This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to ensure the safety of transport activities.

It includes identifying features and applying chain of responsibility obligation in the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) or applicable state/territory law and regulations. It also includes identifying and reporting chain of responsibility risks.

Job roles

Job roles and titles vary across different sectors. Possible job titles relevant to this unit of competency, include but are not limited to:

• administration worker
• equipment worker
• freight handler
• intermodal terminal worker
• loader and/or unloader of a heavy vehicle
• loading manager for any goods in a heavy vehicle
• logistics worker
• mobile crane worker
• picker and packer worker
• receival and despatch worker
• scheduler
• specialised cargo handler
• stevedore
• storeperson
• supply chain worker
• warehouse worker

Transport activities as defined by the HVNL or applicable state/territory law and regulations.

Work is performed under close direction, generally within a team environment.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.