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Be fit and licensed to drive, drive to the conditions and maintain adequate braking distance.

  • Poor - Not fit for work, evidence of fatigue. Adequate braking distance not maintained. Driving too fast for the conditions.
    Fair - Fit for work adequate braking distance maintained, travel considered too fast for the conditions.
    Good - Fit, licensed, drives to conditions and maintains adequate braking distance.
    Best Practice - Alert, fit for work, drives to conditions with through knowledge of 4 wheel drive techniques. Drives to conditions, accurately assesses changes in conditions and drives according to the change. Strong knowledge of access tracks and conditions before travel.

  • How would you describe the driver being fit and licensed to drive, driving to the conditions and maintaining adequate braking distance?

Ensure the correct vehicle is used for the task and it is within its load rating, loads are secured and load distribution is correct.

  • Poor - No planning conducted to select correct vehicle for task. Load not secure or adequately distributed.
    Fair - Correct vehicle used for task and loads secure.
    Good - Correct vehicle used for task, loads secure and evenly distributed.
    Best Practice - Correct vehicle used for task, loads secure and evenly distributed. Vehicle fitted with toolboxes and adequate storage for tools, small plant and equipment. Tools kept in neat and tidy ordered fashion.

  • How would you describe the vehicle selection and how the load was secured and distributed?

Plan your journey, including adequate rest breaks. Ensure that travel during hours of darkness is only for essential works – e.g. Callouts.

  • Poor - Journey not planned and travelling through the night. No rest breaks planned.
    Fair - Rest breaks planned however still driving in hours of darkness.
    Good - Journey planned to travel in daylight hours. Rest breaks incorporated in travel.
    Best Practice - Journey planned to travel in daylight hours. Rest breaks incorporated in travel. Accommodation booked to break up long drives. Driving two up to share driving tasks.

  • How would you describe the planning of the journey?

Ensure access tracks are fit for use and ensure correct recovery equipment is carried. Identify and protect unsafe access tracks and report to your supervisor.

  • Poor - Driving on access tracks without assessing conditions. Not carrying recovery equipment. Not protecting or reporting unfit access tracks to supervisor.
    Fair - Assess access tracks before driving, carrying recovery equipment and report unsafe access tracks.
    Good - Assess access tracks are fit for use and correct recovery equipment is carried. Identify and protect unsafe access tracks and report to your supervisor.
    Best Practice - Assess access tracks are fit for use and correct recovery equipment is carried. Identify and protect unsafe access tracks and report to your supervisor. Make repairs were able to and raise Hazard Report.

  • How would you describe the assessment and protection of access tracks and the carrying of correct recovery equipment?

Ensure correct vehicle checks have been carried out, including the checking of wheel nut indicators.

  • Poor - No vehicle checks conducted.
    Fair - Vehicle check conducted with no record.
    Good - Vehicle check conducted and documented.
    Best Practice - Vehicle check conducted and documented. Faults identified and reported for repair. Vehicle tagged out as required.

  • How would you describe how the vehicle checks were carried out?

When parking on site ensure vehicle is positioned to allow a forward movement. When reversing use spotters where applicable.

  • Poor - Parking to allow a forward movement not considered. No spotter used when reversing.
    Fair - Parking to allow a forward movement not considered. Spotter used when reversing.
    Good - Parking on site to allow for a forward movement. Reversing camera fitted to vehicle.
    Best Practice - Parking on site to allow for a forward movement. Spotter organised if required. Organise for changes around site to allow for forward movement after parking.

  • How would you describe the parking of vehicles?

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