Only really thought of this as it happened today and wondering if I am going to get my balls kicked by vosa the next time I get stopped.
In basic this was my 13 hour day (on digi card)
mixed driving and other duties = 5 hours
Rest = 1 hour
mixed driving and other duties = 7 hours
home
ok I tried to look this duty thing up and my understanding is
you can’t work more than 6 hours without 15 minute break
if your working between 6 - 9 hours 30 minute break
working more than 9 hours - 45 minute break
and all these breaks can be taken at 15min intervals.
NOW MY WORRY
I worked less than 6 hours and took 45 mins rest (which works as I was planning to work more than 9 hours), then worked solid for 7 hours (drove for 4 hours and other work for 3 in total), should there have been another 15 minute break in there? as I worked more than 6 hours
ebabes:
Only really thought of this as it happened today and wondering if I am going to get my balls kicked by vosa the next time I get stopped.
In basic this was my 13 hour day (on digi card)
mixed driving and other duties = 5 hours
Rest = 1 hour
mixed driving and other duties = 7 hours
home
ok I tried to look this duty thing up and my understanding is
you can’t work more than 6 hours without 15 minute break
if your working between 6 - 9 hours 30 minute break
working more than 9 hours - 45 minute break
and all these breaks can be taken at 15min intervals.
NOW MY WORRY
I worked less than 6 hours and took 45 mins rest (which works as I was planning to work more than 9 hours), then worked solid for 7 hours (drove for 4 hours and other work for 3 in total), should there have been another 15 minute break in there? as I worked more than 6 hours
ebabes:
…then worked solid for 7 hours (drove for 4 hours and other work for 3 in total), should there have been another 15 minute break in there? as I worked more than 6 hours
Yes.
ebabes:
oh crap - so how long do I have to go into hiding now■■?
You don’t need to hide. No one is really enforcing the WTD, it doesn’t get checked at the roadside, and at worst it would be a bollocking, sorry I mean a bit of education on how you went wrong and how to avoid it in the future.
ebabes:
oh crap - so how long do I have to go into hiding now■■?
Do a print out and point out that you were on the wrong mode for 15 mins of that time when you went for a crap / brew / lunch
Or just leave it as it is because that could be construed as falsifying records and that carries a big fine and possibly a jail term. Whereas cocking up a WTD break isn’t going to attract much more than a bit of advice on how not to do it again.