Course overview
This is a one-day integrated training and assessment course. You will look at the key skills from our more intensive tractor driving course and will receive a certificate of training once it is complete.
You will need some experience in tractor driving or have taken our full Tractor Driving course. We recommend training is refreshed every five years.
What will be covered?
On completion of the course you will be able to:
Perform a risk assessment
Mount and dismount safely
Understand the purpose and meaning of the instrumentation
Understand the function of all controls
Understand the hazards associated with using controls
Understand the reasons for daily checks
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 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 mounted implement
Attach a trailed implement and manoeuvre in a forward and reverse direction with a trailed implement
Leave unattached implements in a safe state
Correctly attach a PTO shaft between tractor and implement
Attach the PTO shaft guards correctly
Assess the minimum turning circle of the machine and the angle of the PTO shaft
Carry out basic operations using tractor mounted loader
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