Trained banksman guiding a vehicle at low speed beside a segregated pedestrian walkway at a UK dealership workshop

Workplace vehicle movements can cause fatal or life-changing injuries even at low speed. This course explains how safe sites, safe vehicles and safe drivers work together to prevent people being struck, trapped or placed in the path of moving vehicles.

What you will cover

  • Workplace transport risks, responsibilities and training limits
  • Safe site design, pedestrian separation and traffic routes
  • Vehicle checks, suitability and driver fitness
  • Planning, starting, moving, parking and key control
  • Eliminating or minimising reversing and using a trained banksman
  • Workshop, showroom and other restricted-area movements
  • Pedestrians, visitors and motorcycles
  • Defect, incident and stop-work controls

Course structure

Complete eight lessons followed by a separate course-level 12-question final assessment. The pass mark is 80% and retakes are unlimited.

Training boundary: successful completion records awareness only. It does not replace a suitable risk assessment, practical driving training, supervised competence assessment, vehicle and site familiarisation, local rules or written employer authorisation.

Course Content

1. Workplace Transport Risks Responsibilities and Training Limits
2. Safe Site Design and Pedestrian Separation
3. Safe Vehicles Checks and Driver Fitness
4. Planning Starting Moving and Parking
5. Reversing and Banksman Control
6. Workshops Showrooms and Restricted Areas
7. Pedestrians Visitors and Motorcycles
8. Defects Incidents and Stop Work
Final Quiz
Workplace Transport Safety Awareness Final Assessment