ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES (ATV’S) TECHNICAL TRAINING
ITA Denotes integrated training and assessment course for quad bike users leading to a Certificate of Training
Suitable for users in a wide range of industries and work environments, including:
- Agriculture
- Golf clubs
- Leisure complexes
- Outdoor shows and events
- Construction sites
Learn how to use the ATV to its full potential:
- The relevant legal requirements and how to meet them
- How to check the machine prior to work
- How to get the best from your machine in different conditions
- To use the machine in a safe and professional way
- Loading and towing limitations
- How to avoid accidents
- What to do in an emergency
Why do I need training?
Used correctly, ATV’s , or quad bikes, are very versatile vehicles with a wide variety of uses. A range of attachments, including trailers, sprayers and spreaders, make them even more flexible and effective business tools.
But even the most experienced ATV riders can find themselves in hazardous and potentially dangerous situations. Serious accidents can and do occur without proper training.
Training is a legal requirement. The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) require employers to provide adequate training and to ensure that ATV’s are used only by employees who have received appropriate training in their safe use, including towed equipment and attachments. If you are self-employed, the regulations still apply.
Learn from the Professionals
Lantra Awards has many years’ experience of developing training courses of the highest standards. Our courses are delivered exclusively through a network of registered training providers and instructors. So you can be sure that you ill be trained by people who are qualified and experienced with ATV’s.
Training is done in small groups so that you receive plenty of individual attention, supplemented by course materials. We work closely with the Health and Safety Executive to ensure that our materials reflect current safe working practices.
One-stop training and assessment
Our ATV courses provide both training and assessment, so that at the end of the course you know whether you have reached the Lantra Awards standard. If you are successful you will be awarded not only a Certificate of Basic Training, but also a nationally recognised Skills ID Card stating your competence with 4 x 4s together with any other Lantra Awards courses you may have already successfully completed.
ITA Sit-Astride ATV’s
There are a series of courses covering the safe use of ATV’s or Quads. These range from basic handling on Level ground to more extensive use carrying loads and the use of trailered equipment. The courses are modular, and certification is offered on sections completed on each course.
A 1 or 2 day course for a maximum of 6 people.
Course content:
- Legal requirements for use at work
- Choice of suitable and effective PPE
- Types of transmission and drive systems
- Main causes of accidents and how to avoid them
- Stability
- Controls and instruments
- Pre-use checks
- Correct start-up, move off and stop procedures
- Emergency stop
- Risk assessment and route planning
- Failed hill climb procedures
- Use on slopes – ascent, descent and traverse
- Maintaining and re-gaining traction
- Effects of loading the ATV (optional)
- Limits of towing trailers and equipment (optional)
- Assessment of riding skills in the relevant sections
- Daily checks on all equipment
ITA Sit-In ATV’s
There are 2 one day courses available, for up to a maximum of 3 operators.
These courses are fully assessed, and may also be extended by additional, modules for transporting or using specific attachments and equipment e.g. winches, hydraulic equipment.
- Conventional, front steered, wheeled ATV’s including Kawasaki Mules, Polaris Rangers, Yamaha Rhino, Kubota RTVs plus a whole range of similar vehicles.
- Tracked or Multi-wheeled, skid-steered vehicles including Argo Cats, Soft Tracks etc.
Topics covered are similar to the Sit-Astride ATV’s as listed previously, but will include any specific references to the drive system, steering/braking methods, and related stability problems.
These courses are more vehicle specific than the sit-astride ones,and so would generally take place using client’s own vehicles.