Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for trip
- Job hazards are identified and required action is taken to minimise, control or eliminate identified hazards
- Inventory of equipment is completed in accordance with organisational requirements
- Driver clothing is selected in accordance with organisational and customer requirements
- Vehicles assessed as unsuitable for car carrier are excluded from loading in accordance with organisational requirements
- Inspection documentation for vehicles to be loaded is completed in accordance with organisational and customer requirements
- Delivery instructions, including verbal instructions for pick-up points and destinations, are checked to ensure they are consistent with manifest, and inconsistencies are remedied in accordance with organisational requirements
- Suitable route is selected to ensure most efficient, safe and secure route for load
- Load car carrier vehicle
- Car carrier vehicle is loaded without damage to vehicles, in the correct order and in accordance with organisational requirements
- Vehicles are loaded onto car carrier vehicle in accordance with regulatory requirements, and organisational safety and operating procedures, and adjustments are made as required when loading commercial vehicles
- Vehicles are parked in gear and brakes are applied
- Load is secured with correct tie down methods for transporting vehicles in accordance with organisational requirements
- Checks are made to ensure loaded car carrier complies with legal requirements for height, weight, width and axle loading
- Ancillary equipment attached to car carrier is operated in accordance with operating instructions
- Transport load
- Driving techniques are used, when operating car carrier, to minimise risk of damage to loaded vehicles in accordance with eco-driving considerations
- Load is conveyed to meet customer requirements for delivery times and road traffic laws are complied with
- Loaded vehicle car keys are secured in accordance with organisational requirements
- Unload car carrier vehicle
- Identity of persons taking delivery of vehicles is confirmed in accordance with delivery instructions
- Vehicle unloading procedures are followed in accordance with organisational and customer requirements for safety, and in a manner that minimises inconvenience to other road users
- Unloaded vehicles are inspected and documentation of their condition is completed
- Variances from initial vehicle inspection are reported, in accordance with organisational and customer requirements