Alternative Compliance Accreditation
– Fatigue Management
What is Alternative Compliance Accreditation (ACA) – Fatigue Management?
ACA – Fatigue accreditation is a scheme under the new NHVR HVA / SMS / GSA and is a means to enable drivers to work up to various combinations of hours of work/rest in a 24hr period. Different templates are available that may suit your operational structure including a minor variation to BFM. The Scheme is governed and monitored by the NHVR and by local jurisdiction and enforcement.
What is needed to get going?
1) The operator must have a system in place including Policies and Procedure document. The operator must also maintain records of driver’s activities with an auditable paper trail to be able to demonstrate compliance to the regulator. (Contact us for more details).
2) You must first register any employee doing the training for a Unique Student Identifier (USI) which can be set up at www.usi.gov.au. It’s free and will take around 3 minutes to do.
3) Training: The Operator must have an allocator appointed and trained to legally issue work schedules to fatigue/managed drivers. The courses required are-
– TLIF0031 for Allocator / Scheduler
– TLIF0030 for the Driver
(Note: Courses previously completed such as TLIF0005 and TLIF0006 are still accepted by the NHVR)
Both these courses must be obtained through an RTO (Registered Training Organization). The training can either be done face to face by TransChoice or online if preferred which we can also facilitate at either www.krtstraining.com.au
4) Medical: The driver must obtain and present a current medical along with training certificate to be eligible to operate under BFM accreditation that must comply with Assessing Fitness to Drive requirements as set by Austroads. For medicals to be current, they must be completed as follows: drivers 49 and under are every 3 years, drivers 50 and over are every 1 year. Please see below for Medical forms.
Driver Health Questionnaire (PDF, 245KB), Fitness to Drive Report (PDF, 140KB)
5) The operator needs to appoint an HVA Manager to oversee and manage the accreditation and ensure all activities and responsibilities are met. The nominated person also acts as liaison to NHVR for any correspondence required from time to time.
6)Audits: Audits are to be conducted at the entry of Scheme, then a 6 monthly compliance audit followed by a third audit at the end of the first 2 years. From then on 1 every 2 years as a renewal audit. These are to be conducted by an Exemplar Global certified and NHVR approved Auditor.
What we provide:
1) The Quality Management System itself including all forms and necessary documentation to comply with the new ACA – Fatigue Management.
2) The training for appointed HVA manager and administration staff and drivers who will be carrying out relative roles.
3) Ongoing support via phone and Email. We are also happy to come to site but this will have a cost associated.
6) We provide the system and can arrange for the audit on the same day meaning faster turnaround for approval.
7) We keep customers updated with current laws and legislation and track when your audits are due.
