Truck Driver In-Cab Assessment
The Truck Driver In-Cab Driver Assessment ensures drivers of heavy vehicles apply safe practices and follow road safety regulations.
Overview
The Truck Driver In-Cab Driver Assessment is designed to evaluate a driver’s competency in a real-world setting. During the assessment, a trained assessor will observe the driver’s habits, techniques, and adherence to road safety regulations. Key areas assessed include pre-start checks, engine operation, driving practices, reversing, parking, and trailer coupling/uncoupling.
This assessment ensures your drivers are not only compliant with road safety standards but are also performing to a high level of operational safety and efficiency.
Please check the dates on your confirmation letter carefully as we do occasionally need to change the timetable to cater for public holidays and truck and trainer availability.
Please bring along your ID - We need to verify the identity of students in attendance, please bring ID with you on the day of training.
Competencies Assessed:
Detailed evaluation of critical driving tasks, including:
- Engine Start-Up: Park brakes, neutral gear, and systems checks.
- Moving Off and Driving: Smooth acceleration, correct gear use, and speed control.
- Driving Practices: Monitoring conditions, road rule compliance, and safe braking.
- Reversing and Manoeuvring: Safe reversing techniques and vehicle positioning.
- Parking and Shutdown: Safe parking procedures and proper engine shutdown.
- Trailer Coupling/Uncoupling: Secure procedures for coupling and brake checks.
Assessment Outcome:
Upon completion, you will receive a Verification of Competency (VOC) report outlining the driver's areas of competency and any areas that may require further training or additional VOC checks in the future.
Prerequisites:
- Hold a current and valid driver’s license relevant to the class of vehicle they will be assessed on.
Entry Criteria:
All students are required to have a level of written and oral English equivalent to NCEA level 1 (year 11) or IELTS 5.5 or higher, to be eligible to attend our courses. The person responsible for making bookings or authorising attendance on the course must agree to these Terms and Conditions prior to acceptance of their student(s) onto the course. Where a student does not meet our English language requirement a reader/writer must be supplied by the student or the person responsible for authorising the student’s attendance. The reader/writer cannot be another student attending the same course.
