Overview
WEST AUSTRALIAN HEAVY VEHICLE ACCREDITATION (WAHVA) AND NATIONAL HEAVY VEHICLE ACCREDITATION SCHEME (NHVAS)
If you are trying to achieve WAHVA or NHVAS alone, your heavy vehicle compliance can be very time consuming and stressful. That’s why Accreditation Specialists specialize in helping you establish a friendly management system, which ensures your organization meets the required standards in the easiest possible way.
Mass Management
https://www.nhvr.gov.au/files/0001-mass_management_accrediation_guide.pdf
- Operators accredited in Mass Management module can access additional mass concessions. These concessions allow vehicles to operate at Concessional Mass Limits (CML ) for general access to the road network. Participation in the NHVAS Mass Management module is a pre-requisite for access to Higher Mass Limits (HML).
Maintenance Management
https://www.nhvr.gov.au/files/0003-maintenancet-mgmt-accrediation-guide.pdf
- Operators accredited in the Maintenance Management module must maintain their vehicle and comply with all relevant road transport legislation. Some jurisdictions require annual inspections as part of the registration process, but grant exemptions to vehicle with maintenance management.
Basic Fatigue Management
https://www.nhvr.gov.au/files/201402-0002-basic-fatigue-management-accreditation-guide.pdf
- Operators with BFM accreditation can operate under more flexible work and rest hours, allowing for (among other things) work of up to 14 hours in a 24-hour period. BFM gives operators some flexibility in when drivers can work and rest, as long as the risks of driver fatigue are properly managed.
Advanced Fatigue Management
https://www.nhvr.gov.au/safety-accreditation-compliance/fatigue-management/work-and-restrequirements/advanced-fatigue-management-afm
- AFM brings a genuine risk management approach to managing heavy vehicle driver fatigue. Rather than prescribing work and rest hours, AFM offers more flexibility than Standard Hours or BFM in return for the operator demonstrating greater accountability for managing their drives’ fatigue risks.`