Unifleet helps comply with NHVAS maintenance management

Heavy vehicle operators can gain accreditation to the NHVAS if they can prove that they comply with the law. These accredited operators are then subject to much less enforcement activity. To become accredited, operators must be able to provide documentary and auditable evidence that they are complying with the standards. Accredited operators need to:

  • Develop an in-house assurance system.
  • Document the procedures that staff must follow to achieve compliance.
  • Produce (and keep for audit) sets of documents that prove compliance.
  • Undergo independent audits from time to time.

Unifleet includes a fleet maintenance management system

To comply with the fleet maintenance standards within NHVAS, heavy vehicle operators need to implement a fleet maintenance management system  To become accredited, an operator develops a Maintenance Management System or set of procedures which he or she must follow. The purpose of the system is to provide evidence that the operator is complying with the Maintenance Management Standards, which cover such areas as daily checks, fault reporting and fault repairs. Operators must be able to demonstrate that their vehicles are continuously maintained in a safe and roadworthy condition.

When used to its capacity, Unifleet helps fleet managers comply with the NHVAS maintenance standards.

How does Unifleet help compliance?

There are eight standards in the Maintenance Management Module with which operators must comply in order to be accredited. Some of these are direct operator responsibilities, and using Unifleet correctly will assist the operator to comply with the other standards.

Compliance with Unifleet
Standard How does Unifleet help?

1 Daily check.

The Maintenance Management System must include a Daily Check for each vehicle when it is in use.

Operator responsibility

The driver must carry out a daily check and keep records in a log book. Unifleet does not supply this but a sample document is here.

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daily check sheet

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check sheet

2 Fault recording and reporting.

The Maintenance Management System must ensure that provision is made to record and report vehicle faults on both the hauling and the trailing equipment.

Use Unifleet to comply with the standards

Flag the fault by creating a New job with New status in Unifleet.

The mechanic will review the fault, as a standard process. If it is safe for the vehicle to keep working, the mechanic will queue the fault as a New job.

A Unifleet user with the appropriate role can trigger an email in the New status that will advise that a fault has been recorded and will be done at the next service and maybe when it is due.

The fault will stay outstanding until the next service, where it will be flagged for repair.

3 Fault repair.

The Maintenance Management System must provide for the identification, assessment and action on reported faults.

Use Unifleet to comply with the standards

The fault retains its New status in Unifleet until it is repaired. In the notes, when the new job is opened, they write down what the fault was.

When the fault is repaired, go back to recording it in Unifleet.

4 Scheduled maintenance.

The Maintenance Management System must include periodic maintenance schedules with identified service periods that describe the tasks to be completed.

Use Unifleet to comply with the standards

Unifleet handles scheduled maintenance using fuel records with mileage and/or set periods, and includes the tasks to be completed.

Roadworthiness inspections can be covered through an S (Safety) service.

5 Maintenance records and documentation.

Documented evidence must be maintained to demonstrate the effective operation of the Maintenance Management System.

Use Unifleet to comply with the standards

Unifleet retains the records of maintenance activities for each vehicle. Documents can be attached to each service on a per-vehicle basis.

6 Maintenance and responsibilities.

The authorities, responsibilities and duties of all positions involved in the management, operation, administration, participation and verification of the Maintenance Management System must be current, clearly defined and documented.

Operator responsibility

The operator needs to define authorities, responsibility and duties in their maintenance manual.

Use Unifleet to comply with the standards

Unifleet allows a mechanic level login to the online system, and a supervisor level login.

 

7 Maintenance and internal review.

The Maintenance Management System must be subject to annual internal review to verify that all results and activities comply with the system’s policies, procedures and instructions.

Operator responsibility

This is the operator’s responsibility and should be addressed in the maintenance manual.

Uniqco, which provides the Unifleet service, can undertake this review on behalf of the client as an additional service. The operator will still need to keep his or her own manual.

Unifleet will hold the records as evidence that the internal review has been conducted.

8 Maintenance training and education.

The persons who hold a position of responsibility under the Maintenance Management System must be trained in and familiar with the specific policy, procedure and instruction they are to carry out.

Operator responsibility

Training and education are the operator’s responsibility.

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Documentation
NHVAS Guide for Operators

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NSW Roads and Traffic Authority document. See Maintenance section on pages 2-3.

Maintenance management accreditation standards

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Detail of NHVAS Maintenance Management Accreditation Standards.

Maintenance Management Accreditation Guide (NSW)

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NSW Roads and Traffic Authority introduction to maintenance management accreditation.

Maintenance management audit matrix

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A compliance audit assesses the effectiveness of the Operator’s system by examining and measuring the level of compliance achieved over a given period.