To effectively manage a fleet at its optimum level it is important to understand vehicle maintenance and vehicle parts, aligning holding periods for vehicles will impact maintenance planning, vehicle replacement process and programs, total maintenance costing and other associated cost involving vehicle maintenance and planning.

The underlying principle of customer care is to acknowledge the diverse cultures of the New Zealand metropolitan customers.


Aim / Purpose

To enable students to analytically examine and discuss vehicle fleet operations, importance of fleet maintenance planning to minimize the impact of risk associated with vehicle investment and economic impact.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of learning the student will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding at Level 6 relating to:

1.       Concepts of transport (fleet) management.

2.       Transport planning and fleet maintenance scheduling.

3.       Impact of Transport operations, costing and pricing.

4.       Drivers health, safety, security and incident management.