To complete this questions you will need to review the Fatigue Management Policy & Procedure and NHVR law and regulations.

1	List the current legislation related to fatigue management (section 4 of the policy)
2	Outline the purpose of the Heavy Vehicle National Law Application Act 2013 (refer to the NHVR)
3	Outline the liabilities and responsibilities (four key points in section 2 of the policy)
4.	In the event of a -change to legislation and or regulations relating to Fatigue management, outline how you would ensure the changes are adopted (section 5 of the policy)

Access the Fatigue Management Plan and review in terms of its compliance with fatigue management Policy & Procedure and regulations.

Complete all points in the following table:

a)	Outline your observation of 2.3 and APPENDIX A (what have you noticed in the plan- are there any issues or areas that are uncleareed review)
b)	What changes would you recommend for the NCT Fatigue Management Plan, based on your observation outlined in (a)
c)	Once changes are made in line with (b), outline how you would communicate the changes effectively with others

1. According to the Fatigue Management Plan, what are the seven (7) identified long-term health effects of fatigue.

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1. Review the above list of seven (7) identified long-term health effects of fatigue and identify below three (3) potential short-term effects of fatigue.

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Case Study Background

NCT has developed an Implementation Plan. You have been asked to review the Implementation Plan and make recommendations for improvement.

Implementation Plan

Date of Implementation: 01/ XX/202X

TASK	Responsibility	Timeframe	Comments
Departmental fatigue Management meeting with all staff	Department Manager	To be held in one (1) week	Email invitation to be sent to all required staff
Circulation of Fatigue Management system documents (FMS)	WHS Manager	Date of Implementation	All staff to acknowledge receipt of Fatigue Management System (FMS)
Staff training for department	HR Manager	TBC	Internal and External training to be provided

List below a minimum of two (2) improvement you could make to the Implementation Plan above to assist in its success.

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Case Study Background

It is two (2) months post the implementation date and you have received reports from the Department Managers on the implementation of the Fatigue Management System (FMS) including the following documents:

• Implementation Plan; and
• Fatigue Management Policy & Procedure

The contents of these reports include the following:

1. Departmental meetings with staff when well
2. All staff have signed acknowledgement of the FMS documentation
3. All managers have undertaken Fatigue Management Training
4. All Manager found it to be helpful
5. One (1) Manager has identified that the Fatigue Management Policy & Procedure has not been correctly implemented. It was reported that a delivery truck driver was forced, by the sales team to drive 16 hours straight without a break to meet a promised delivery deadline after a customer insisted on delivery to a rural remote location by the next day.

Outline what an appropriate managerial response would be to item (5) in the reports and outline a related action you could implement to ensure this don't happen again.

Outline appropriate managerial response	Action to be implemented

Case Study Background Information In light of the issued identified in questions 6 &7, you have been asked to hold appropriate discussions with relevant personnel to ensure NCT aperational systems and operating procedures are compliant with the fatigue management requlations and policy. At the meeting, there is six (6) attendees including yourself. The meeting attendees are as following: 1) Joe Crane (the Truck driver) 2) David Conrad (Depot Manager) 3) Ivan Harvey (External WHS Representative) 4) Heather lones (HR Manager) 5) Dale Batterson (Sales Manager) 6) You (Consultant) David chaired the meeting. David opened the meeting by asking the attendees for feedback on the Implementation Plan and the Fatigue Management policy and procedure Ivan expressed concerns with NCT compliance with its own policy. It has clearly not been following, and sales putting unrealistic delivery targets on drivers to meet their monthly sales targets where not safe business practices. Heather agreed and requested NCT systems be audited to evaluate the effectiveness and efficacy of the organisations fatigue risk management strategies, policy & procedure. Joe, expressed that he felt like he was stuck between a rock and a hard place. He wants to keep everyone happy but at what cost? Joe also shared that other drivers also feel the same way and with raising KIP's and delivery demands its becoming unmanageable. Dale, expressed that he had no idea his team's expectations were having an adverse effect on drives and committed to conveying this to his team and ensured it would not happen again in the future. Case Study Background Information It has been reported that the same driver from question 6, was involved in a minor incident. When the driver returned to the depot, he opened the garage open via remote and reversed the truck into the bay. Unfortunately, whilst the driver was reversing, he didn't notice that the garage door dint fully open before he reversed and has torn the door from its tracks. The garage door now needs to be replaced. The driver had completed a Fatigue Risk Assessment Guide, just a week prior to this incident. A copy of this Fatigue Risk Assessment Guide is a followed: Fatigue risk assessment guide (based on a seven-day work cycle) Low risk Medium risk High risk Less than 50 hours* 50-70 hours* More than 70 hours" O Shifts of 10 hours or less Shift of up to 12 hrs Shift exceeds 12hrs Min 12 hr break btw shifts 8-12 hr break btw shifts EX Less than 8 hr break No night shifts 10OOOO Up to 3 night shifts 4 or more night shifts Short breaks taken in shift Single break taken in shift 0 No breaks taken in shift 2 or more work free days 1 day free from work No days free from work On call 3 days or less On call 4 or 5 days O On call 6 or 7 days Column ticks Column ticks Column ticks 2 Column points (ticks x1) / Column points (ticks x2) Column points (ticks x3) 6 Low risk: up to and including 11 points Total points 15 Medium risk: 12 to 17 points High risk: 18 or more points IMPORTANT: If the risk is assessed as HIGH, work must not RISK: m proceed until there has been a review of the controls by senior management. "Includes overtime, extended hours, time spent when called back to work and hours worked in secondary employment