Truck and machinery safety workshop

Eyre Peninsula primary producers accessing public roads with heavy vehicles or agricultural vehicles and combinations are invited to learn more about regulations, road safety, maintenance and compliance at a series of workshops happening in August.

The interactive workshops, hosted by Grain Producers SA with the support of the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR), will feature practical demonstrations for producers on their truck maintenance obligations as outlined in the National Heavy Vehicle Inspection Manual, receive advice and feedback on the National Class 1 Agricultural Vehicle and Combination Mass and Dimension Exemption Notice (Ag Notice), and training on the NHVR Portal.

The portal training will focus on different dimensions, mass, and conditions of access for eligible agricultural vehicle or combinations and how producers can apply for permits to move ineligible oversize and overmass machinery on public roads.

NHVR representatives will be on-hand to deliver permits portal training and to answer questions from producers about safe travel on key freight routes.

These workshops will pull together components from GPSA’s Roadworthy Heavy Vehicles … Made Easy! And Moving Ag Machinery … Made Easy! campaigns to ensure primary producers share the roads safely.

The Moving Ag Machinery … Made Easy! and Roadworthy Heavy Vehicles … Made Easy! projects are funded by the Federal Government’s Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative, which is administered by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator.