Who is this course for?
- Those required to drive a tractor
- Both novice and experienced operators
- Those who would like their skills to be verified with certification
What are the course objectives?
- Be able to carry out a risk assessment of the task in hand
- Enter and leave the cab safely
- Understand the purpose and meaning of the instrumentation
- Understand the function of all controls
- Understand the hazards associated with some controls
- Start and stop the engine in a safe manner
- Be competent in driving a tractor in a forward and reverse direction
- Leave the tractor in a safe state
- Understand the reasons for daily checks
- Competently perform checking of the lubrication, cooling and air intake of the engine, perform basic lubrication of the tractor and ensure the tractor is in a safe road going state
- Attach a mounted implement and manoeuvre in a forward and reverse direction with a trailed implement
- Leave unattached implements in a safe state
- Correctly attach a power take off (PTO) shaft between tractor and implement
- Attach the PTO shaft guards correctly
- Assess the minimum turing circle of the machine and the angle of the PTO shaft
- Carry out basic operations using tractor mounted loader