Course Content:
Human Limitations & Human Risk Factors
- Identify fatigue and apply preventive measures
- Identify what constitutes fatigue
- Identify the consequences of aggressive driving
Introduction to Law and the EMS Driver Operator
- Alberta traffic safety act
- Legal aspects of emergency vehicle operation
- distraction laws and emergency vehicle
Hazard Recognition
- Identify the types of hazards
- Identify the techniques for identifying a hazard while driving
Formulation of Driving Plans
- Identify the use of driving plan
- Identify the required information in formulating a driving plan
- Formulate a driving plan based on set of determined driving scenarios
Corners and Bends
- Students will be able to identify the correct positioning for left and right handed bends
- Identify the implications of speed and effects of acceleration and braking when cornering
Intersections and Traffic Circles
- Identify the actions to safely negotiate intersections
- Identify lane discipline and observations, signals to safely negotiate traffic circles
Reversing and Maneuvering
- Identify the techniques and actions employed for ensuring safe vehicle reversing maneuvers
- Identify the steps and actions for negotiating obstacles at slow speeds
- Identify the requirements and actions to performa reverse park maneuver
Steering, Acceleration, Braking, Overtaking
- Identify the factors which will ensure safe use of speed and acceleration
- Identify the techniques for applying smooth braking
- Identify good practice techniques in steering a vehicle
- Considerations for a successful overtake
Off Road and Winter Driving
- Identify the driving techniques for winter environments to ensure a safe journey
- Identify the driving techniques for off road environments to ensure a safe journey
- Techniques
- Obstacles
Vehicle Maintenance and preparedness
- Perform a vehicle daily maintenance inspection
- Identify vehicle fluid checks and top up processes
- Perform a cockpit drill
Practical Driving, Hazard Recognition, Navigation, and Driving Plans
- Perform SOCC driving to identified hazards
- Demonstrate hazard recognition scanning and identification
- Develop a dynamic driving plan for hazard maneuvering or avoidance
- Route preparation
- Skid correction
- Skid avoidance
Final Assessments
- Written evaluation with a passing grade of 80%
- Practical driving (each student takes part in a 20 min test)
- Tutorials provided/final feedback and grades