Logbooks & Work Time: Heavy Vehicle Drivers

Correctly fill out your logbook to avoid fines, demerits & suspensions

$42 +GST per person ($48.30)

Pay via Afterpay 4 x $10.50

Logbooks & Work Time: Heavy Vehicle Drivers

Correctly fill out your logbook to avoid fines, demerits & suspensions

Do your drivers keep getting logbook fines and demerit points? A few simple mistakes in a logbook can cost a driver their licence. They can also put your company at risk of fines.

This short online logbook course is for heavy vehicle drivers. It explains New Zealand's work time rules step by step. Then it shows how to fill in a logbook page correctly. Drivers work through a 6-day logbook scenario and 10 other examples, on driving and non-driving days.

After the course, drivers will be able to:

  • work out their work time and rest breaks
  • record extensions and unforeseen delays
  • fill in a logbook when they use more than one vehicle
  • tell when they don't need to keep a logbook
  • record a second job correctly
  • avoid common logbook offences
  • spot the signs of fatigue and manage it

Each module has a short video and a few questions. The videos show extra working on the logbook sheets, so drivers can follow along. The questions use plain sheets, like a real logbook.

  • What is the Logbooks and Work Time course?

    The Logbooks and Work Time course is a short online course for heavy vehicle drivers in New Zealand. It teaches drivers how to fill in a logbook and follow the work time rules. It covers work and rest limits, exemptions, offences and fatigue, with worked logbook examples. Drivers get a certificate of achievement when they finish. The course doesn't award a unit standard.

  • Who should do the Logbooks and Work Time course?

    The Logbooks and Work Time course is for anyone who keeps or checks a heavy vehicle logbook:

    • drivers of class 2 to 5 heavy vehicles who must keep a logbook
    • new heavy vehicle drivers, including drivers who have converted an overseas licence
    • supervisors and transport managers who check logbook sheets
    • drivers who need retraining after a logbook or work time offence

  • What will I learn in the Logbooks and Work Time course?

    The Logbooks and Work Time course teaches the New Zealand work time rules and how to record them in a logbook. Drivers learn what counts as work time and rest time, and the main limits:

    • a 30-minute break after 5.5 hours of work
    • a 10-hour break after 13 hours of work in a day
    • a 24-hour break after 70 hours of work

    The course also covers extending work time, using more than one vehicle, second jobs, exemptions, offences and fatigue. It includes a 6-day logbook scenario and 10 more examples.

  • Does the logbook course cover electronic logbooks?

    Yes. The Logbooks and Work Time course is useful for drivers who use an electronic logbook. An electronic logbook records driving time. But drivers still need to know the work time rules, and they still need to record other work correctly. The course teaches the rules. It doesn't teach how to use a particular logbook app.

  • Does the heavy vehicle logbook course cover taxi and ride share drivers?

    No. The Logbooks and Work Time course for heavy vehicle drivers doesn't cover small passenger service vehicles. These include taxis, ride share and shuttles. Those drivers have different work time limits. They should do our SPS logbook course instead.

  • Do employers have to train drivers on logbook and work time rules in New Zealand?

    No law in New Zealand names a logbook course that drivers must do, including the Logbooks and Work Time course. But the business still has duties. It must not cause or require a driver to break the work time rules (Land Transport Rule: Work Time and Logbooks 2007). It must also give workers the training they need to work safely (Health and Safety at Work Act 2015). Training drivers on the logbook rules, and keeping a record of it, is a simple way to show you've done this. There is a real cost to a company of losing its driver through too many demerit points, so logbook training is an option to reduce this risk.

  • Is unit standard 24089 compulsory for heavy vehicle drivers in New Zealand?

    No. Working heavy vehicle drivers in New Zealand don't need unit standard 24089 to keep a logbook. The Logbooks and Work Time course doesn't award it, but it covers the same topics. Unit standard 24089 is used in some class 2 licence courses and for some court-directed retraining. If you need it, TR Driver Training runs a one-day classroom course that awards Unit Standard 24089.

  • How often should drivers refresh logbook training in New Zealand?

    No law in New Zealand sets a refresher period for logbook training. Refresh the Logbooks and Work Time course when a driver:

    • makes logbook errors, or gets a logbook fine or demerit points
    • moves from class 2 to class 4 or 5 work
    • starts a second job or a new work pattern, such as linehaul

  • Can the logbook course help a driver going to court for a logbook offence?

    It can be used as evidence of retraining. The Logbooks and Work Time course gives a certificate of achievement, which a driver can give to their lawyer or the court. A judge decides whether to take it into account, and we can't promise they will. If the court or a diversion scheme asks for a specific course, check what they need first.

  • Do all drivers have to do every module in the logbook course?

    No. A manager can turn off four optional modules in the Logbooks and Work Time course: Extending Work Time, Secondary Employment, Logbook Exemptions and Driver Fatigue. Together, they take about 20 minutes. For example, a driver with no second job can skip Secondary Employment. Think carefully before you turn off Driver Fatigue. Fatigue is the reason the work time rules exist.

  • Can a company use the logbook course to train multiple drivers?

    Yes. Buy one Logbooks and Work Time course licence for each driver and assign it to them. This will ensure that all your drivers are aware of the current work time rules

    The account holder can add managers at no extra cost. Managers can track progress, download detailed reports and manage drivers. Set-up is free whether you buy one course licence or a hundred.

  • Do drivers get a certificate for the logbook course?

    Yes. Drivers get a certificate of achievement when they finish the Logbooks and Work Time course. Managers can download and print certificates. They can also see each driver's progress and results in reports.

  • How do I access and use the Logbooks and Work Time course?

    • You will need one course licence per driver taking the course – you can't use one licence for multiple drivers
    • You will need a computer, smartphone or tablet with internet access to take the training
    • There are no prerequisites – anyone can take the Logbooks and Work Time course

  • Can I take the Logbooks and Work Time course in another language?

    • Video subtitles: available in 25 languages. Choose the language in the video.
    • Questions: can be viewed in 76 languages – check the language option at the top of the page
    • Question audio: every question has an audio recording in English
    • Some captions are AI-generated and, as such, may have occasional errors.

$42 +GST per person ($48.30)

Pay via Afterpay 4 x $10.50

 

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Course provided by DT Training

DT Training (DT Vehicle and Workplace Training) is New Zealand's largest provider of online vehicle and workplace training. Since 2010, it has offered courses in driver training, forklifts and machinery, dangerous goods, and health and safety. It is part of TR Group.

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What our clients say

I found the Logbook & Work-time Course for heavy vehicle drivers brilliant.  It was a great refresher course and I enjoyed the format of short video clip followed by a quiz.  The 11 modules were informative and interesting and it didn’t take me long to complete the whole course. I was greeted with scepticism by the drivers when I first broached the idea of theory-based training on a computer.  But after our first driver Mal completed the course he came away full of praise for the way the course was set up.

Tina Mackay, Health and Safety Manager - CLL Service and Solutions

The guys all approve! They have found the course very informative, easy to understand and to complete. Even our extremely experienced Truck Driver learned something new. Two of the team who have completed the training were pulled over last week for an inspection by the police and were given a good report on their logbooks!

Vicky Trotter - FPG World

Love these courses. We can complete the training within our own time-frames, learners get their own portfolio of evidence and they have longer access to the material to brush up on their skills if they are unsure.

Marius Handcock - Woolworks

Some modules can be disabled by a manager if they are not relevant for the trainee.

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