We help businesses Australia-wide with compliance to: Chain of Responsibility (CoR), NHVAS, WAHVA, Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL).
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The NHVAS is a formal process for recognising operators who have robust safety and other management systems in place. The NHVAS is administered by National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR)
Western Australian Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme (WAHVA)
Benefits of NHVAS accreditation
Mass Management
- Operators with mass management accreditation can operate at concessional mass limits (CML).
- Under the mass management module, operators are required to develop a management system that ensures they have a loading system that controls both axle and gross mass within the concessional mass limits (CML).
New record keeping requirements:
- Trip records are only required to be recorded when the vehicle/combinations are loaded above general mass limits (GML).
- Only when the trip involves an axle or gross vehicle mass above GML will the operator be required to keep a mass record for the trip.
- Both axle and gross mass records are to be kept where practical, however as a minimum the gross mass records must be kept for every trip the vehicle takes when loaded above GML.
- The gross mass and individual axle group masses are still to be verified in line with an operator’s mass management system, at the operator’s predetermined time frame. The verification process is done using a certified weighbridge that provides a record detailing when and which vehicle was weighed, along with the mass of all individual axle groups and the gross mass of the vehicle.
- The verification process is quite different to the assessment (loading method/process) of the mass of the vehicle prior to commencement of each trip.
The operator’s policies and procedures must contain, at a minimum, adequate controls that ensure individual axle group masses and gross mass remain with the legal limits.
These enhancements are a result of the NHVR working with industry to find best practice methods that provide productivity improvements while maintaining the integrity of the NHVAS and the associated standards.
Maintenance Management
- Operators with maintenance management accreditation have systems in place to ensure more responsibility is taken to ensure their vehicles are safe at all times.
Basic Fatigue Management (BFM)
- Operators with BFM accreditation can operate under more flexible work and rest hours, allowing, for example, a total of up to 14 hours work in a 24-hour period.
- BFM provides operators flexibly for when drivers can work and rest, as long as the risks of driver fatigue are managed.
Advanced Fatigue Management (AFM)
- AFM brings a genuine risk management approach to managing heavy vehicle driver fatigue. Rather than prescribing work and rest hours, AFM offers more flexibility than Standard Hours or BFM, in return for the operator demonstrating greater accountability for managing drivers’ fatigue risks.
What is WA Heavy Vehicle Accreditation (WAHVA)?
In Western Australia, any Individual or Company operating certain types of heavy vehicles, are required to become accredited in their own right to gain a permit or order from Main Roads.
WAHVA enables heavy vehicle operators to demonstrate, through audit of their management systems, that their vehicles and drivers comply with regulatory standards. WAHVA involves four modules – Fatigue Management, Maintenance Management, Dimension and Loading Management and Mass Management. (Optional)
These modules set out the standards that are required to achieve heavy vehicle accreditation status. Operators are required to incorporate these modules into their daily work practices in order to demonstrate compliance with the scheme.
WA HVA does not exempt operators from complying with other requirements of the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012. Any applied sanction is in addition to the normal penalties incurred for a breach of other legislation.
Who do i contact to become WA Heavy Vehicle Accreditation (WAHVA) Certified? Call us today to get Custom SWMS for your business – 1300 789 069
We can also help with
- Health and safety compliance
- Preparation of SWMS
- Preparation of Safety Policy
- Accreditation with Cm3, Rapid Global and Browz
- Gain AS4801 certificate, ISO 45001 certificate or OHSAS 18001 for your business
- Immediate problems relating to health and safety that needs urgent action
- Health and safety policy or a health and safety management system
- Risk assessment and JSA
- Premises inspections or audits
- Pre-qualification questionnaires
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- Avoid Fines and penalties
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