4WD Essentials for Recreational 4x4 Enthusiasts

Through interactive sessions this course is aimed at ensuring four wheel drive operators can understand and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attributes for all essential areas covered under the full “best practice” guidelines for four wheel drive operation in the workplace. This includes being able to drive a four wheel drive over varied terrain safely, effectively and responsibly. Driving techniques that minimise negative impact upon the environment are encouraged.

Additionally, participants will gain insights into their vehicle maintenance, understanding emergency situations such as fire safety, and the significance of complying with regulations and laws governing recreational four wheel driving. The course also emphasises environmental stewardship and social responsibilities in promoting ethical driving behaviour and respecting other on and off-road users.

As an acknowledged and experienced training provider, we are well aware that competency-based instruction coupled with hands-on scenario training yields exceptional outcomes for the learners.

The course includes a combination of theory and practical sessions including the following features:

• Operating a 4WD vehicle in an off-road situation
• Safety requirements
• Driver ability and awareness and passenger safety
• Vehicle designs and operating systems including current vehicle technology
• Preparing a vehicle for use – including pre-start and shutdown
• Hazard identification and risk assessment specific to terrain
• Terrain formation and composition recognition including driving techniques to utilise
• Recovery from a stall while climbing
• Stability dynamics
• Water crossings
• Negotiating uneven terrain, hill ascents, descents, traverse driving, and related difficulties
• Understanding vehicle movement utilising traction, momentum, gravity and centrifugal force combinations
• Explain driving hazards and risk reduction strategies, techniques and responses to driving hazards
• Introduction to winching and towing using ropes, straps/blocks, strops and snatch
• Introduction to towing trailers both on and off-road including towing of loads
• Introduction to defensive driving and driver awareness

NOTE: Our Public Courses will only run if the minimum number of attendees has been met. If you book onto one of our public training sessions and the minimum number has not been met, the training may get cancelled. We will endeavour to give you at least five working days notice of cancellation.

NOTE: This Upcoming Course does not issue Unit Standards.

BYO Vehicle (Max. 8 people - Max. 4 vehicles)