Driver training.
Driver training, beyond the licence.
Three programs for high-risk worksites, young drivers, and the parents and employers who put them on the road. Built on police driver training doctrine, applied where it counts.
Three separate programs.
Road Ready.
A focused one-hour presentation delivered in your school, built for students who are about to drive solo. It takes the same situational awareness and decision-making that underpins our professional training and puts it in language that lands with Year 11 and 12 students.
Not a lecture on road rules. A direct look at how good drivers think, the choices that carry the most risk, and the habits that keep young drivers out of trouble.
What we cover- Situational awareness and the four pillars, at student level.
- Decision-making under pressure, and the cost of getting it wrong.
- The real consequences of the most common choices behind the wheel.
- Practical habits to carry into the first months of solo driving.
Outcome: students leave more aware, with decision habits they can use the day they start driving solo.
Drive to Arrive.
The licence proves they can operate a car. It does not prove they can read a road.
If your teenager has just passed, you already know the test was the start. What it measured was compliance on a quiet route in daylight. What it did not measure was a wet roundabout at night, three friends in the back, and a decision that has to be right the first time.
Drive to Arrive puts the instructor in the passenger seat and runs the DRIVE method live, on roads that driver actually uses. Not a script. Each session is shaped around the person in the seat, and it works just as well for an experienced driver who wants to sharpen up.
How it works- In the car with the instructor, on roads that matter to the driver.
- The DRIVE loop run live, with feedback as it happens.
- Individualised drills, not a fixed script.
- A clear read on strengths, gaps, and what to practise next.
Parents booking on behalf of a driver are welcome to sit in on the brief and the debrief.
Ninety minutes of driving time with thirty minutes for theory and breaks. The full DRIVE loop, run on the driver's own roads.
Three drivers rotating through the seat across a five-hour session. Time out of the car is spent reading the road as a passenger, which is where a lot of it lands.
Three one-to-one sessions booked together at a ten per cent discount. Skill built across weeks holds better than skill built in an afternoon.
All Drive to Arrive prices include GST. No further charges apply.
Light Vehicle Safety.
Vehicle-related incidents remain a leading cause of serious injury and fatality across mining, construction, logistics, and field-based operations. The risk concentrates in two moments: after an incident exposes a capability gap, and when a new site, fleet, or remote operation is standing up.
Light Vehicle Safety is not a fixed package. We scope to your operation, build around your vehicle types and conditions, and deliver where your people drive, then leave you with documentation that supports your compliance and review.
Situational awareness & decision-making
Classroom session covering the four pillars, defensive driving principles, and risk-based decision-making, grounded in real operational scenarios.
In-car coaching & real-time feedback
Each driver receives applied coaching with the instructor across the cohort's vehicle types and operating environment, with individualised drills.
Individual debrief & workbook
Each participant leaves with a personalised debrief and workbook documenting strengths, gaps, and the decision rules they have adopted.
- The vehicles drivers will train in. Your light vehicles or fleet vehicles.
- Licensed drivers in cohorts of three. No L or red P plate participants.
- A suitable venue for the theory, plus a driving environment that reflects work conditions.
- The instructor. Qualified, insured, and travel-ready.
- Course materials and individual workbooks.
- Post-course documentation for compliance and review.
The DRIVE method.
A continuous decision loop, run on every journey and every hazard. Methodical, planned, smooth, and systematic. Never reactive. Nothing left to chance.
Before the wheels turn. Driver state and fitness, the POWER vehicle check, seating and setup, and the journey risk plan.
Information as a system. Signs, guide posts, limit points, light phases, surface change, and the behaviour of other road users.
Name the threat early. Wildlife, dust, micro climates, heavy vehicle interaction, the first signs of grip loss.
Control with margin. Position, speed for conditions, braking, cornering lines, skid avoidance, the unsealed grip trade-off.
The loop closes and reopens. Reassess constantly, flex the plan, keep the destination fixed, debrief and report.
Four key elements.
Situational awareness is essential for all road users, but it is particularly important for experienced and professional drivers, including those working in emergency services. Situational awareness involves four key elements.
Observation
Using all available senses to build an accurate understanding of the driving environment.
Anticipation
Drawing on experience and observation to recognise potential hazards early.
Planning
Making timely and appropriate decisions while driving.
Mindset
Assessing situations accurately and taking safe, appropriate action.
This process involves gathering, interpreting, and applying information about what is happening around you and anticipating what may happen next. By doing so, drivers can make informed decisions and maintain control of their vehicle at all times.
Trained to the limit. Applied to your roads.
Steve Banks is an experienced operational safety professional and instructor with over 30 years of frontline experience in law enforcement, emergency response operations, and professional training.
During his career with the Western Australia Police Force, Steve specialised in advanced driver training and operational response capability, becoming a qualified instructor through the Western Australia Police Academy Driver Training Unit.
He held several specialist police instructor certifications, responsible for preparing officers to safely operate vehicles in high-risk and emergency environments.
In addition to his Australian police training qualifications, Steve participated in advanced police driving programs in Scotland and the United Kingdom, further strengthening his expertise in pursuit driving, emergency vehicle operations, and tactical response driving.
- Standard Car Course Instructor & Assessor
- Advanced C1 Car Course Instructor
- Advanced Pursuit Driving Instructor
- Multi-Response Driving Instructor
- Evade Resolution Tactics Instructor
- Emergency response driving
- Pursuit management and tactical vehicle operations
- Risk-based decision making under pressure
- Defensive driving and vehicle control in high-risk situations
Bring it to your people.
Schools booking Road Ready, fleets scoping Light Vehicle Safety, or a parent booking Drive to Arrive for a new driver. Tell us what you need and we will come back to you.