RIIVEH305F
Operate and Maintain a Four Wheel Drive Vehicle
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Course Description:
This four-wheel driver training course teaches you how to operate and maintain a 4WD vehicle in the Resources and Infrastructure Industries.
This course covers the following areas:
- Identify four-wheel drive specific terms, terminology and techniques
- Plan for minimal environmental impact
- Perform pre-departure checks
- Use four-wheel drive mode
- Coordinate and recover a vehicle
- Perform maintenance and minor repairs on four-wheel drive vehicles
- Recovery in the field.
Course Duration:
This driving course is delivered over 10 hours
Course Locations:
We can deliver this training course at one of our driver training facilities located at:
- Chinchilla, Queensland
(Surat Basin). - Swan Gully, Bromelton
(Near Beaudesert).
Or we can come to you.
- Anywhere in Australia
Our driver training instructors are also able to travel anywhere in Australia, to your location, to teach this course. There may be a charge for travel when time spent travelling both to and from training location is more than 1 hour in total, and where there are mobilisation and demobilisation costs.
Course Pre-requisites:
Licensing, certification, legislative and regulatory requirements that apply to this course can vary between industry sectors, states and territories.
This course is for the experienced four wheel driver or those requiring a refresher course.
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Accreditation:
RIIVEH305F driver training is nationally recognised.
Driven Training Pty Ltd is a Registered Training Organisation (40780)
RIIVEH305F Course Structure
The RIIVEH305F four-wheel drive driving course consists of:
- Online self-paced study
- Online assessment
- Questionnaire
- Static practical lessons around the vehicle
- Hands-on lessons and assessment driving a 4WD
- Self-paced study.
RIIVEH305F – Information Topics Covered
The following topics are covered in the theory lessons:
- Prestart & post operational checks, securing load, fault finding
- Legal requirements and company policies and procedure – land access
- Defensive driving techniques – night driving, wet roads, animals, environmental impacts
- Journey management – fatigue, using GPS, convoy procedures, communication, weather restrictions
- Four-wheel drive systems – free-wheeling hubs, differences between 2WD-4WD, constant 4WD
- On & off road driving techniques – hazard identification
- Vehicle recovery methods: sand mats, airbags, winching
- Emergency procedures
Unit of competency: Here’s the official government definition of the subjects that are covered in the RIIVEH305F driver training.
RIIVEH305F – Practical Component
On the RIIVEH305F driver training course you’ll have 4 hours of practical training in a 4WD vehicle covering the following skills:
- Prestart and post operational checks – load security, fault repair
- Journey management – water, food, GPS, route planning, staying in contact etc.
- Driving on sealed and unsealed roads, emergency braking
- Driving on uneven terrain, up and down hills, on sand, in mud, over rocks
- Changing a wheel on uneven terrain
- Vehicle recovery methods: winching, sand mats, airbags
- Basic maintenance: changing fuses and light bulbs, charging a battery, jump starting a vehicle
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This course is run by request and adapted to suit the needs of the business or individual. For date options that will suit you, contact us via our contact us page or by calling (07) 3807 5491