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Details of safety training for wheel loader/bulldozer driver

What is a wheel loader:

The driver wheel loader or wheel loader shovel carries the unloaded load off and on over the work zone and fills tipping trailers, production lines, etc., if necessary.

Content:

This training includes 3 hours of theory in group and 1 to 5 hours of practice per participant.

Theory:

  • Summary of legislation
  • Basic knowledge of ARAB, Codex, liabilities and responsibilities.
  • Risks and accidents
  • Be able to identify, analyze and control risks specific to the job and equipment and space.
  • Safety regulations
  • Explaining the safety rules such as there are: only authorized persons may drive a wheel loader, use of personal protective equipment, is familiar with the wheel loader (read through the instruction book), always keep full attention to your work, knows the internal and public traffic rules …
  • Tipping hazard wheel loader, load
  • Driver requirements when driving on public roads with the wheel loader
  • Construction of the wheel loader: controls, brakes, wheels, engine, tipping bucket – and mechanism …
  • Working with the wheel loader
  • Know the elements that make up the starting control.

Practice:

  • Be able to perform daily inspection wheel loader correctly, recognize dangerous defects and report them.
  • Correctly mounting and dismounting
  • Be able to use the controls correctly.
  • Application of safety and traffic rules: defensive driving, interaction with people and other drivers.
  • Fueling the wheel loader.
  • Working with a bucket (loading, transporting load, tipping empty, leveling, raising…)
  • Working with attachments (wood clamp, forks, crane boom, etc.)
  • Maintaining good driving technique: controlling driving movements, looking in the direction of travel, adjusting driving speed, ensuring adequate distance, properly braking and taking turns …
  • Be able to perform the following maneuvers: forward, backward, pivot, turning and cornering forward and backward, passing in narrow passages, parking …
  • Applying order and cleanliness
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