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IRU RoadMasters

Manage your risks and optimise your talents with driver skills profiling

IRU RoadMasters is a certification programme that optimises commercial driver competencies and equips companies with the right data to make informed decisions and mitigate operational risks. It identifies and addresses gaps, while boosting recognition of high professional standards.

Based on industry-established skills profiles for goods, hydrocarbon and passenger transport , driver performance data is compiled in digital dashboards with sophisticated analytics that enable managers to make informed decisions on an individual, unit and company level.

What can RoadMasters do for you?

  • Makes sure you get the right people for the right jobs
  • Allows you to base your decisions on simple and structured analysis
  • Provides recognition of your professional excellence, ensuring that your subcontractors operate with the same level of quality as you

 

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The benefits of RoadMasters

Increase business efficiency

By identifying and addressing skills gaps, you can avoid fines, reduce equipment wear and tear and reduce fuel costs. Tracking drivers’ skills enables you to interpret your telematics data to take proactive steps before your KPIs are affected.

Reduce training costs

Assessing your drivers enables you to identify areas for development. You can use this information to implement targeted training. Training costs are reduced when you only train your drivers in the skills they really need. 

Manage your risks

Developing an in-depth knowledge of your drivers on the basis of objective data will help you to mitigate the risk of accidents. It also helps you meet audit requirements and can prove compliance with your clients’ requirements. Assessment can also be used to screen your partners to ensure high professional standards are always upheld.

Improve your brand image

Internationally recognised certification demonstrates to your customers that your drivers are true professionals. It shows your commitment to safety, increasing customer satisfaction and retention.

Work with the right people

Obtaining skills profiles during the recruitment process helps you select the right candidates and tailor their induction programmes to their needs. It also helps you attract and retain drivers because it shows you are serious about professional development and excellence.

IRU RoadMasters for goods transport

Whether you are operating your own fleet or using subcontractors, RoadMasters enables you to measure driver knowledge and skills in key areas to ensure high professional standards and provide tools for cost-effective management of overall driver competence.

Goods transport certification

IRU RoadMasters for hydrocarbon transport

When transporting hydrocarbons, like all other dangerous goods, drivers must follow strict safety procedures and be able to respond immediately and appropriately to any safety concerns.

Hydrocarbon transport certification

IRU RoadMasters for passenger transport

IRU RoadMasters assessments provide a comprehensive analysis of the skills that bus and coach drivers need. The assessments are tailored to passenger transport and were developed with leading companies in the sector.

Passenger transport certification

IRU RoadMasters for eco-driving

The IRU RoadMasters eco-driving assessment programme provides a comprehensive analysis of the skills that commercial drivers need to demonstrate to drive efficiently. Eco-driving can directly decrease fuel consumption by up to 15%.

Eco-driving certification

How our partners use RoadMasters

All IRU RoadMasters programmes are tailored to the needs of a specific type of transport and were developed on the basis of international best practices. The programmes cover general goods transport and the transport of hydrocarbon products, as well as buses and coaches. 

Here are some examples of the different business contexts in which RoadMasters can be used:

 

MELI turns to RoadMasters to boost professional standards in hydrocarbon transport

The Middle East Logistics High Institute (MELI): Hydrocarbon certification in the GulfThe Middle East Logistics High Institute (MELI) uses IRU’s RoadMasters in-depth assessment tool for hydrocarbon transport to assess and certify drivers subcontracted by Saudi ARAMCO, the Saudi Arabian public petroleum and natural gas company. The goal of certification is to ensure that high professional standards are upheld during the transport of hydrocarbon materials in order to ensure the safety of drivers and the public. The programme also helps drivers understand and mitigate the risks of transporting hydrocarbons. Since October 2018, more than 2200 drivers have undertaken this certification programme.

AMER BADARNEH, General Manager, Middle East Logistics Institute (MELI)

“The IRU Hydrocarbons Driver Programme ensures Saudi ARAMCO’s drivers are demonstrating the highest professional standards when transporting hydrocarbon materials.”

Amer Badarneh

General Manager, Middle East Logistics Institute (MELI)

ALSA rewards their best performers with IRU RoadMasters certification

ALSA: Passenger transport certification in Spain

ALSA, the largest passenger transport company in Spain, uses RoadMasters in-depth assessment to measure drivers’ strengths and weaknesses. In passenger transport, customer satisfaction and trust depend largely on the driver’s ability to operate the vehicle safely and smoothly. ALSA selected IRU RoadMasters as a trusted external certification body to gain recognition for their efforts to develop the skill level of their drivers and keep their customers happy.

Web based

 

Practice

Knowledge analysis

  • Web-based assessment on a tablet or computer with internet access (accessible anytime, anywhere)
  • Simple to implement
  • Easily scalable
  • Consistent
  • Short duration

In-depth skills assessment

  • Web-based assessment in a monitored setting

  • Standardised on the job evaluation by a certified assessor

  • Rich analytics

  • Recognition of skill level with certificates for successful candidates

  • QR-code online certificate authentication

  • Training sessions can be included in the programme

 

IRU RoadMasters dashboard
IRU RoadMasters provides actionable analytics that you can use for decision-making
Shane Fitzgerald CMILT, MIIRSM - Health, Safety & Compliance Manager - NOLAN Transport

"Using IRU RoadMasters in conjunction with telematics, we are able to develop a complete picture of each individuals’ strengths and weaknesses and deliver targeted training and reskilling in response. Our insurers and customers are really impressed with this targeted method. We can already see improvements across several matrices following the adoption of this more focused approach."

Shane Fitzgerald CMILT, MIIRSM

Health, Safety & Compliance Manager, Nolan Transport

 

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