This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to conduct heavy vehicle driver training.

It includes preparing for heavy vehicle driver training, demonstrating and instructing required skills, techniques and monitoring and maintaining low risk heavy vehicle driving skills of driver. It also includes interpreting and applying road rules, debriefing driver, identifying hazardous situations and implementing contingency plans.

This unit applies to heavy vehicle driving trainers.

Work is performed without supervision. Heavy vehicle driver training involves the application of learning principles for different cohorts, instructional methods, training competence and experience, higher-order heavy vehicle driving expertise, navigation skills, road law expertise, routine procedures and regulatory requirements across a range of operational situations and a variety of driving contexts.

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