Defensive Driving and Driver Fatigue (Road Wellness)
Defensive driving principles combined with fatigue, health and wellness for professional and fleet drivers - the Road Wellness core module.
Course outline
- Module 1: Defensive driving
- Apply following distance and hazard scanning
text: Space, scan and speedvideo: Hazard perception clips - Module 2: Fatigue and driver health
- Recognise fatigue warning signs
- Plan rest breaks
text: Fatigue and microsleepstext: Vision, blood pressure and medicationquiz: Knowledge check - Module 3: Practical drive
- Demonstrate defensive driving on a route
practical: Assessed route drive
Accreditation route (not a claim)
Status: not accredited
No QCTO skills programme for defensive driving on the register checked in Sep 2026. Longer TETA routes: Road Incident Management Co-ordinator SAQA 120686 (NQF 5) and Road Transport Manager SAQA 96371 (NQF 5). Recommended: non-credit course plus driver health screening (vision, fitness) delivered by TOTG clinicians.
At a glance
- Price
- R1 650 pp excl. VAT
- Duration
- 8 hours (140 min online content)
- Delivery
- blended
- Certificate valid
- 24 months
- Minimum age
- 18
- Prerequisites
- None
- Course code
- SE-RW-01
Why employers need it: NRTA Regulation 115 PrDP (categories G, P, D) and OHS Act general duties. No statutory driving-hours limit confirmed in force; hours fall under the BCEA and NBCRFLI Main Agreement
Enrol
Enrolling as demo learner Thandi Naidoo. Every enrolment is checked against the rules engine (catalogue, age, prerequisites, POPIA consent, duplicates, renewal window, cohort and seat limits).