Quebec Class 1 case studies

Quebec Class 1 · Put your knowledge to work in context.

The Quebec Class 1 licence is the provincial authorization that lets a driver operate a truck tractor with a semi-trailer, or a combination of vehicles, on public roads. It is meant for people moving into professional heavy-vehicle driving - freight, construction supply, bulk transport - and for drivers from other jurisdictions who need to convert their credential. The Quebec Class 1 case studies are 5 cases and about 4,581 words.

Pre-trip air brake test: which readings ground the truck?

It is 06:10 on a January morning, −18 °C, and you are doing the daily inspection of a 2019 tractor with a loaded tandem-axle van trailer in a Lévis yard. The unit was parked overnight with the system fully charged.

986 words, about 5 min 2

70-hour cycle, a 3 h 20 min leg, and a dispatcher's deferral

You have had 10 hours off and come on duty at your carrier's terminal near Quebec City. You work a 70-hour/7-day cycle; your logs show 66 hours on duty in the previous 7 days.

869 words, about 4 min 3

Overloaded flatbed: scale ticket, tie-downs and a posted bridge

You are hauling lumber on a 5-axle combination: a tandem-drive tractor with a tare of about 15,000 kg and a tridem flatbed trailer. The load is 14 bundles of kiln-dried lumber, each 6.1 m long, total mass 25,400 kg.

928 words, about 5 min 4

Runaway on an 8% grade: what went wrong and what to do in 30 seconds

You are westbound on a two-lane highway in the Laurentians at the top of a long descent, driving a 39,000 kg combination: a three-axle tractor and a loaded tandem-axle van. The signs at the crest are a yellow diamond showing a truck on a slope marked "8%" and "6 km", a "Check brakes - steep grade ahead" sign, and, 1.2 km down, a sign marking a runaway lane on the right.

934 words, about 5 min 5

Twelve drums, no documents, one leaking bung

You are at a shipper's dock in east-end Montreal to pick up 12 drums, 205 L each, of a Class 3, Packing Group II flammable liquid with a flash point of 12 °C. Gross mass of the shipment is about 2,600 kg; the destination is a depot in Quebec City, about 250 km away.

864 words, about 4 min