Snowplow Readiness

Course Objective:

Whether you’re training a new employee or refreshing your team on plowing best practices, this course will remind and inform your team on best snow removal practices.  You may also want to con-sider training your new snow plow operators on different blade positions and their best uses, preseason procedures, identifying hazardous conditions and safety preparedness.

Classroom Topics:

• Awareness of local vehicular operational laws and ordinances
• Safe plowing speeds
• Maintaining control of the vehicle
• Avoid pedestrians and give them the right of way
• Road surfaces, objects & breaking
• Sharing the road with others
• Weather/Road Hazards
• Pre-trip inspections/walk arounds
• Emergency kit contents
• Attachments - wings, blowers, salter

Field Activities:

• Pre-Operational Checks
• Control Function
• Clearances, Loading Trucks, Stockpiling
• Proper Implement Hook-up & Unhooking
• Bucket Uses
• Stability