1. Visit trucksafe.net.nz and sign up to become a TruckSafe member

Use the online application form to sign up for TruckSafe membership. Being a TruckSafe member gives you access to a wealth of resources to assist with planning, creating, and implementing your TruckSafe safety management system (SMS).

2. Visit the Member Access part of our website to get in depth information on how to create your TruckSafe SMS

As a member you gain access to detailed information, to help you understand how to create your TruckSafe SMS. Here you will be able to get valuable information on the various SMS elements and gain an understanding of what resources you need, and what you already have that you can use. Putting your SMS together isn’t about reinventing the wheel.

3. Conduct a gap analysis of your systems

Now that you are armed with the knowledge gathered from the Member Access section of our website, it’s time to complete a gap analysis of your safety systems. Use the form we have available for our members to methodically and systematically go through your existing systems to find and record any gaps you have.

4. Go to the Member Access portal and download your policies, procedures, processes, and forms. There are also other tools you can use to assist with managing your membership

With your gap analysis complete its time to head on over the Member Access portal, where you can download everything you need to fill in the gaps for your TruckSafe SMS. 

5. Create your TruckSafe SMS and implement it into your business

After downloading the materials you need, put your SMS together, updating your existing policies, procedures, processes, and forms or add new ones before testing and implementing them into the day-to-day activities of your business.

6. Request an audit and have it approved

Once you are confident that your systems meet the TruckSafe SMS requirements, are complete, and are working as expected, complete the audit request form to advise us you are ready for your online provisional audit. We will perform some checks and if everything is in order we will approve your audit and set it up on our digital platform.

7. Complete your audit and have it assessed

Your auditor will contact you and set up a date for your online provisional audit. This is a check that you have all the systems, policies, procedures, and processes in place. They will advise if your systems have any weaknesses or parts missing and request you fix them before finalising your audit and handing it to us. We will assess your online provisional audit report and if everything is in order, issue you with a provisional certificate.

8. You are now provisionally certified to the TruckSafe SMS!

When your provisional certificate is close to expiring you will have your onsite full certification audit. Between 3-9 months after your provisional certificate is issued, an independent auditor will need to complete an onsite certification audit of your business. This is an evidence check that you are using the systems checked in the online audit.

9. Completing your onsite full certification audit

If satisfied we will issue you with a certificate for full certification for up to 18 months.

Congratulations! Once you have been issued with TruckSafe Certification you can proudly promote your business as being amongst the safest in the road transport industry. You can use your certificate when tendering for contracts and to give your customers and supply chain partners confidence you are actively taking steps to minimise or eliminate risks in the workplace.

Successive certificates issued after an ongoing onsite certification audit will be up to 2 years in duration. We will let you know when your audit is due well in advance to ensure you obtain a new certificate before your current one expires.

These ongoing onsite certification audits are to ensure your systems continue to work and evolve in line with your business.