DCPC – Vehicle Checks and Enforcement

Course Content

This course covers safe loading and unloading, pre-start vehicle checks, vehicle compliance and roadside law enforcement. OCRS and how drivers directly affect this important compliance tool. Forces acting on a vehicle, rollover avoidance and action in the event of a collision or at the scene of an accident.

Course Aim

This module aims to ensure you have a working understanding of the:

• Importance of carrying out pre-use checks for vehicle and load
• Many legal requirements for driving heavy goods vehicles on roads used by the public
• Different types of legal documents that may be required, depending on the load
• Regulations that apply to loading, unloading and transport of loads
• Different types of load restraint and the correct procedures for securing loads
• Risks of vehicle rollover and ways in which rollover can be avoided

Learning Objectives

By the end of this module you should be:

• Familiar with pre-use checks required for vehicle and load
• Able to identify the areas to be checked and what to look for
• Aware of the basic legal requirements for driving heavy goods vehicles, such as speed limits and restrictions for access
• Aware of the key documents required when transporting different types of load
• Aware of the regulations that cover safe loading
• Aware of the various types of load restraint and their use
• Aware the conditions that can lead to rollover and ways in which rollover can be avoided