Driver: training, duties, instruction

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

A driver is a person who repairs, maintains, and controls heavy off-road vehicles. Such equipment can be used both under normal conditions (in rural areas, car parks) and in paramilitary structures (all units of the Russian army, as well as in departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs).

Where required

This position has become widespread in the armed forces. In order for the car to be in good working order throughout the journey, as well as in order to save space in the crew, the functions of the driver and the repairman are combined by one person.

The driver repairs and manages the following modes of transport:

• airborne combat vehicle;
• tank;
• infantry fighting vehicle;
• SAM vehicle (anti-aircraft missile system);
• combat reconnaissance and patrol vehicle;
• wheeled armored personnel carriers;
• ATVs;
• TMM (heavy mechanized bridge);
• multi-axle diesel vehicles (MAZ, BAZ, MZKT,KZKT);
• snow and swamp vehicles;
• amphibious vehicles GT-T, GT-SM (GAZ-71), MT-LB, DT-30[4], DT-10.

In civilian life, the position is often found in companies that have their own fleet. To combine the position of an employee with work experience as a mechanic, they are hired for a position that involves both driving a vehicle and also servicing it.

In the army, the mechanic combines the driver often. Such positions are staffed by military personnel who have been trained in a military unit. During the period of work or service, a mechanic can improve his professional qualifications.

Related professions are: bulldozer driver, all-terrain vehicle driver, excavator driver, tractor driver, skidder driver, scraper driver, agricultural tractor driver.

What does it do

The driver must know the rules for the maintenance and operation of special vehicles, signals and established rules for traffic.

The specialist operates the entrusted vehicle, performs maintenance, engine adjustment, repair, adjustment of auxiliary and special technical equipment.

The duties of a driver require knowledge of the vehicle to such an extent that it is possible to carry out repairs in off-road conditions, difficult weather conditions, in extreme conditions or in the absence of service.

Job Description

The driver mustperform only those duties that are prescribed in the job description. Since the position is most often found in paramilitary structures and in the army, there are practically no additional tasks.

The job description should indicate the duties, rights, responsibilities that lie with the employee.

Interaction with other departments can also be spelled out in the document.

Required Knowledge

In order to do their job well, a mechanic must have a great deal of professional knowledge. The driver-mechanic manual contains a list of required knowledge:

• device, purpose and principle of operation of units, mechanisms, as well as devices of a motor vehicle that is being serviced;
• rules of technical operation and traffic for cars;
• methods of detection, causes, troubleshooting that occurred during the operation of the vehicle;
• rules for car maintenance;
• rules for batteries and car tires;
• rules according to which vehicles are stored in open parking lots and garages;
• maintenance regulations;
• how to prevent accidents on the roads;
• first aid procedures for accidents;
• the order in which the emergencyevacuation of passengers in case of an accident;
• house rules and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

So that there is no misunderstanding on the part of the employee, as well as claims from the higher management, the duties in the instructions are prescribed in as much detail as possible. There can be no ambiguity or other interpretations - all formulations are as simple and clear as possible.

Driver duties include:

• ensuring reliable and trouble-free operation of all types of equipment;
• ensure proper operation of equipment;
• production of timely and high-quality repair and maintenance of the vehicle;
• supervise the condition of the vehicle and repair it;
• participation in the acceptance and installation of new equipment;
• organization of accounting for the implementation of repair work;
• compliance with he alth and safety regulations;
• control of the entrusted vehicle in any conditions;
• filling out waybills;
• Checking the technical condition of the vehicle before leaving;
• receipt of goods;
• checking the accompanying documentation for the cargo;
• Checking the integrity of the packaging of goods transported on the vehicle;
• ensure the integrity of the cargo during transportation;
• preparation of documentation for unloading.

The work of a driver includes:

• troubleshooting during operationtransport;
• keep transport clean;
• following orders from management.

Rights

A driver, like any employee of an organization, has rights, the protection of which is within the jurisdiction of the legislative framework of the Russian Federation.

A mechanic is en titled to:

• submission of proposals to management on issues related to its competencies;
• use approved orders, instructions, orders, documents, rules that govern its work;
• inform the management about what malfunctions were found during the operation or testing of entrusted equipment;
• request and receive information necessary for work;
• provision of overalls;
• upgrade your skills;
• provision of assistance from management in matters of compliance with its rights;
• guaranties provided by applicable law;
• rights under current labor law.

Responsibility

The driver is responsible for:

• improper performance or failure to perform their direct functional duties, which are provided for by the approved job description;
• causing material damage to the organization;
• rude treatment of employees and colleagues, violation of internal rules;
• commission of offenses that occurred during the performance of direct duties.

Responsibility foreach item is assigned exactly to the extent that they are provided for by the current criminal, administrative, civil, labor laws of the Russian Federation.

A mechanic, regardless of whether he is in the army, in a private organization or in a state company, is responsible for disclosing trade secrets, the route of transport and rolling stock.

For the disclosure of state secrets in the service in the army of the Russian Federation, full responsibility is assumed in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

Training

Drivers are trained by providing additional education to those people who have certificates of a tractor driver (or a tractor driver). Training can be completed both at the expense of the organization and on their own. At the end of the training, they must receive a document confirming their education - a driver's license. It is issued to people who have completed the full course.

Training of civil drivers is carried out in vocational schools, as well as in courses.

According to the law, specialists holding this position must undergo mandatory re-certification. Depending on where the employee works, recertification can be carried out every three years or every five years. For special categories working with transportation of a large number of people, recertification and confirmation of skills are possible more often.

Education

The driver's workplace is allocated for an employee with a certain set of personal qualities and professional knowledge. In order to get a job in this position, an employee must have important qualities:

• resourcefulness;
• the ability to remember and reproduce various manipulations;
• the ability to maintain sober thinking and clarity of reaction under the influence of fear or sudden influences;
• the ability to maintain high performance in emergency conditions, a state of time pressure, in stressful situations and during exposure to external stimuli;
• the ability to clearly coordinate movements while working with arms and legs;
• accurate eye and the ability to estimate the magnitude of the distance;
• accurate and fast motor response to an object that moves;
• endurance;
• adaptability.

In order to master a speci alty, you need at least a complete general education, as well as primary vocational education or secondary.