What is the Heavy Vehicle National Law?

The HVNL is the law governing heavy vehicles in every state and territory except Western Australia and the Northern Territory. It covers driver fatigue, work diaries, mass and loading, and the Chain of Responsibility duties that apply beyond the driver.

How do work diary records help show reasonable steps?

They show what each driver actually worked and rested, when the business knew about it and what it did. Logmaster's EWD is NHVR approved, so the same record that meets the diary obligation also backs up the steps taken on fatigue.

Which drivers are fatigue regulated?

Drivers of trucks and combinations over 12 tonnes GVM, and buses over 4.5 tonnes built to carry more than 12 adults. They need a work diary when they work 100km or more from base under Standard Hours, or any distance under BFM, AFM, ACA-Fatigue or exemption hours.

Can regulatory obligations be met with paper?

Paper work diaries remain legal. The practical difficulty is oversight and audit readiness, because paper records sit in cabs rather than in a system the office can review as work happens.

Which fatigue schemes does the platform support?

Logmaster includes Standard Hours, BFM and AFM plans, livestock and concrete agitator exemption plans, and WA fatigue plans. For ACA-Fatigue, Logmaster builds and tests each operator's approved hours and applies to the NHVR to add them to its EWD, so it's worth contacting the team when you apply.

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Heavy Vehicle Chain of Responsibility

Under Chain of Responsibility, everyone who influences how a heavy vehicle is used shares responsibility for safety. Logmaster gives you the fatigue records to show you're managing your part. Its electronic work diary is approved by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) and runs on Android and Apple devices.

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Chain of Responsibility Reaches Beyond the Driver

Under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL), schedulers, consignors, loading managers and business owners all have duties alongside drivers. Each has to take reasonable steps to keep transport activities safe, and be able to show it. Good records make that much easier to prove.

Logmaster: Fatigue Records That Support Your CoR Duties

Logmaster gives each party in the chain a clear view of driver hours. Drivers record work and rest in its NHVR approved electronic work diary, and schedulers and managers see the entries as they're made. That record shows the steps taken on fatigue, while checklists, incident reports and expiry alerts cover other risks the business controls. Drivers can use their own Android or Apple devices, or tablets with truck mounts supplied by Logmaster.

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Accurate Hours for Every Party

Minute-by-minute recording gives schedulers and managers the true picture of a driver's day, not a figure rounded to 15-minute blocks.

Schedulers See Fatigue Risk Before Dispatch

Live hours and break alerts show who has time left, so jobs aren't given to a driver who can't legally finish them.

A Trail of Reasonable Steps

Time-stamped entries and alerts build a record of what the business knew and what it did about it.

Evidence Gathered Even Out of Range

Entries recorded without coverage are saved on the device and uploaded later, so the chain's records stay complete.

Records Every Party Can Reach

Log sheets can be emailed to employers or clients on a schedule, so the people who share the duty also see the record.

Covering Contractors in the Chain

Owner drivers and sub-contractors log in the same app, so their hours are visible to the operators who engage them.

Heavy Vehicle Drivers

Drivers keep an accurate diary with break reminders, and can report hazards or incidents from the cab.

Fleet Managers and Record Keepers

Schedulers and record keepers check live hours before allocating work, act on alerts and run weekly or monthly reports.

Transport Business Owners

Executives and owners get records that show the business took reasonable steps to manage fatigue, which is the test applied under the HVNL.

Supporting CoR Across Australian Transport

Logmaster's approved EWD records hours for more than 10,000 drivers across over 1,200 businesses. Its customers range from single owner drivers to Cleanaway, and Logmaster holds ISO 27001 certification.

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Install Logmaster on drivers' phones or tablets, or order mounted tablets for your trucks.

Drivers complete a profile and fitness declaration, then log work and rest from day one.

Schedulers and managers use the portal to see who has hours left and respond to alerts.

Weekly log sheets are filed with your record keeper, building the evidence behind your CoR duties.

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Heavy Vehicle Chain of Responsibility

Chain of Responsibility Reaches Beyond the Driver

Logmaster: Fatigue Records That Support Your CoR Duties