If your heavy vehicle fatigue obligations are to be met WITHOUT Logmaster EWD, you will need your drivers to carry:
- An official Written Work Diary ($28 a book) Information and purchase locations
- Supplementary Record Sheets. Download a copy
- A Local Area written record for driving within 100km of base, if you prefer not to use the official Written Work Diary in these instances. Download a template
WITH Logmaster EWD, you need an Android or Apple device and it is advisable to carry Supplementary Record Sheets.
There is a common misconception in the industry around these requirements which are roughly:
“I mostly drive less than 100km from base so I don’t really need to keep logs.”
Why drivers DO need to keep detailed records
What information am I required to document if I’m not using a National Driver Work Diary for local work?
Drivers who are doing local area work (up to 100km) and who are not required to use the National Driver Work Diary must make local area records, which include:
- driver’s name and contact details
- driver’s current driver licence number and the jurisdiction in which the licence was issued
- dates on which the driver drives a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle
- registration number for each fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle the driver drives
- the location of the driver’s base and dates of any changes
- total of the driver’s work times and rest times on each day on which the driver drives a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle
- total of the driver’s work times and rest times for each week during which the driver drives a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle.
What if I didn’t plan to travel more than 100km from base but I do?
If you undertake unplanned work over 100km under standard hours you must start to record the required details for the day in your work diary as soon as possible.
You must fill in your daily sheet from the start of the day (i.e. midnight), not just from the time you became aware you would be undertaking work over 100km from your base location.
LOGMASTER IS COMPLIANT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO BOTH THE WRITTEN WORK DIARY AND LOCAL AREA WRITTEN RECORDS, ALL IN ONE.
The reason why people think they DON’T need to write anything down
https://www.nhvr.gov.au/safety-accreditation-compliance/fatigue-management/faqs
Under the Heavy Vehicle National Law, local area work is called 100km work.
A driver who is on a journey entirely within a 100km radius from their driver base, is not required by law to record activities in a work diary unless they are working under fatigue management accreditation/exemptions. The employer is responsible for keeping these records.
Drivers working within 100km radius of their base must still meet the maximum work and minimum rest requirements for their work and rest hour options.
LOCAL AREA IS ONLY AN EXEMPTION FROM USING THE OFFICIAL DIARY. THE SAME INFORMATION STILL NEEDS TO BE RECORDED. THIS MAKES PAPER RECORD KEEPING EVEN MORE CUMBERSOME AND THE RULES MORE COMPLICATED THAN IF THE OFFICIAL LOGBOOK WAS NEEDED EVERYWHERE. IF READING ONLY THE SECOND NHVR POST, YOU HAVE THE REASON FOR THE MYTH THAT RECORDS DON’T NEED TO BE KEPT AT UNDER 100KM RADIUS.
