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She Raa
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Van checks on SA

Post by She Raa »

If i did my 9 minute van check before starting my rural delivery (16 mins if its the vans first time out for that week), and then i returned later to perform my SA and used the same van, do i still have to do the 4 minute van check? Or, because nobody has used the van since i last did (assuming clocked mileage hasn't altered) would it be looked upon as already checked for that day?

Or should the 4 minute check take place regardless?

Thanks
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Re: Van checks on SA

Post by janitor »

Would assume as long as you did all your checks when you picked up the van then that would be fine, have used my issued van for other duties and never done the checks. Always do checks if someone else has used it since you last used it, always sign the van back in even if a fellow worker asks to use it for a few minutes, as you get the ticket if they get seen speeding, then do van checks when they give it back. Once took on a van with two bald tyres, one punctured tyre, empty washer bottle( was bone dry), below minimum oil level and almost no water in radiator, normal driver had been driving it for a couple of days before.
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Re: Van checks on SA

Post by broughts »

Dnt see the problem if your given 4 mins to do van check then do it,collections are timed so cant go out or home early just do your time that way u can never get in the s**t
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Re: Van checks on SA

Post by She Raa »

Thank you for the above. I just wanted to check.

Is there a check list for each of the vehicle check? 4min, 9 mins, 16 mins
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Re: Van checks on SA

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She Raa wrote:Thank you for the above. I just wanted to check.

Is there a check list for each of the vehicle check? 4min, 9 mins, 16 mins
See here...
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She Raa
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Re: Van checks on SA

Post by She Raa »

POSTMAN wrote:
She Raa wrote:Thank you for the above. I just wanted to check.

Is there a check list for each of the vehicle check? 4min, 9 mins, 16 mins
See here...
http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... 50#p564623" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Thanks.