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Crews feel effect of hours directive
15:50 11 May 2005
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Crane rigging and piling crews travelling in the cabs of trucks are
subject to the new Road Transport Directive, Sally Thornton of the
Freight Transport Association told the seminar.
If the crews are in the cab using a tachograph and delivering machinery, then the non-driving members would also be within the scope of the Directive.
This imposes a 48-hour average, and a 60-hour maximum working week, along with mandatory breaks and rest periods for all in-scope workers.
However, if a crew travels behind the truck in a car or van, they would not be bound by the directive.
"Passengers travelling in the cab and who had nothing to do with the load and were there to be transported to site, would not be in scope," Thornton said.
Thornton advised companies to end one 17-week reference period and start the next in
the middle of any known busy period.
She said this would spread the additional hours across two periods and keep the average time as low as possible.
If the crews are in the cab using a tachograph and delivering machinery, then the non-driving members would also be within the scope of the Directive.
This imposes a 48-hour average, and a 60-hour maximum working week, along with mandatory breaks and rest periods for all in-scope workers.
However, if a crew travels behind the truck in a car or van, they would not be bound by the directive.
"Passengers travelling in the cab and who had nothing to do with the load and were there to be transported to site, would not be in scope," Thornton said.
Thornton advised companies to end one 17-week reference period and start the next in
the middle of any known busy period.
She said this would spread the additional hours across two periods and keep the average time as low as possible.
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