TransAssist

Industry customers and supply chains are increasingly looking to The TransAssist system for operators to ensure they meet their CoR obligations, with the knowledge that the accreditation standards meet all HVNL requirements.

TransAssist provides clients with confidence that contractors have responsible work practices, well maintained vehicles, healthy and trained drivers and management systems to meet their transport needs. TransAssist also enables customers to meet their due diligence requirements.

The benefits to operators may include:

• It is an industry initiative, which delivers competitive advantages to accredited operators
• Operator using TransAssits Systems achieve accreditation through independent auditing
• TransAssist management systems is based on a set of minimum standards a trucking business should meet for it to be a safe, responsible operation.
• For operators:
  • Accreditation shows that they are meeting their due diligence & duty of care.
• For customers:
  • TransAssist provides confidence that operators have responsible work practices, well maintained vehicles, healthy and trained drivers and management systems to meet their transport needs. This also helps customers to meet their due diligence requirements.

One of the biggest advantages of operating under TransAssist is that clients are externally audited by a third party. These external audits can be used as evidence demonstrating compliance with the Industry Standards which, in turn, provides a strong defence with respect to CoR (within the Heavy Vehicle National Law) and the Master Code.

TransAssist Standards

TransAssist offers 7 core standards:

• Business Management
  • Aimed at ensuring that trucking operators have a documented business system which covers Business Transport Activities, Roles & Responsibilities, CoR Obligations, Training, Licences and more.

• Risk Management
  • Aimed at ensuring trucking operators adopt a risk management approach in their business which covers Risk Management, Assessment & Communication.
• Driver Health & Wellbeing
  • Aimed at ensuring drivers are fit and healthy, and that workplace health and safety requirements are being met through having a Driver Health Policy, Management Procedures, Fitness for Duty and Drug & Alcohol Management.
• Speed Management
  • Aimed at ensuring trucking operators meet their Chain of Responsibility obligations for speed including a Speed Management Policy and Controls for identified risks in speed management.
• Fatigue Management
  • Aimed at ensuring trucking operators meet their Chain of Responsibility obligations for fatigue including a Fatigue Management Policy and Controls for identified risks in fatigue management.
• Mass, Dimension, Load, and Load Restraint Management
  • Aimed at ensuring trucking operators meet their Chain of Responsibility obligations for MDLR including a Mass, Dimension, Load, and Load Restraint (MDLR) Policy and Controls for identified risks in MDLR management.
• Vehicle Standards (Maintenance)
  • Aimed at ensuring trucking operators meet their Chain of Responsibility obligations for vehicle maintenance including a Vehicle Standards Management Policy, Controls for identified risks in maintenance management, fuel quality & document control/record keeping.

Elite Compliance Consulting provides you with a manual, implementation and training to demonstrate compliance through a structured management system. Click here to find out how.

Alternatively if you already have a TransAssist System implemented, and would like assistance in revising or updating your internal documentation, please contact Elite Compliance Consulting.

Click here to see how it easy it is to create and implement and auditable management system.