Effective August 30, 2007, Handbook EL-804, Safe Driver Program, is revised to:
Handbook EL-804, Safe Driver Program
1 Introduction
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12 Definitions
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[Revise the second paragraph of the definition of “Driving Safety Instructor” to read as follows:]
For more detailed information about DSIs, see chapter 5 of this handbook and Qualification Standard and Standard Position Description for Driving Safety Instructor, issued by Human Resources.
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13 Program Administration
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135 Driving Safety Instructors
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[Revise the second paragraph of 135 to read as follows:]
The duties and responsibilities of DSIs and ad hoc DSIs can be found in chapter 5 of this handbook and in the Qualification Standard and Standard Position Description for Driving Safety Instructor, issued by Human Resources.
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137 On-the-Job Instructors
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137.1 Training
[Revise 137.1 to read as follows:]
OJIs who provide job instruction to city and rural carriers must successfully complete the following:
137.2 Responsibilities
[Revise 137.2 to read as follows:]
The OJI’s responsibilities include ensuring that new driving employees use and demonstrate the skills they learned in the classroom and the driver skills courses. In addition:
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14 Program Supervision
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143 Learning to Observe Drivers
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[Revise the second bullet to read as follows:]
- A 2-hour, Web-based, national driver observation training course for managers, Customer Service; supervisors, Customer Service; and postmasters with delivery. The title is Driver Observation Training — Delivery Services (DOT — DS), Course No. 43601–17.
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2 Screening and Selecting Drivers
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23 Review of Applicant’s Driving Record
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235 Disposition of PS Form 2480
[Revise 235 to read as follows:]
Whether or not an individual is hired, keep the completed PS Form 2480 in the individual’s pre-employment investigation file.
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25 PS Form 4582, Operator’s Record
[Revise 25 to read as follows:]
After an individual has met all of the requirements for the position, the individual’s state driving abstract and PS Form 2480 must be placed in the employee’s official personal folder (OPF).
Note: For individuals who are not selected, keep state abstracts and forms in the individual’s pre-employment investigation file.
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3 Training and Testing Drivers
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33 Initial Driver Training
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336 End-of-Training Road Test (Exam 806)
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[Revise Exhibit 336.3 to read as follows:]
Exhibit 336.3
Drivers Required to Take Exam 806
If a Postal Service employee…
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Then the employee… |
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Must take and pass the end-of-training road test for each type of Postal Service RHD vehicle he or she is required to operate. |
- Does not have driving privileges for a specific type of RHD vehicle for job duty, and requests a promotion or reassignment to a city or rural carrier position that requires driving a specific type of RHD vehicle for job duty1
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Is not required to take the end-of-training road test.2 |
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If the promotion or reassignment involves a transfer, a DSI in the potential losing office must administer the test and forward the results to the potential gaining office.
However, the CDL operator must successfully complete the tasks for each Postal Service vehicle he or she is required to operate at each skill station during controlled driving training on the large-truck skills course and the street course for each type of vehicle he or she is required to operate. A CDL operator who does not successfully complete the skills course on a specific type of vehicle will not be granted driving privileges for that type of vehicle. The DSI must notify the employee’s supervisor when driving privileges are not awarded.
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5 Driving Safety Instructors
51 Duties and Responsibilities
[Revise the last paragraph of 51 to read as follows:]
For more detailed information about DSI duties and responsibilities, see Qualification Standard and Standard Position Description for Driving Safety Instructor, issued by Human Resources.
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We will incorporate this revision into the next printed version of Handbook EL-804 and into the next online update, available on the Postal Service™ PolicyNet Web site:
(The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet Web site is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.)
— Safety and Environmental Performance Management,
Employee Resource Management, 8-30-07
