This unit covers chain of responsibility parties and features of HVNL and state or territory regulations; development and implementation, and then review, of policies and procedures in the workplace. Key areas covered explanations of principal COR obligations and Heavy Vehicle National Law, legislation and regulations, including Environmental and OHS areas. Other specific areas include:
- Workplace relations regulations
- Traffic conditions
- Speed and fatigue laws and management, including work and rest requirements and their recording
- Extended liability
- Securing and restraining loads and their mass limits; dangerous goods
- Vehicle dimensions, axle types and spacing
- Understanding key parties in COR
- Breaches and penalties
- The need for risk-based categorisations
- ROC breaches consequences, and penalties; prevention and compliance problem responses
- Aiming for continual improvement
- Understanding the principle and practice of ‘reasonable steps’ for each party within the COR
- Statements of intent
- Comprehensive policies and procedures
- Monitoring planning, systems and actions
- Implementation reviews
- Change proposals
- Electronic and paper-based policy and procedure storage