VIC Heavy Rigid Knowledge Test case studies
VIC Heavy Rigid Knowledge Test · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Victorian Heavy Rigid (HR) licence knowledge test is the theory-assessment step for drivers who want to move from a car or light-rigid licence into the heavy rigid class - the class that covers rigid trucks and other heavy rigid motor vehicles above the light-rigid threshold. It is aimed at people who already hold a lower class of licence, want to work in transport, logistics, construction, waste or agricultural haulage, or need HR as a stepping stone toward heavier combinations. The VIC Heavy Rigid Knowledge Test case studies are 5 cases and about 4,024 words.
1Eight Pallets, One Weighbridge Ticket
Your rigid truck has a GVM of 15,000 kg and a tare mass of 6,400 kg, split 2,900 kg on the steer axle and 3,500 kg on the rear axle group. The compliance plate lists a steer axle limit of 6,000 kg and a rear axle group limit of 9,000 kg.
712 words, about 4 min2Four Straps, Six Steel Plates
You are carrying six steel plates on the flat timber deck of a rigid tray truck. Each plate is 2,400 × 1,200 mm and 600 kg, so the load is 3,600 kg, stacked flat in a single pile about 300 mm high.
850 words, about 4 min3Thirty Minutes of Work Left, Forty-Five Minutes From the Depot
Your 24-hour period began at 04:00 on Monday. You started work at 05:00 and have been driving since 05:30, apart from two 10-minute stops to check the load.
742 words, about 4 min4Pre-Start at 05:10, Departure at 06:00
It is 05:10 on a cold, dark Monday and you are doing the pre-start on your rigid truck before a 06:00 departure. With the engine off and the air system charged to 700 kPa, the gauge falls to 560 kPa in three minutes.
812 words, about 4 min5Eight Per Cent for Nine Kilometres
You are at the top of a signed 8% descent, 9 km long, in a rigid truck loaded to 14,500 kg. The sign says 'TRUCKS USE LOW GEAR'.
908 words, about 5 min