Motor vehicle use and safe driving SOP

Introduction

Standard operating procedures for safe driving of motor vehicles and light utility vehicles. They describe best practice standards and requirements for driving a vehicle for DOC business.

Motor vehicle use and safe driving SOP

DOC operates and maintains a vehicle fleet. This SOP outlines conditions for the use of motor vehicles on DOC business.

Every DOC staff member, contractor, volunteer or any other person, eg board member, must agree to the conditions set out in this SOP prior to driving a vehicle on DOC business.

This also applies to rental or leased vehicles or private vehicles for business use.

Motor vehicle use and safe driving SOP (PDF, 952K)

Light utility vehicle SOP

This SOP contains the tasks and standards that must be met and are based on good practice for the safe use of light utility vehicles (LUV).

This SOP applies to any worker who operates a light utility vehicle for DOC work.

Light utility vehicle SOP (PDF, 633K)

The light utility vehicle technical document contains supporting information and recommendations that must be used in conjunction with this SOP. 

Light utility vehicle technical document (PDF, 320K)

Disclaimer

We are making the document/s available outside DOC to share our best practice. Any use by members of the public is at their own risk and DOC disclaims all liability in reference to that risk.

The document/s were written for DOC staff and may include DOC-specific terms and reference internal documents only accessible to DOC staff. You may need further help to do the work described and also need to get authorisation. Caveats may apply.