Trailer Use and Associated Load Security Training
We have found there is a lack of knowledge surrounding legal trailer use, safe trailer loading and how this impacts dynamics, the physics surrounding general trailer use. Large trailers are different from small trailers yet there are some commonalities that are easy to learn if trained correctly.
This course is good for commercial contractors, farm workers, or any industry that expects their workers to tow trailers. We assume people can drive with a trailer if they have a class 1 car license but very few people are taught the specifics. Many managers or workers don’t understand what is legal or how the dynamics of vehicle control can change with a trailer load. We provide a practical training solution to ensure staff safety within the bounds of best practise. Let us help simplify this for you and make a practical difference.
The trailer training course is designed to produce a worker that is competent to look after your trailer and can safely operate them for work purposes. The course takes key practical and safety elements out of the various key NZQA courses and combines them into a single package. This provides a seamless training package that can be added to our other training courses and applied in safe learning environment. Workers will be able to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attributes for all essential areas of the competency covered under the “Best Practice” guidelines for trailer use in the workplace.
This course is targeted specifically at the trailers you use at your work place either on road or off road … or both!). This course enables the trainee to safely and legally operate a trailer over varied terrain. The trainee will also be able to demonstrate the appropriate responsibilities of a driver with emphasis on accident prevention. A high level of hazard identification and safe decision-making is also promoted as well as driving techniques that minimise negative environmental impact. The course can be customised to incorporate your own workplace policies and procedures.
The course follows the code of practice guidelines and covers the following knowledge and skills:
If your farm or work site has multiple vehicles check out our Farm Vehicle Driver Training page that can provide a grouped vehicle training option.
This course is good for commercial contractors, farm workers, or any industry that expects their workers to tow trailers. We assume people can drive with a trailer if they have a class 1 car license but very few people are taught the specifics. Many managers or workers don’t understand what is legal or how the dynamics of vehicle control can change with a trailer load. We provide a practical training solution to ensure staff safety within the bounds of best practise. Let us help simplify this for you and make a practical difference.
The trailer training course is designed to produce a worker that is competent to look after your trailer and can safely operate them for work purposes. The course takes key practical and safety elements out of the various key NZQA courses and combines them into a single package. This provides a seamless training package that can be added to our other training courses and applied in safe learning environment. Workers will be able to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attributes for all essential areas of the competency covered under the “Best Practice” guidelines for trailer use in the workplace.
This course is targeted specifically at the trailers you use at your work place either on road or off road … or both!). This course enables the trainee to safely and legally operate a trailer over varied terrain. The trainee will also be able to demonstrate the appropriate responsibilities of a driver with emphasis on accident prevention. A high level of hazard identification and safe decision-making is also promoted as well as driving techniques that minimise negative environmental impact. The course can be customised to incorporate your own workplace policies and procedures.
The course follows the code of practice guidelines and covers the following knowledge and skills:
- Health and safety considerations
- Understanding the various types of trailers, braking control variations, etc
- Pre-use daily checks, and serviceability
- Hook up and disconnect procedures
- Loading and unloading items from a trailer
- Hazard identification and safety margin awareness
- Obstacle recognition and negotiation
- Stability dynamics including loads carried, how vehicle dynamics change , and load security
- Understanding tyres and the importance of correct inflation pressures
- Correct hill ascent, descent, and driving side slopes, other driving techniques, and limitations of driver and trailers
If your farm or work site has multiple vehicles check out our Farm Vehicle Driver Training page that can provide a grouped vehicle training option.
