SAFED training for LGV drivers and transport businesses looking to improve driving standards, reduce unnecessary fuel use and develop safer, smoother and more efficient driving techniques.
Choose classroom training, a practical driving assessment, or combine both into a full-day driver-development programme.
Half-day SAFED classroom training
Half-day one-to-one practical coaching
Full-day classroom and practical driver training
For fleet, business or group bookings, please contact us.
Safe & Fuel Efficient Driving training is designed for professional LGV drivers and transport businesses that want to improve driver performance without sacrificing safe, progressive driving.
The course focuses on the way a driver observes, plans, accelerates, brakes, selects speed and manages the vehicle. Practical sessions begin with an assessment of current driving style before coaching is tailored to the individual driver.
For fleet operators, SAFED can be used as part of wider driver-development activity to identify habits that affect safety, fuel use, vehicle wear and day-to-day operating costs.
Training combines safer-driving principles with practical techniques that help drivers make better use of vehicle momentum, road space and forward planning.
Understand where unnecessary fuel is used and how better planning and smoother vehicle control can reduce waste.
Develop earlier observation, hazard awareness and forward planning to reduce unnecessary braking and acceleration.
Choose appropriate speed earlier and maintain smooth, progressive vehicle movement.
Reduce harsh inputs and unnecessary changes in speed by anticipating traffic and road conditions.
Make effective use of the vehicle's controls, power delivery and momentum without compromising safety.
Understand how vehicle condition and maintenance can affect efficiency, safety and operating performance.
Practical routes assess the driver's normal road behaviour rather than relying on classroom theory alone.
Practical coaching is targeted at the driver's own strengths, habits and areas for improvement.
Practical routes compare the initial and final drives so improvements can be discussed and recorded.
Practical training follows a simple assessment, coaching and reassessment structure focused on measurable driver improvement.
The instructor observes the driver's current vehicle control, planning, observation and efficiency.
The initial drive identifies strong areas and behaviours that may be affecting safety or fuel use.
The instructor works one-to-one with the driver on smoother and more efficient techniques.
The driver practises improved planning, speed choice and vehicle control in normal road conditions.
A final drive gives the instructor a second performance point to compare against the initial assessment.
Feedback is provided on performance, with a written driver report and certificate of completion on the practical route.
The aim is not simply to drive more slowly. It is to drive with better anticipation, smoother control and more consistent decision-making.
Reduce unnecessary acceleration, braking and inefficient vehicle inputs.
Read traffic and road conditions earlier to maintain smoother progress.
Reinforce observation, hazard awareness and appropriate speed selection.
Smoother driving can reduce unnecessary harsh braking and vehicle-control inputs.
Give businesses a structured way to assess and coach driver performance.
The course is suitable for individual professional drivers and businesses looking to strengthen fleet driving standards.
Experienced drivers who want to improve efficiency, planning and overall road performance.
Businesses looking to reduce avoidable fuel use and develop consistent driver standards.
Organisations that want assessment-led coaching for drivers across a working fleet.
Drivers returning to LGV work who want a structured refresh of road skills and efficient-driving habits.
SAFED stands for Safe & Fuel Efficient Driving. The training focuses on safer, smoother and more efficient professional driving techniques.
Kent Training currently publishes the half-day classroom course at £180 including VAT, or £150 excluding VAT.
The current Driving Assessment & Training route includes up to four hours of driving and assessment.
Yes. The practical element includes individual coaching based on the driver's current performance and driving style.
The advertised practical and bundle prices are based on the customer supplying the vehicle. Using the driver's normal working vehicle also helps make the training directly relevant to their day-to-day operation.
A suitable vehicle can be arranged where required. Contact the team before booking so availability and any additional vehicle cost can be confirmed.
The current classroom option allows up to 10 candidates on a training course.
Yes. Kent Training supports business and fleet bookings. Contact the team with the number of drivers, vehicle type and preferred training arrangement.
Yes. The currently published SAFED options include a certificate on completion.
Kent Training supports individual LGV drivers, transport businesses and fleet operators across Kent and the South East with classroom and practical driver-development training.
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Tell us whether you need classroom training, practical driver assessment or a fleet programme and our team will help arrange the right SAFED option.
