits), ss 223 to 228 (fatigue), s 243 and ss 250 to 251 (work and rest hours), ss 291 and 293 (work diary), ss 317 and 341 (records)
- National regulations made under the Heavy Vehicle National Law, including those for mass, dimension and loading and for fatigue management
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): s 19 (primary duty of care), s 27 (officers), s 28 (duties of workers), s 38(7) (record of notifiable incidents), sch 1, pt 2, div 5, s 7 (relationship with the Heavy Vehicle National Law and other Acts)
- Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): s 48 (remote or isolated work)
- Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (Qld): s 79 (vehicle offences involving liquor or other drugs)
- Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009 (Qld), the Queensland Road Rules
- Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Dangerous Goods) Regulation 2018 (Qld), which gives effect to the Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail
- Load Restraint Guide (National Transport Commission)
- Managing the Work Environment and Facilities Code of Practice 2021 (remote or isolated work)
What you get
- An editable Microsoft Word document (7 pages), A4 portrait
- Business details and document control typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
- Purpose, scope and a policy statement with an approval sign-off
- Definitions, and responsibilities for each role
- A step-by-step procedure that says who does what
- Records, training, monitoring and review, related documents and a revision history
Review it and adjust it to suit your business, your sites and the way your team works, and talk it through with your workers.
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Is it compliant with Queensland law?
It's written around Queensland's Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and Regulation 2011. Tailor it to your site, consult your workers and review it whenever conditions change; no template can guarantee compliance on its own.
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