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Why Are Compliance Audits Necessary For The Operators?

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Why Are Compliance Audits Necessary For The Operators?

Any logistic company that provides operator licensing to hundreds of HGV operators are a part of this vast industry. Operator licensing is not only a licence for the driver to drive passenger vehicles or light-duty trucks, but it's something more. It is an intricate network of moving goods, companies and/or people - from your company's director to the driver of your vehicle. (Information credit - https://olmcgroup.co.uk/services/public-inquiry/)


All of them contribute to following the standards of a Traffic Commissioner who decides whether you keep your operator licensing or not. A company that provides auditing services will make your life and on-road journey easier. The objective is to have a proper understanding of how the compliance audits help you ace the traffic commissioner for public inquiry sessions.


Why Compliance Audits?

System and process audits are the part and parcel of retaining an operator licence, whether it be any formal investigation or checking if your systems align with the proposed requirements. Hence, you need to gear up and be ready beforehand with a compliance audit to save yourself from the following distresses:


  •      If you are a new operator and in the dark, you should come to professionals to sort all your processes in place.
  • If you are dissatisfied with your existing compliance and need a 2nd opinion
  • If you want to assure that your existing operator licence is completely analysed and protected and all the requirements are met satisfactorily.
  • If you want to assure that all the areas of compliance for the vehicles of your business are beneficial enough
  • If you have been asked by a Traffic Commissioner to submit the reports regarding your independent compliance audit
  • If you have been called by a Traffic Commissioner for public inquiry sessions and you want your compliance to be satisfactory enough before he/she takes action against you.


Auditor Assistance

With years of experience in the transport sector and hundreds of Public Inquiry defence cases under the wings of professional operators, major changes have been made. All the capable auditors of a reputed company will help you to understand your compliance fully.


They will discuss your audit and explain why and which documents are being scanned, helping you to understand their importance. Thus, a session with them will help you get an understanding and help you become more aware of the traffic Commissioner of public inquiry process.


Areas covered under Compliance Audit

A company will cover for your auditor assistance along with a detailed audit report of your non-compliance and recommendations to resolve them so that the traffic Commissioner and public inquiry sessions don't result in the cancellation of your operator licensing.


Apart from these, it also covers your driver management - the driver hours, working time directive, vehicle specifics - maintenance, vehicle file contents, record retention, tachographs, the role of transport manager and many more! Thus, all the aspects of your operator licensing are covered and give you all-around protection.


The X-factor

The auditors will notify you of the areas that need to be addressed before the Traffic Commissioner in public inquiry sessions on how you can rectify them, with proper recommendations, with the help of our "R A G" Rated (Red, Amber, Green) audit report.


The noncompliance falling under Red means that you surely need to resolve it immediately to save yourself from the wrath of the Traffic Commissioner. Amber means there is a chance that you might be in trouble, so can't be taken lightly as well!


You should always try to keep the majority of your compliance Green - that way you can rest assured. This way, you never have to be on your own! Your problem is now their problem to solve.


Experience Matters

If you still have some doubt as to how effective the Compliance Audits are, another aspect that you can't ignore is the experience the auditors and the logistic companies carry. They have been a regular to the Office of the Traffic Commissioner for more than a decade now.


Here, they focus on covering all the facets of operator license and keeping themselves updated on the latest standards of the Senior Traffic Commissioner. They further ascertain your level of compliance, which is decided and applied by The Statutory Guidance for Traffic Commissioners. With such experience under them and their constant drive to make the operator licensing hassle-free for the operators.


Wrapping Up

Any logistic company aims to help and make our operator friends aware of the standards and requirements of the Traffic Commissioner public inquiry sessions by managing their logistics via independent compliance services.


For more details on the Traffic Commissioner public inquiry sessions, you can look upon the website - https://olmcgroup.co.uk/ and put in your information so that we can help your operators out!

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