The purpose of the hours-of-service regulations is to keep fatigued drivers off the road , thus avoiding deadly crashes. For the safety of all CMV drivers, compliance with the hours-of-service regulations is set .
The Canada Hours of Service Training curriculum will help drivers and carriers to be compliant . With the available hours, they learn to use them in a safe and productive manner,
The hours-of-service rules don’t generally limit how much work a driver can conduct. They do prevent drivers from driving once the limits are attained. There are limits that measure the total hours of on-duty or work time. Another limit is set when the driver’s duty day begins. Finally, limits are set to track how many hours of driving have occurred.
There are two rulesets in Canada: rules for operating south of latitude 60°N, or the 60th parallel. The other set of rules concerns operating north of latitude 60°N. This training includes the rules for drivers operating south of 60°N. See the other modules for clarification on the northern rules.
The limits, rules, or “clocks” , track either a workshift consecutive or a cumulative period of time. The program identifies how all the limits or clocks work together. The outcome is that drivers aren’t operating a commercial vehicle when fatigued.
Canada Hours of Service Training: Limits South of 60th Parallel is designed to help drivers operating south of 60°N comply with the hours-of-service limits. They are provided with the understanding of how each of the limits or clocks work together. The impact is the avoidance of operating a commercial motor vehicle when fatigued, Drivers will identify when to take a break and when to rest to restart their hours.
Intended online Audience: CMV Drivers Operating in Canada
Reg Covered: SOR/2005-313
COURSE TOPICS
The eLearning course covers :
- Ill or Fatigued Operator
- Causes of Fatigue and illness
- Regulations Prohibit Fatigued Operation of the vehicle.
- Driver-specific opinion when They’re Fatigued
- Workshift and Daily Limits
- Workshift
- Daily
- 16-Hour (Elapsed Time) Window
- What Is the 16-Hour Window?
- Time Used and Time Available
- 13-Hour (Driving) Limit
- What Is the 13-Hour Limit?
- Time Used and Time Available
- 14-Hour (On-Duty) Limit
- What Is the 14-Hour Limit?
- Time Used and Time Available
- Off Duty Time
- What Is the Minimum Off-Duty Period to Reset a Workshift?
- How Many Hours of Off-Duty Time Are Required Per Day?
- 24-Consecutive-Hours Off Duty in Previous 14 Days
- 70- and 120-Hour (On-Duty) Cycle Limits
- What Are the 70- and 120-Hour Cycles?
- Cycle 1, the 70-Hour Cycle
- Cycle 2, the 120-Hour Cycle
- Time Used and Time Available
- What Are the 70- and 120-Hour Cycles?
- Cycle Restarts
- What Are the Cycle Restarts?
- Cycle Switching
- Restarts are not Mandatory
- After completing this program, learners will be able to:
- Recognize how fatigue requires drivers to stop driving . This applies even if they have hours left to legally operate
- Calcuting the 16-hour window
- Identify which duty status required for the 13-hour limit tracks
- Explain how the 14-hour limit is calculated properly
- Identify off-duty requirements of the driver
- Describe the various cycles: Cycle 1, 70-hour/7-day cycle and Cycle 2, 120-hour/14-day cycle
- Recognize the restart period for each of the above cycles
ONLINE COURSE DURATION
Approximately 27 minutes of computer time
PASS MARK
Pass mark 80% to achieve a passing mark
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
Certificate of completion is printable
COURSE PREVIEW