Education of company employees

We have continued the project „Support for vocational training of employees II (POVEZ II)“, which we started in 2019. It is focused on training of employees of the company Dopravní podnik města Hradce Králové, a.s. from the positions of public transport drivers to top management.

Thanks to this programme, which is part of the Operational Programme Employment, some public transport drivers were able to participate in a full-day training course on driving skills and basic road safety at the training polygon at the Hradec Králové airport. The first 20 DP employees underwent the test training in September 2019. It was very successful and well evaluated by the drivers themselves thanks to the professional individual approach of experienced expert trainers with many years of practical experience. This year, a further 40 drivers were trained, always in groups of 20. The training was divided into two parts. In the morning, the theory focused on the factors affecting the economy of vehicle operation, the use of modern safety systems during driving, improving the quality of vehicle control, the principles of safe driving, preventing and solving crisis situations, the driver's reaction time, the correct choice of driving speed and safe distance, the basic physical laws of bus movement, the causes of skidding and ways to manage it, the basics of defensive driving, etc. First aid training was also part of the training on board the bus, where drivers learned, among other things, how to free a passenger and provide first aid. In the afternoon, the drivers then tried their hand at practical training, training individual driving in created conditions to test vehicle behaviour and driving skills to cope with risky situations, popularly referred to as „skid school“. The safety of our drivers and passengers is our top priority and we are therefore very pleased to have been able to provide this training, which we plan to continue in future years. Rehearsing and mastering crisis situations and driving techniques contributes significantly to safer drivers on the roads in the complex conditions of today's increasingly challenging Hradec Kralove city traffic. 

Project promoter

Hradec Králové City Transport Company, a.s.
ID: 252 67 213
Contact: Marcel Kocman, kocman@dpmhk.cz, tel.: 495 089 230