Fitness for work policy

The current version of this document lives at diverseroutes.com.au — printed or downloaded copies are uncontrolled.

Purpose and scope

Training delivery is safety-critical work: a trainer who is fatigued, impaired or unwell puts learners at risk. This policy sets the fitness standard Diverse Routes applies to its own personnel on every engagement, in addition to any client requirements that apply on site.

Fatigue management

• The 14-hour rule: a working day, including door-to-door travel, must not exceed 14 hours. Where a booking would exceed this, overnight accommodation is arranged in advance — this control is priced into our Schedule of Rates so it is never traded against cost on the day.
• A minimum 10-hour break is maintained between the end of one working day and the start of the next.
• Driving is planned with rest breaks at least every two hours; long approaches to remote sites are treated as non-training travel days rather than compressed into delivery days.
• Where a client's fatigue procedure is stricter, the client's procedure is followed on their sites.

Drugs and alcohol

• Zero tolerance: no work is performed under the influence of alcohol or illicit drugs. Target BAC is 0.00 on any day involving training delivery, driving or plant operation.
• Diverse Routes personnel participate in client drug-and-alcohol testing regimes when required as a condition of site access, and accept the client's fitness determination on their site.
• Alcohol is never consumed during the working day, including at client social functions occurring within delivery engagements.

Medication and illness

• Prescription or over-the-counter medication that may cause drowsiness or impairment is assessed before the working day; where impairment is possible, the affected duties are not performed and the client is advised as early as possible.
• Illness that could compromise safe delivery, or that is communicable in a classroom setting, is grounds for rescheduling — early notice to the client always beats soldiering on.
• Pre-existing medical conditions relevant to high-risk work environments are declared through client medical or site-access processes where required.

Version	Date	Approved by	Amendments
1.0	3 July 2026	Straun Cameron, Managing Director	Initial issue