COURSE CONTENT:

Throughout the Harness course our trainers will cover off the below operations ensuring a comprehensive understanding of both practical and theoretical elements.

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to identify, apply and follow chain of responsibility legislation, regulations and workplace procedures in relation to heavy vehicles as they apply to an individual’s own job role.

It includes explaining the chain of responsibility features, applying the requirements, and identifying and reporting breaches in the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) and regulations or applicable state/territory law and regulations.

Explain the chain of responsibility(CoR)features in the Heavy Vehicle National Law and regulations or applicable state/territory law and regulations

• Principal obligations within chain of responsibility in the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) and regulations or applicable state/territory law and regulations are identified
• Principal duties of each party in the chain of responsibility as outlined in the HVNL and regulations or applicable state/territory law and regulations are explained
• Breaches and penalties for each party for failure to comply with chain of responsibility as identified in the HVNL and regulations or applicable state/territory law and regulations are explained
• Reasonable steps to be followed by each party to comply with chain of responsibility as outlined in the HVNL and regulations or applicable state/territory law and regulations are explained

Apply chain of responsibility(CoR)requirements in the Heavy Vehicle National Law and regulations or applicable state/territory law and regulations

• Workplace policies, procedures and other documents that include chain of responsibility as it applies to own job role are identified and explained
• Methods and requirements to ensure management of speed and fatigue are explained
• Methods to calculate vehicle dimension and mass limits are explained
• Methods to ensure loads are secured are explained
• Workplace documents relating to chain of responsibility are completed and processed to workplace requirements

Identify and report chain of responsibility breaches

• Chain of responsibility (CoR) breaches are identified and explained
• Workplace procedures and industry practices for reporting chain of responsibility breaches are identified and followed