The fatigue module reviews the jobs that drivers are allocated, to ensure they have not exceeded the maximum work limit and have sufficient rest periods in order to remain compliant with the national heavy vehicle regulator fatigue management rules (see NVHR work and rest requirements here). Central-Ops implements the Standard Hours work and rest requirements when reviewing driver allocations which are made up of 3 rulesets:
The basic principle is that a driver must always comply with at least one of the rulesets at all times. For single-driver jobs, this means that the the driver can be compliant with either Standard Bus or Standard Solo rules.
The fatigue rules are checked, every time:
Before a job occurs, the fatigue module will use the job’s scheduled start, finish & break times to determine that a driver won’t exceed the maximum work limit, and will have sufficient rest periods in order to remain compliant with fatigue rules.
❕Note: Only jobs with a fatigue-regulated vehicle allocated will be taken into consideration when checking fatigue rules.
An allocator attempting to assign a driver to a job that would cause a breach of these rules will be stopped and presented with information regarding the need for additional breaks for that driver to remain compliant. The same occurs when changes are made to a job in which a driver has already been assigned, if there are insufficient breaks based on this job and surrounding jobs, the submission of the change will fail.
When jobs have been completed, the actual times from job completion details, and the breaks recorded in the vehicle’s tablet are used to check the driver’s fatigue rules remain compliant.
Fatigue breaches are still possible if a driver finishes a job later than scheduled or doesn’t record the required fatigue breaks on the vehicle’s tablet. If a breach is detected, a fatigue breach event will be created and an email will be sent to the operations team with the details. Potential breach warning emails are also sent to the operations team if a potential breach is detected after a driver finishes a job later than scheduled. The potential breach warning email is designed to alert the operations team so that the appropriate changes can be made to the driver’s schedule to provide the required rest before starting their next job.
At the completion of the job, if the driver is compliant with both Standard Solo and Standard Bus rules, the ruleset recorded against the job will be Standard Bus. If the driver is not compliant with Standard Bus rules but is compliant with Standard Solo rules, the ruleset recorded against the job will be Standard Solo. If when the job is completed, the driver is no longer compliant with either, a breach event will be created.
If a job has two drivers allocated, both drivers must be able to complete the job as scheduled and remain compliant with two up rules. The ruleset recorded against the job will be two up. If when the job is completed, either driver is not compliant with two up rules, a breach event will be created.
A fatigue breach event will be created when a job is completed if the driver is no longer compliant with any of the standard hours rulesets. The clock off time entered in the job’s completion details as well as the breaks recorded in the vehicle’s tablet will be checked for compliance. Breach Events capture the details surrounding the violation for later investigation & reporting.
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Fatigue breach email:
Potential breaches are most likely to occur when a driver finishes a job later than the scheduled finish time. Extending a job’s finish time could create a potential breach situation if the driver finishes after 1am for example, it would no longer be possible for that driver to get the 7hrs rest required for a night rest break, before 8am the next morning. The potential breach email will include the additional breaks required & the time frame for those breaks to be scheduled. Failing to make changes to the driver’s schedule will result in a fatigue breach.
Potential Fatigue breach email:
To view the fatigue details of a staff member:
The fatigue page shows:
In the example below you can see:
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