Film to aid h.g.v. drivers
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• A film just produced by the Road Transport Industry Training Board is likely to eliminate the butterflies from the stomachs of many candidates for the h.g.v. driving test. It does this by presenting the test in wholly straightforward terms, without frills—although it rightly makes the point that the test calls for a high standard of driving.
Entitled "Heavy goods vehicle driving test", the colour film both explains and illustrates exactly what is required, using the RTITB Motec for the setting, the "actors" and the vehicle. While a class of student instructors listens to a description of the requirements, another "student" is out on the manoeuvring area and the open road going through the motions.
The film runs for 24min and can be bought or hired from the Librarian, RT1TB, Capitol House, Empire Way. Wembley. Middlesex. For companies or groups within scope of the Board, purchase costs £40, hire £2 for 48 hours, £3 for a week and £2 for each additional week. For those outside the Board's coverage, the respective charges are £85, £8, £10 and £5. Packaging and postage will be charged extra.
A training manual for h.g.v. driver instruction will shortly be produced by the RTIT13. It will follow the same general format as the extremely lucid and comprehensive training manual for p.s.v. operators which the Board has just produced. This is in loose-leaf form, sectionalized, and covers every aspect of operational and technical work. The lessons are fully detailed, and memo cards are provided for each lesson, to aid the instructor.
The Board has also just produced four training recommendation booklets, covering managers, clerks, p.s.v. conductors and goods vehicle drivers respectively. They set out the scope, aims, standards and recommended syllabuses for training in each category, and include job descriptions, training programme guides and an explanation of the assistance which the Board can offer in each case.