August 2019
Welcome to winter (finally!).
Our executive has been busy this month putting together a submission for Road To Zero - a huge thanks to our Co-Chair Alistair for collating all our thoughts!
The exec will begin working with Trish and Marceli from NZTA to look at how we might best deliver professional development for our members this Financial year. Thanks to all of you who completed the online evaluation some initial findings are below. Feel free to contact your regional rep with any further thoughts you have.
We encourage you to delve into the links provided below, take up PD opportunities offered and check out our website. We look forward to hearing about all your great initiatives in future newsbytes. A huge thank you to all our contributors.
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There was a call out for examples of the following, please share with your colleagues:
- Anyone who delivers motor scooter training (ACC's Scooter Survival course) and what they subside
- Plans for kick scooter stands (member looking to work with Menzshed to build some)
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of 'look' or similar messaging on the kerb edge
Send examples to your regional rep or post on tempo.
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Motorcycle Awareness Month is back for 2019!
September is Motorcycle Awareness Month (MAM) and signals the start of the motorcycling season. Over half of all motorcyclists start to get their bikes out of the garage and onto the roads after a winter break.
September is an important time to deliver key messages to both riders and drivers, about what they can do to keep motorcyclists safe.
Messages for riders are around refreshing riding skills through Ride Forever coaching, ensuring your gear offers you the right protection, and checking your bike before getting back on the roads.
The key message for drivers is that more bikes are back on the road, so ‘Look Twice’ at intersections and before changing lanes. We want to make all road users aware that they play a part in keeping each other safe on the roads.
To help spread the word of motorcycle awareness, ACC have prepared a briefing sheet for you to use to raise the profile of Motorcycle Awareness Month in your area.
The key message is: ‘Look twice for motorcycles’.
The central hub for Motorcycle Awareness Month is our website. Live from 31 August. http://motorcycleawarenessmonth.co.nz/
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Rail safety week
Megan for TrackSafe would like to pass on her thanks to everyone for all your help promoting Rail Safety Week last week – they had a really good response to the campaign and have appreciated the support from so many organisations. (Campaign video Every near miss has an impact here on the off-chance you haven’t seen it. Don’t be put off by the “17 views” on this video – it’s been viewed more than a million times on social media).
Pam and Megan also had a fantastic week last week filming for the NZTA schools’ Virtual Field Trip. This will be a great ongoing resource available online for any schools interested in rail safety.
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SASTA PD workshop feedback
Things that people found valuable:
- NZTA road safety advertising and education
- Social media
- NLTP big picture
- Networking
- TIO and end of year reporting
- Locations seem to work for most
Things we could improve on:
- Room layout to encourage more networking and mixing
- Managing comments
- Keep the speakers around for longer!
- Include a panel discussion
- Get people up and walking about
What do we want to know more about?
- Using NZTA advertising locally
- School and Active travel project examples
- Successful (and evaluated) behavior change projects
- TDM activities
- Drive programme
- Other professional development
- TIO example
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IAP2 Australasia Certificate - Certificate in Engagement
Released in 2014, the Certificate in Engagement was developed to bring an Australian and New Zealand context to community and stakeholder engagement training. Very quickly the Certificate is becoming the standard that employers are looking for in staff who work in, or manage, community and stakeholder engagement.
With new concepts, new tools and with solid foundations in existing practice, the Certificate will support all levels of experience and learning, varied roles in engagement and management.
The Certificate in Engagement is for all levels of understanding, experience and learning, from the first-timer to those who wish to update or refine their skills.
Find out more here
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Submission of topics for the Transport Knowledge Conference 2019 are now open.
The 6th annual Transport Knowledge Conference will be held at the James Cook, Wellington on Thursday 5th of December. The purpose of the conference is to bring together the transport research, data and evaluation community with government officials and policy teams from the across the wider transport sector to promote the use of evidence in decision-making.
The theme for the conference is Transport’s contribution to wellbeing and liveability.
The Transport Outcomes Framework identifies the 5 outcomes (inclusive access, healthy & safe people, environmental sustainability, resilience & security, and economic prosperity) government is seeking to achieve to deliver the desired transport system. All of these outcomes are inter-related, and need to be met as a whole to improve intergenerational wellbeing and the liveability of New Zealand’s cities, towns, and provinces. To make a positive contribution across the five outcomes, the transport system also needs to be integrated with land use planning, urban development, and regional development strategies.
The conference organisers will accept topics that best align to the conference theme and Transport Outcomes Framework. This year we will consider abstracts for the following formats:
- Presentation - 20 minutes (including Q&A time)
- Poster - no larger than A3 in size (landscape or portrait)
There will be prizes for best parallel session presentation and best poster, as determined by conference delegates.
If interested, please submit your conference presentation title and abstract (<150 words) summarising the content of your presentation by Friday 20 September 2019.
For more information on the conference, and to submit your topic(s) online, please visit the conference website here.
For queries related to abstracts and programme please contact the Transport Knowledge Hub team
Copies of previous Transport Knowledge Hub Presentations can be found here.
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Great start to a learning journey
Recently AT's Parking and Compliance team held a special ceremony to celebrate the start of a learning journey for a group of our Transport Officers as they become true professionals in their field.
"We wanted to recognise the level of passion, commitment and engagement our learners have shown to gain the first of three National Qualifications," says Transport Compliance Manager, Logan Christian. "This is a significant achievement not only for our Transport Officers but also for those in my team that have made this possible, and the accolades received from the Industry Trainers (Skills) is testament to this."
AT chose to partner with Skills to align our Transport Officers' roles and core tasks to the New Zealand Certificate in Regulatory Compliance (Operational Practice) (Level 4).
The team has passed the first phase of learning and assessment - New Zealand Certificate in Regulatory Compliance (Core Knowledge) Level 3 – and will now progress through the next two phases - New Zealand Certificate in Regulatory Compliance (Operational Knowledge) Level 4 and New Zealand Certificatete in Regulatory Compliance (Operational Practice) Level 4.
"We are committed to ensuring that Transport Officers servicing our public transport network are equipped with appropriate knowledge and understanding of regulatory compliance to effectively and pragmatically carry out their principal tasks," says Logan. "To achieve these outcomes AT, through Skills, offers our people a learning pathway where they access online, self-paced assessment packages and where evidence of their practical application of day-to-day skills and knowledge in the workplace are taken into consideration."
The team has received feedback from Skills that our Transport Officer training programme, On Road Coaching and programme of continuous learning Transport Officers undertake is the best they have ever assessed, and we have set an industry benchmark for the Regulatory Compliance profession and are now the 'exemplar'.
A gap analysis conducted revealed that 95% of the naturally occurring evidence from AT (Initial training, On Road Coaching, refresher training, day to day skills and knowledge) aligned against the NZCRCOPL4 - a massive result which has not been seen or heard of before!
"Regulatory Compliance is an industry with more than 14,000 employees," says Logan. "Auckland Transport must not underestimate this achievement and celebrate the significant amount of work that has been done to get this programme of 'professionalisation' underway and for our TOs to have successfully completed this first phase."
What a team effort! We wish our Transport Officers all the best in the next stages and hope to hear of more celebrations soon!
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Staying Safe Contract
Age Concern have been awarded the contract for the national delivery of Staying Safe, which is fantastic news!
NZTA have had some questions regarding funding for Staying Safe from other sources, and about the provision of Staying Safe by providers other than Age Concern. In light of this they would advise the following:
- Age Concern branches who are using Council facilitated NZTA funding to deliver Staying Safe should now use the monies being made directly available through Age Concern national office instead. Age Concern national office can provide advice to Age Concern branches regarding the process around accessing this funding. We recommend that Councils no longer fund Age Concern branches to deliver Staying Safe, as monies are now available from Age Concern national office.
- Agencies other than Age Concern who deliver Staying Safe, using Council facilitated funding, could talk to Age Concern national office about transferring this activity to the local Age Concern branch, although we very much appreciate the services other agencies deliver, and it isn’t a requirement that these agencies have this conversation with Age Concern national office.
- The funding that is being facilitated through Councils for Staying Safe can now be used for additional Senior/Older driver road safety activity, such as Age Concern’s Life Without A Car/Confident Driving workshops, or Mobility Scooter workshops.
This approach should enable all community groups to maintain their stakeholder relationships and increase access to road safety resources and support for Senior/Older drivers – Please let Craig Waterworth know if you have any questions.
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Cedric Rogers Award
The Cedric Rogers Award was created in memory of Cedric Rogers, former chairperson of the Road Safety Coordinators Association of Aotearoa (now SASTA). The award acknowledges Cedric’s achievements, as well as recognising others who share his passion, commitment and leadership towards building a safe and sustainable road system that is increasingly free of death and serious injury.
This annual award is presented to a SASTA member who has shown individual achievement in their ‘safe system’ approach to road safety and / or sustainable transport work. The winner is judged for leadership, innovation, achievement and commitment to their work.
Nominations are now open - please contact your regional rep for nomination forms.
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2018 recipient Ingrid Le Fevre
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Executive Meetings
The executive has monthly teleconferences and meets once a year for a face to face meeting in Wellington. More details will be available in the meeting minutes which are available from your regional executive member, please get in touch with us if you have any issued that need to be raised at one of our meetings.
Our executive
Thank you to those of our members who have put their hands up to assist the executive with various tasks.
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SASTA E-newsletters
Our e-newsletters will continue to be delivered monthly in this e-newsletter/online format. This makes it easier for us to provide links with online content and our new website. Thank you to those who contributed, we’re proud to support your work and spread the word about your achievements. Keep those stories coming to your regional representative especially items on sustainable transport.
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Are you signed up to Snap Shot?
Make sure you receive Snap Shot the NZTA education and advertising newsletter. Contact Emily Weston, Advertising and Communication Coordinator Emily.weston@nzta.govt.nz to subscribe.
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Do you get On the Go newsletters?
For more information on cycling and walking please check the website or email biketothefuture@nzta.govt.nz. Keep up-to-date on all On the Go news by signing up today.
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Joining SASTA
Do you have colleagues who would like to join SASTA, to be part of our group, share information and support each other in our mission to make our roads safer? Please contact your regional representative for more information.
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