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The training program SAFE-T
A professional vehicle driver should prevent driving in a fatigued state.
This requires knowledge about the causes and signs of fatigue and about means to prevent it.
As a network activity, training programs under the term "SAFE-T" has been developed to train
professional vehicle drivers and schedulers.
SAFE-T stands for
S elf-responsibility (support of own decision making)
A dvice (hints for daily life)
F eedback (learning by doing)
E valuation (evaluation of training success)
T raining (instead of just gaining knowledge)
Training of drivers and managers
Until now two training programs have been developed and evaluated: The "Stay awake at the wheel" training for truck drivers in cooperation with the truck fleet of the Ford Motor Company in Cologne, and a training program for shift workers in cooperation with the Lufthansa AG. Each training has two different parts. First, training of operators, e.g. professional vehicle drivers, in alertness-management, and second, coaching of schedulers using the fatigue prediction program. To achieve stable behavioral changes, well-established methods from behavioral psychology are used in the SAFE-T program.
Areas of application
SAFE-T can be used in different transport areas (e.g. truck-, bus-, train-companies). If you are interested in the "Stay awake at the wheel" training for truck drivers please contact the Berufsgenossenschaft für Fahrzeughaltungen. A trainer manual is also available in book stores. Currently an e-training version for registered users is under development.
Members of the working group
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zulley, University of Regensburg
German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Jana
Rönicke
German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Dr. Martina Heer
University-Hospital Bergmannsheil, PD Dr. Sylvia Kotterba
BAD-GmbH, Health Precaution and Security Technique, Dr. Michaela Schlicker
University of Applied Sciences Münster, Prof. Dr. Ursel Wahrburg
University of Applied Sciences Schmalkalden, Prof. Dr. Martin Golz
University of Cologne, Prof. Dr. Niels Galley
University of Wuppertal, Prof. Dr. Rainer Wieland
University of Dortmund, Prof. Dr. Michael Kastner
For more information on the institutions see Members
