Application
This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to identify, apply and follow chain of responsibility legislation, regulations and workplace procedures in relation to heavy vehicles as they apply to an individual’s own job role.
It includes explaining the chain of responsibility features, applying the requirements, and identifying and reporting breaches in the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) and regulations or applicable state/territory law and regulations.
Work is performed under some supervision, generally within a team environment.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Elements and Performance Criteria
ELEMENTS | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA | ||
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. | ||
1 | Explain the chain of responsibility features in the Heavy Vehicle National Law and regulations or applicable state/territory law and regulations | 1.1 | Principal obligations within chain of responsibility in the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) and regulations or applicable state/territory law and regulations are identified |
1.2 | 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 | ||
1.3 | 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 | ||
1.4 | 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 | ||
2 | Apply chain of responsibility requirements in the Heavy Vehicle National Law and regulations or applicable state/territory law and regulations | 2.1 | Workplace policies, procedures and other documents that include chain of responsibility as it applies to own job role are identified and explained |
2.2 | Methods and requirements to ensure management of speed and fatigue are explained | ||
2.3 | Methods to calculate vehicle dimension and mass limits are explained | ||
2.4 | Methods to ensure loads are secured are explained | ||
2.5 | Workplace documents relating to chain of responsibility are completed and processed to workplace requirements | ||
3 | Identify and report chain of responsibility breaches | 3.1 | Chain of responsibility breaches are identified and explained |
3.2 | Workplace procedures and industry practices for reporting chain of responsibility breaches are identified and followed | ||
Evidence of Performance
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.
Evidence of Knowledge
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. |
Assessment Conditions
As a minimum, assessors must satisfy applicable regulatory requirements, which include requirements in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations current at the time of assessment.
As a minimum, assessment must satisfy applicable regulatory requirements, which include requirements in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations current at the time of assessment.
Assessment must occur in workplace operational situations where it is appropriate to do so; where this is not appropriate, assessment must occur in simulated workplace operational situations that replicate workplace conditions.
Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.
Resources for assessment must include:
a range of relevant exercises, case studies and/or simulations
relevant and appropriate materials, tools, equipment and personal protective equipment currently used in industry
applicable documentation including legislation, regulations, codes of practice, workplace procedures and operation manuals.
Online assessment is not suitable for final assessment of this unit of competency.
Foundation Skills
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
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.
Sectors
Not applicable.
Competency Field
F – Safety Management