Safe Loading and Unloading of Vehicles
All drivers of goods-carrying commercial vehicles have a legal responsibility to ensure the load is secured to the vehicle. As part of the driver daily walk around checks, load security should be checked as a matter of course.
Objectives of this Module
• Your and your employer’s legal obligations
• The risks of an overloaded or insecure load on a vehicle
• Vehicle and axle weights
• How vehicle weight and position of load alters vehicle stability
• Methods for securing different types of load
• Tensioning forces / friction forces and MIRA findings
• This will be followed with a short test to check your
understanding
Course Contents
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