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Why Choose Us

Lower Insurance Premiums, Reduce Company Crash Rates And Improve Employee Safety

Why Murcotts Is Chosen By More Australian Businesses Than Any Other Driver Management Company in Australia.

More companies in Australia rely on
Murcotts Driving Excellence than any other
driver training company.

Companies such as Carter Holt Harvey, Lumley Insurance, ComCar, Kimberley Clark
to name a few. Our clients manage fleets in the thousands – two of our corporate accounts
have a combined fleet in excess of 6500 vehicles. View our client portfolio

We work with your Risk, OH&S and Human Resources Managers to develop the systems that directly reduce vehicle crashes and incidents with your fleet. We can demonstrate how you can increase productivity through risk reduction strategies and training programs that deliver measurable outcomes and more importantly, improve employee satisfaction. Our guidance extends to your employees' families.

Here are the six main reasons you should consider
Murcotts for all your corporate driver training needs.

Our Programs are structured and target the following learning outcomes:
• Joining EcoDriving with Defensive Driving to achieve environmentalal, safety and economic benefits.
• Increasing Hazard Perception, risk assessment and risk management skills.
• Reducing risk-taking behaviours.
• Increasing defensive and protective driving skills.
• Increasing insight into own driving behaviour.
• Maintaining a safe vehicle environment.
• Ensuring competence in basic vehicle control.

Training Methodology
Murcotts' programs are based on experiential learning approaches that deliver both cognitive and competency outcomes.

Our practical programs are designed to promote learning through discovery. It's what the participant chooses to do following the training that will reduce risks. Discovering gaps in their ability to drive safely motivates participants to rethink their driving.

Moralistic lecturing about road safety and presenting gory road trauma graphics are not effective according to research in human behaviour change.

Qualified Trainers
Murcotts employ our own permanent, qualified and experienced trainers and educators to ensure consistent delivery of programs. The minimum qualifications of our training staff include:
• Certificate III in Road Transport (Driving Instructor)
• Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training
• EdoDrive Trainer Accreditation
• Certificate of First Aid
• Prior experience in road safety, driver training and vehicle technology

Core Learning Outcomes
Murcotts' programs are designed to address the key causal factors for the most common crashes: rear end/nose to tail and reversing collisions.

Murcotts' driver development programs are based on a range of core learning outcomes, including demonstrating proactive driving and incorporating a range of defensive and protective driving techniques.

Safety Culture
For drivers, a safety culture means knowing and demonstrating the skills and behaviours that underpin crash free driving and accepting that this is dependent on their attitudes, awareness and motivation. Murcotts' training underpins the principles of a safety culture.

BAAMS® Driver Profile
The BAAMS® Driver Profile recognises that on road behaviour of drivers depends on their attitude, awareness and motivation in addition to essential vehicle control and risk management skills. Derived from Behaviour Safety concepts, BAAMS® is the only system of its kind used in Australian driver training programs. Some organisations have recognised its added value to existing Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.

Does Driver Training Work?

Listen to what these key clients have to say

Richard Dunn, Distinctive Options
Distinctive Options is a not for profit community based service for adults with a range of disabilities. We operate a fleet of 12 seater buses and regular sedans which are used to transport clients from a range of activities and appointments. The Board of Management recently agreed to fund a Driver Training Program for all staff given the high risk nature of driving at the best of times and the value of the vehicles involved to the service and to the clients who rely on them.
Some 40 staff attended a Murcotts Level 1 Program and the day’s activities were tailored to our specific requirements and involved workshop/group discussions as well as practical driving exercises. The company has since committed to have all staff attend refresher courses of this nature every couple of years as its benefits were obvious to all attended.
I would have no hesitation in recommending Murcotts and the type of training to any service which is committed to promoting Occupational Health & Safety and ensuring their staff are as safe as possible not only at work but away from work as well. A great day!

Orica Australia
"600 crashes a year costing an average of $2,500 a time", said a fleet executive with the giant Orica chemicals and explosives group.
"We have got that down to 380 crashes costing an average of $1,100."
That's a reduction from $1.5 million to just over $400,000 a year.

Robert Morgan MD, Aerospace Materials
"Our fleet of 30 vehicles was averaging two major accidents a year and two or three minor ones. Insurance rates were skyrocketing.
"Over the next five years (after the course) the fleet did not have one serious accident and the rate of minor accidents reduced to less than one per year average.
"Our insurance premiums ... dropped substantially recovering the cost of the training in the first full year. The real saving was the lack of business disruption and anguish caused by the accidents."

Rob Cook, Brotherhood of St Laurence
"This has been the most cost-effective road safety program we've seen", says Rob Cook of the Brotherhood of St Laurence. The Brotherhood used Jim Murcott's Advanced Driving Centre and says it was surprised by the drop in its fleet costs. 'At fault' damage incidents have reduced from an average of 14.5 to 4.0 and total vehicle insurance was reduced from an average of $40,446 to $30,225.

Talk to one of our Business Development team to learn how a Murcotts program can assist your company today. We train in excess of 17,000 people per annum and chances are that someone you already know has participated in a Murcotts program.

We provide our programs in every state of Australia and on average, there is a Murcotts program being run every day of the year (including weekends). You can check availability right here – book online using this link.

To find out more about how Murcotts can reduce our corporate crash rate call us
on 1300 555 576 (local call within Australia).