HVO Safety Awareness Course Training Modules
The Heavy Vehicle Operator Safety Awareness course consists of seven online training modules that cover driver wellbeing and essential actions to ensure the safety of the driver and the load they are carrying.
Driver Fatigue
When driving a heavy vehicle, driver fatigue is quite common. Often drivers have to travel for long hours and work night shifts. Learn what causes fatigue, the effects and how to minimise driver fatigue.
Drugs and Alcohol
Heavy Vehicle Operators needs to be alert and able to assess where the next hazard comes from. Drinking alcohol and/or taking drugs will have a direct influence on your driving. Explore the pitfalls of driving under the influence and the best strategy for staying safe.
Vehicle Prechecks
Regular pre trip inspections of your vehicle are essential for minimising vehicle risk and can even save lives. Learn what’s involved in the precheck of your vehicle as well as of you the driver, to make sure you’re safe to drive.
Load Planning
Planning the load can have lots of advantages. Discover the importance of load placement, customer requirements and risk assessment and the impacts if these are not implemented correctly.
Restraining Loads (Part 1)
Heavy Vehicle Operators are required to ensure the load on their vehicle is securely restrained and within the permitted dimensions and weight limitations. Explore what restraint and restraint method should be used, based on the load and vehicle. Also discover the impact of not securely a load safely.
Restraining Loads (Part 2)
When operating heavy vehicles there are many different types of equipment used to restrain loads. Learn about the types of equipment, how to do safety checks on the equipment and how to restrain the load.
Log Book
Driving continuously for hours every day will eventually lead to driver fatigue. Log books not only help you and your employer meet the legal requirements as a driver, it helps you keep track of your hours, reduce fatigue and driving accidents. Learn more about log books and driver responsibilities.
Following Distances
As a heavy vehicle driver with a lot of mass, your stopping distances are longer. Learn about the safety measures needed to reduce the risk of incidents in different weather and road conditions.
Distractions
Anything that distracts you for more than two seconds has the chance to be fatal when you are a heavy vehicle driver. Learn about why this is the case, the different types of distractions and many different techniques that should be used to prevent distraction.
Night Driving
Night is one of the riskiest environmental conditions that heavy vehicle drivers will regularly encounter. Learn about what you need to check and prepare before a night drive. Learn about common hazards you might encounter on a night drive and what to do.
Vehicle Dynamics
Some ways in which trucks behave in motion are counterintuitive. By learning about vehicle dynamics, you will gain confidence and feel more in control of your vehicle even in the most unlikely circumstances.
Hazard and Risk reduction
A general overview of effective ways to reduce risk and the most common hazards that you will encounter as a heavy vehicle driver. Serves as a recap of the previous courses.
Vehicle Prechecks
A detailed guide on all the vehicle checks needed to make sure your heavy vehicle is fit to drive. As well as documentation and, most importantly, yourself. Feel confident that you're heavy vehicle is safe by learning a systematic process of what is needed to check.
