The NRSPP Heavy Vehicle Toolbox Talk Project Delivers its Final Package.
The NRSPP secured funding from Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative Round Six 2021-22. The funding was to develop 20 heavy vehicle Toolbox Talk (TBT) packages.
The purpose of the HVTBT project was to address a major issue where TBT are often developed internally by organisations, resulting in information not being evidence based and communication not being engaging or adult learning focused, resulting in a ‘tick and flick’ outcome from the workers they are targeted at.
The collaborative process of the HVTBT was specifically designed to address these identified issues and make it easy for managers to facilitate an engaging TBT session with their drivers. The process for each topic involved Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC) providing the research evidence base; Swinburne University Communications and Design for the engaging design; and, an industry working group to guide and ensure the content was peer reviewed by industry and provide drivers for the supporting video.
The NRSPP established an industry Heavy Vehicle Toolbox Talk Working Group (HVTBT) which consisted of Bingo Industries, Heavy Vehicle Industry Association (HVIA), Holcim, Qube, Toll Group, Viva Energy and Zurich Insurance. Their purpose was to guide and ensure the content was peer reviewed by industry and to provide drivers for the supporting video
Each TBT package included an overview booklet with aids to prompt discussion, a fact sheet for drivers and managers, participant self-assessment, discussion review sheet, poster, PowerPoint and video.
The project finished producing 25 HVTBT, an additional three were developed in collaboration with the Victorian Department of Transport and Planning specific to truck blind spots, interactions with cyclists and pedestrians. The partners developed a further two in addition to the 20 produced through HVSI funding.
The July release of Three Points of Contacts is the final topic to be released as part of the work program and beings the project to its conclusion. The HVTBT packages have been downloaded 1000’s of times.
In addition to the 25 TBT packages the NRSPP produced:
- 26 Promotional Videos
- 52 Weekly snippets highlighting individual drivers’ insights on a topic
- 19 Driver Soapboxes – broadcasting each of the interviewed Professional Driver’s life wisdom they wish everyone to know.
- Look Beyond the Truck campaign which featured at the 2023 Brisbane Truck Show and was made possible thanks to the Heavy Vehicle Industry Association and Geotab.
- Close out Report on the Project
The NRSPP would like to acknowledge the 66 professional drivers that were interviewed for the TBT videos which also featured in Snippets and the Campaign. Special recognition needs to go to industry leaders who volunteered their time to peer review every topic:
