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COURSE INFO

  • This course is a Spreadmark approved NZGFA training course.

  • The NZGFA registers companies that have certified spreading machinery, trained operators/spreader truck drivers and an appropriate quality management system.


RESOURCES

NZ Groundspread Fertiliser Association

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Spreadmark Certification

SPREADER OPERATOR NZ (SPONZ) COURSE

The course is a mix of theory and practical tasks for spreader truck drivers.
The drivers attend 1 day theory training and they are required to complete the practical tasks before Spreadmark driver certification is awarded.

  • Health & Safety

  • Environment

  • Hill driving and hazards

  • Pre-start

  • Fatigue

  • Logbooks

  • Loading

  • Storage

  • Operating on road

  • Operating off road

  • Driving and spreading

  • Product knowledge

  • Spreadmark code

  • Code of Conduct

Spreader Operator NZ Health and Safety Day

This is run as a group learning session, it starts with practical training, looking at the spreader truck including pre-starts, loading oversize, and truck safety.
Followed by a theory session which includes the following subjects

  • Logbook

  • Fatigue

  • Pre-starts

  • Hill driving and hazards

  • Loading

  • Oversize

  • Operating on road

  • Operating off road

 
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