To become a CLOCS-A auditor it is necessary to have a knowledge of heavy trucks. This is required as there many auditors whose specialisations do not have any focus on heavy vehicles. Auditors that do not have experience with heavy truck operations or truck technology are required to undertake the Heavy Vehicle Industry’s TRUCKS 101 program available here: Heavy Vehicles 101 – HVIA Training.
Approved National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme (NHVAS) and the Australian Trucking Association’s Trucksafe auditors are not required to undertake a truck familiarisation program. ISO, HACCP, MCAS auditors as examples, will be required to undertake to HVIA’s program.
Significant pre course truck knowledge can also be gained by examining the NTI’s Trucking Basics Guide. This can assist a future CLOCS-A auditor considerably with truck basics before undertaking the HVIA’s Truck 101 program, available here: Trucking Basics Book | NTI Limited.
There are many truck types with variable configurations however, eight common trucks working in the construction industry are:
- Rigid Trucks with dog Trailer tippers
- Single tippers
- Bitumen Tankers
- Concrete Agitators
- Semi-trailers (flat-top)
- Semi-trailers (Low loaders)
- B-Doubles (flat-top) container delivery
- A-Double (flat-top) container delivery.
Many of these configurations appear in the cited information links above.