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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Explain the chain of responsibility features in the Heavy Vehicle National Law and regulations or applicable state/territory law and regulations
2. Principal obligations within chain of responsibility in the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) and regulations or applicable state/territory law and regulations are identified
3. Principal duties of each party in the chain of responsibility as outlined in the HVNL and regulations or applicable state/territory law and regulations are explained
4. Breaches and penalties for each party for failure to comply with chain of responsibility as identified in the HVNL and regulations or applicable state/territory law and regulations are explained
5. Reasonable steps to be followed by each party to comply with chain of responsibility as outlined in the HVNL and regulations or applicable state/territory law and regulations are explained
6. Apply chain of responsibility requirements in the Heavy Vehicle National Law and regulations or applicable state/territory law and regulations
7. Workplace policies, procedures and other documents that include chain of responsibility as it applies to own job role are identified and explained
8. Methods and requirements to ensure management of speed and fatigue are explained
9. Methods to calculate vehicle dimension and mass limits are explained
10. Methods to ensure loads are secured are explained
11. Workplace documents relating to chain of responsibility are completed and processed to workplace requirements
12. Identify and report chain of responsibility breaches
13. Chain of responsibility breaches are identified and explained
14. Workplace procedures and industry practices for reporting chain of responsibility breaches are identified and followed

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

Non-essential conditions can be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include:

applying chain of responsibility obligations relating to own job role on a minimum of three occasions

explaining the chain of responsibility obligations of own job role and at least two other job roles directly related to own job role

preparing reports of chain of responsibility breaches on a minimum of three occasions, each about a different type of breach.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of: action required when possible breaches of the chain of responsibility are identified consequences of non-compliance with the chain of responsibility methods and requirements to ensure management of fatigue, speed, load restraint, mass and dimension parties in the chain of responsibility including consignors and consignees drivers/owner drivers employers, prime contractors and operators parties in the extended liability provisions of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) and regulations or applicable state/territory law and regulations loaders loading managers packers schedulers principal obligations in chain of responsibility in the HVNL and regulations or applicable state/territory law and regulations including consideration of traffic conditions in managing speed and fatigue extended liability fatigue, work and rest times securing loads vehicle dimension and load limits what constitutes a duty, a reasonable step, a breach and a penalty to chain of responsibility legislation as they apply to a range of job roles where to locate current chain of responsibility information workplace policies and procedures around chain of responsibility for own job role.

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