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OHV (ATV,UTV) Operator Safety (CAN)
Off-highway vehicles like ATVs and UTVs are workhorses across Canadian industries, helping workers cover rough terrain, haul materials, and access remote job sites. While they're built to handle tough conditions, skipping inspections, ignoring load limits, or underestimating the unique hazards of each vehicle type can quickly lead to tip overs, crashes, and serious injuries. Proper training is essential to make sure operators know how to handle these machines safely in every situation. In this course, we'll cover the key differences between ATVs and UTVs, pre-ride inspections, loading and winching, driving hazards, safe operation across varied terrain, and emergency response procedures.

What You'll Learn
- Differences between ATVs and UTVs
- Pre-ride inspections
- Loading, securing, and transporting your vehicle
- Winching and vehicle recovery
- Common driving hazards and the hierarchy of controls
- PPE requirements
- ATV operation: steering, reversing, stopping, and hills
- UTV operation: steering, reversing, stopping, and hills
- Navigating terrain conditions including slippery surfaces, soft ground, water, rocks, sand, switchbacks, and obstacles
- Cold and heat-related injuries
- Riding in a group and operator responsibility
- Shutdown, parking, refuelling, and storage
- Annual maintenance
- Emergency response and incident reporting
About This Course
Off-highway vehicles, including ATVs (all-terrain vehicles) and UTVs (utility terrain vehicles), are valuable pieces of equipment used across many Canadian industries, from agriculture and forestry to oil and gas, construction, and search and rescue. While these machines make it easier to navigate rough terrain and haul materials, they come with unique hazards that require specific training, inspection routines, and operating techniques. This course covers the essential knowledge and safe work practices you need to confidently operate both ATVs and UTVs in a workplace setting.
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Identify the key differences between ATVs and UTVs
- Carry out a pre-ride inspection for both vehicle types
- Safely load, secure, and transport your vehicle
- Use a winch and recover a stuck vehicle
- Recognize common driving hazards and select appropriate PPE
- Apply safe operating techniques for ATVs and UTVs, including on hills and difficult terrain
- Follow proper shutdown, refuelling, storage, and maintenance procedures
- Respond to an emergency and report incidents appropriately
Course Requirements
- Estimated Duration
- This course is approximately 60 minutes long.
- Pass Requirements
- The pass mark for this course is 80%. Learners can make 3 attempts to pass the course before it must be reassigned.
- Certificate
- Upon successful completion of this course, learners will receive a certificate of completion.
- Registration Fee
- $99.99 CAD
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