Federal Hours of Service Canadian Rules Course
This Canadian Hours of Service course covers the regulations that a driver must follow. These regulations are in place to help combat fatigue; they not only protect those involved in commercial transportation, but the public travelling on the road as well.
Why do commercial drivers have to keep logs and why are there Hours of Service limitations? Safety and Fatigue.
Federal Hours of Service Canadian Rules Course Topics
- Federal VS Provincial, who is exempt from the requirement to keep logs?
- The Four Duty Statuses
- Work Shift Limits
- Define Work Shift
- Driving and On Duty Shift limits (13, 14 and 16 hour rules)
- Driver must comply with both work shift limits and daily limits
- Work shift can span more than one day
- Daily Limits (Definition of a Day)
- Driving and On-duty limits (13 and 14 hour rules)
- Daily Off Duty limits, 2 hours separate and apart defined
- Deferrals (Rules of deferral)
- Sleeper Berth
- Single Drivers - Split sleeper berth
- Team Driving – Split sleeper berth
- Co-Drivers
- Cycles
- Cycle limits (1 and 2)
- Cycle resets
- Mandatory 24 hours off duty in 14 days
- Changing Cycles
- Exemptions
- Emergencies
- Adverse Driving
- Driver Travelling as a Passenger
- Personal Use
- North of 60 Rules (Territories)
- Driving
- On Duty and Work Shift Limits
- Off Duty Requirements
- Sleeper Rules for Single and Team Drivers (Cycle)
- General Log Requirements - What is required on a daily log? (Start, During the day, End of Day)
- How to write a proper off–duty log
- Rules Regarding Possession of Logs (Preceding 14 Days)
- Completed up to the current duty status change
- Supporting documents (Must be sent to home office within 20 days of completion)
- Definition of Log Tampering
- Radius Exemption Rules (160-kilometer rule)
- When to use the radius exemption
- Electronic Recording Devices (ELD’s)