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Reversing and Manoeuvring Assessment

Assesses reversing at each regular location, and whether it can be designed out. Carried out per site. Completed by transport with the driver. Reversing accounts for a quarter of workplace vehicle deaths and is almost always avoidable by layout.

KnowFleetAssessmentFLT-039
Completed by
transport with the driver
Raised
When the task, area or population being assessed is new or

Summary

In short

  • A reversing and manoeuvring assessment is an assessment used in KnowFleet that assesses reversing at each regular location, and whether it can be designed out. It is built against ISO 39001 cl.6.1 and forms part of the Warehouse and Dock Safety programme.
  • Carried out per site. Completed by transport with the driver.
  • The template holds 46 fields across 5 sections.
  • Scoring is reversing eliminated, where high is good.
  • ISO is international Organization for Standardization. A voluntary international standard. Widely adopted, often required by customers, and certifiable where a management system standard.
  • It connects to the rest of the library: links Delivery point, Yard inspection.

What it is

What it is

What is a reversing and manoeuvring assessment?

A reversing and manoeuvring assessment is an assessment used in KnowFleet that assesses reversing at each regular location, and whether it can be designed out. It is built against ISO 39001 cl.6.1 and forms part of the Warehouse and Dock Safety programme.

When is a reversing and manoeuvring assessment completed?

A reversing and manoeuvring assessment is completed when the task, area or population being assessed is new or has materially changed. Carried out per site.

When to use it

When to use it, and when not to

This assessment is one step in a larger programme. Using it for work that belongs to a neighbouring template produces records that are hard to report on later.

Use it for

  • The event or activity this assessment covers has occurred, or is about to
  • The workspace is being set up, or the register needs an entry added or retired
  • You are running the Warehouse and Dock Safety programme and this is one of its steps
  • A linked record needs this one to exist: links delivery point, yard inspection

Not for

  • Journey Risk Assessment, which assesses a planned journey for route, weather, hours, load and delivery point hazards.
  • Delivery Point Assessment, which assesses a customer or supplier site for access, reversing, unloading and driver welfare.
  • Adverse Weather Driving Record, which records the decision to run, delay or cancel journeys in adverse weather, and who made it.
  • Anything outside KnowFleet, which belongs in the workspace that owns that process

Standards

What it is built against

ISOInternational Organization for Standardization

A voluntary international standard. Widely adopted, often required by customers, and certifiable where a management system standard.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is the reversing and manoeuvring assessment template based on?+

It is built against ISO 39001 cl.6.1. ISO is international Organization for Standardization. A voluntary international standard. Widely adopted, often required by customers, and certifiable where a management system standard.

What sections does the reversing and manoeuvring assessment contain?+

There are 5 sections: header, can it be designed out, if reversing is unavoidable, conditions, outcome. Together they hold 46 fields, 36 of which are required.

How many reversing and manoeuvring assessment records should we have?+

This is a singleton. One record per workspace, set up once and maintained, rather than one per event. Other templates refer back to it.

Which programme does the reversing and manoeuvring assessment belong to?+

It is part of Warehouse and Dock Safety, Cold Chain and Transport. Racking damage classified and acted on, trailers restrained, and pedestrians separated rather than warned.

How is a reversing and manoeuvring assessment scored?+

Scoring is reversing eliminated. High is good. Scores exist to make the form tell you something, not to produce a percentage for its own sake.

Can the reversing and manoeuvring assessment template be changed?+

Yes. Every field, option, score and conditional rule is editable, and the links to other templates come with it. Most teams install it as it is, run it for a cycle, then adjust.

The agents

What the agents do with it

The form is the easy part. Keeping it current, routing it to the right owner and holding the evidence together is the work that actually slips.

KnowFleet

Holds the reversing and manoeuvring assessment library against your registers, routes each record to its owner, and keeps the evidence trail together.

Ella

Coordinates the crew, rolls completion and exceptions into one view, and holds every write for your approval before it touches a record.

This template lives in KnowFleetfleet and transport. Drivers, vehicles, hours, cargo securement and operator licence compliance.

Sources

Sources

  • ISO — International Organization for Standardization
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