Checked the PDA this morning (Thursday) and the Van check has gone live
as underpaid work-place-coach I made sure everyone knew about it . but the usual suspects refused to do it ........
simple process which if you use to your advantage , you'll get those van's off the road and into the workshop ......
if it's not safe to drive , it's your managers Ass on the line not yours
Checked the PDA this morning (Thursday) and the Van check has gone live
as underpaid work-place-coach I made sure everyone knew about it . but the usual suspects refused to do it ........
simple process which if you use to your advantage , you'll get those van's off the road and into the workshop ......
if it's not safe to drive , it's your managers Ass on the line not yours
Do you still have the old fault reporting system, i.e. paper PMT forms, or is it all done the PDA?
If it's a minor fault does your PDA "decide" for you whether it's roadworthy?
at the moment you complete your log book for mileage Etc
If you have a fault (bald tyre) .... you 'tick' the thumbs down and then fill out a Pmt1 fault and then input that number into the PDA ..... you then have to get permission from your manager to either take that van out (safe or not safe) , if it all goes horrible wrong your manager get's a kicking
Yes this is a pain-in-the-ass , but use this tool to protect yourself
at the moment you complete your log book for mileage Etc
If you have a fault (bald tyre) .... you 'tick' the thumbs down and then fill out a Pmt1 fault and then input that number into the PDA ..... you then have to get permission from your manager to either take that van out (safe or not safe) , if it all goes horrible wrong your manager get's a kicking
Yes this is a pain-in-the-ass , but use this tool to protect yourself
If you have filled a Pmt1 form out you don’t take the van out whatever the manager says.
at the moment you complete your log book for mileage Etc
If you have a fault (bald tyre) .... you 'tick' the thumbs down and then fill out a Pmt1 fault and then input that number into the PDA ..... you then have to get permission from your manager to either take that van out (safe or not safe) , if it all goes horrible wrong your manager get's a kicking
Yes this is a pain-in-the-ass , but use this tool to protect yourself
If the van is faulty and you feel it is unsafe or wouldn't pass an MOT/PSV then DO NOT take it out
no matter what any Manager says. It is your responsibility not his/hers.
If you're stopped by the Police or worse in an accident, "My Manager said it was okay" is not going to help is it?
Checked the PDA this morning (Thursday) and the Van check has gone live
as underpaid work-place-coach I made sure everyone knew about it . but the usual suspects refused to do it ........
simple process which if you use to your advantage , you'll get those van's off the road and into the workshop ......
if it's not safe to drive , it's your managers Ass on the line not yours
There is no advantage with the van checks now being on the PDA. If your van has a fault you should be filling out a PMT1 form regardless of the checks being logged on the PDA or through the logbook. If people have bald tyres etc and are waiting for the van check app to go live before they log it then there is only one person who will get an ass kicking and that's you!
Checked the PDA this morning (Thursday) and the Van check has gone live
as underpaid work-place-coach I made sure everyone knew about it . but the usual suspects refused to do it ........
simple process which if you use to your advantage , you'll get those van's off the road and into the workshop ......
if it's not safe to drive , it's your managers Ass on the line not yours
postman DICK I think you have got this completely wrong ,if a van is not safe or unfit in any way to be on the road the person who gets prosecuted is the driver if he is caught,so it is not the managers arse on the line it is yours, and I can’t see how you could be workplace coach when giving out totally incorrect info
Checked the PDA this morning (Thursday) and the Van check has gone live
as underpaid work-place-coach I made sure everyone knew about it . but the usual suspects refused to do it ........
simple process which if you use to your advantage , you'll get those van's off the road and into the workshop ......
if it's not safe to drive , it's your managers Ass on the line not yours
There is no advantage with the van checks now being on the PDA. If your van has a fault you should be filling out a PMT1 form regardless of the checks being logged on the PDA or through the logbook. If people have bald tyres etc and are waiting for the van check app to go live before they log it then there is only one person who will get an ass kicking and that's you!
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Is it not time that PMT 1 ,s were filled in On Lime & Copied to The D O M & Work Shop Supervisor
Checked the PDA this morning (Thursday) and the Van check has gone live
as underpaid work-place-coach I made sure everyone knew about it . but the usual suspects refused to do it ........
simple process which if you use to your advantage , you'll get those van's off the road and into the workshop ......
if it's not safe to drive , it's your managers Ass on the line not yours
postman DICK I think you have got this completely wrong ,if a van is not safe or unfit in any way to be on the road the person who gets prosecuted is the driver if he is caught,so it is not the managers arse on the line it is yours, and I can’t see how you could be workplace coach when giving out totally incorrect info
Agree . If you're a wpc at least get the facts correct before putting it out on here. You could get someone into trouble. As stated, the responsibility of whether you take a van out or not is totally down to the driver.
if it's not safe to drive , it's your managers Ass on the line not yours
As others have said, you are completly wrong so I suggest you resign as a WPC and give it to someone who knows how the job works...Dick.
And you are the rep as well?
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been. My BFF Clash The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
I’m told the weekly more in depth van check has to be done by all of us on the same day (Tuesday morning) each week.
There’s 80 driving rounds here, when it comes to checking tire pressure using the one available air pump how is this possible? Assuming it takes on average 3 minutes for each person to check their van tyre pressure, that’s 240 minutes. As usual this hasn’t been thought through at all.
It should be a designated 13 vans a day.
The day is gonna come when we’re all gonna have to testify.
I’m told the weekly more in depth van check has to be done by all of us on the same day (Tuesday morning) each week.
There’s 80 driving rounds here, when it comes to checking tire pressure using the one available air pump how is this possible? Assuming it takes on average 3 minutes for each person to check their van tyre pressure, that’s 240 minutes. As usual this hasn’t been thought through at all.
It should be a designated 13 vans a day.
It looks like the daily check option for vehicles on the PDA is not an available option to select on Tuesdays. I think you get both options on the remaining working days so RM appear to want us to do the weekly check on Tuesdays. This is despite RM swapping the mail volumes over from Mondays to Tuesdays so really the weekly check only option should probably be set for Mondays unless RM are willing to revert back to how we used to work on Mondays & Tuesdays.
Regarding equipment to check tyre pressures your office could obtain electric or mechanical tyre pressure guages so not everyone has to use the compressor. I bring my own tyre pressure gauge & tread gauge into work on the day we have to do the weekly check. Its notable that on the PDA version it is not required to enter the tyre pressures and tyre tread depths as with the paper sheets. So the old paper sheets were more informative for a number of reasons.
The views I express here are mine alone and do not represent the views of Royal Mail Group.
