Offroad-Express

Hi All,

Trying to gauge if there would be interest in a 2 day 4wd course for the weekend of the 26th and 27th of April. This is a NZQA accredited course with one day of theory followed by an exam and then a couple of hours on a specialist made 4wd course, followed by a full day of 4wding with river work. Cost is Free or $25 if your not on the NZQA system.

A little more info can be found here on the Rotorua NZQA Saftey Course registration form:
http://www.4wdtv.co.nz/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=9

Please Register here:
http://www.4wdtv.co.nz/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=10


Cheers

Mike

Its an course well worth doing for those of you that are thinking of doing it, I came away from the one we did up here learning quite a few new things that I never knew..... and shit that theory stuff was a lot harder than I thought it would be even with an open book test

don't forget that you get a nice certificate thingy as well good for your wall or telling your insurance company, mother in law etc about...

What Saddam said its well worth doing, I learnt new things as well

Any chance of it being run in Wellington again as I couldn't make it last time and would like to complete this sometime...

Cheers,

Al

Any chance of it being run in Wellington again as I couldn't make it last time and would like to complete this sometime...

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myself and Bubbles are intrested and bubbles brother (Fat boy)

Sadam_Husain wrote:Its an course well worth doing for those of you that are thinking of doing it, I came away from the one we did up here learning quite a few new things that I never knew..... and shit that theory stuff was a lot harder than I thought it would be even with an open book test

I agree there! Great course, even better because it was free

I would be keen.. Wher in canty is it .. and do you have start times etc

yep i could be keen depending on times

Could also be keen depending on times.

same here

Petemcc wrote:same here

Its a 4WD one, not a 'how to keep a Jet boat IN the river'.....

Im keen to go....where do we register or are you just getting numbers at this stage?

Petemcc wrote:same here

i what truck lol?

so whats this new one u buying

Have added a poll to gauge interest.

Its normally two full days depending on experience. 9am start with theory and exam finishing with special 4wd course, next day is 9-10am start depending on peoples plans the night before with river work and technical driving till late in the afternoon (usually 4pm start winding down).

Mike

I would be interested in this course dependent on the answers to the following questions.

What are the vehicle requirements for the driving portions of the course?

I have a new Ssangyong Actyon Sports Double Cab 4WD manual (http://www.ssangyong.co.nz/sportsdualcab.html) that I'm still running it (this morning it has 1100 km on the odometer). It is standard, no rated rescue hooks or other mods, standard rims and tyres.

Will the pratical sections be suitable for this vehicle?

Thanks
Actyon Man

If its anything like the one I did for search and rescue (same units I think) it was great learnt heaps that I hadn't really thought about before

ActyonMan wrote:What are the vehicle requirements for the driving portions of the course?

For some of the one I did we spent time driving the police Rodeos to get a feel for them, they are factory standard and a lot of the other wagons there were very factory some even shiny

Suza wrote:If its anything like the one I did for search and rescue (same units I think) it was great learnt heaps that I hadn't really thought about before

For some of the one I did we spent time driving the police Rodeos to get a feel for them, they are factory standard and a lot of the other wagons there were very factory some even shiny

They give us a troopy with factory diff locks and full roll cage etc up here in Wgtn for SAR but because of OSH and health and safety requirements etc they arent allowed to modify it or take it many places. They arent even allowed to swap the skinny 750x16 tyres for anything more practical coz National headquarters decided it has to retain all its OEM fittings

That sounds about right. Mind you with the right amount of jandel appled I had a heap of fun,it reminded me of running firebreaks in my old hatch back when I was 16 or so

MIKE,

I too wood like to come on this course it sounds great.

PS howz that wheel alignment

mike

its a maybe as i work most sat, but if i can get the day off myself and tamara will be there, sunday liliana will have to come too if thats ok with you

jono

Where can I get a copy of the unit standards covered? Have done a 2 day course through work, just interested to see if this covers more. or different units, might be able to get paid to do it

DaveM wrote:Where can I get a copy of the unit standards covered? Have done a 2 day course through work, just interested to see if this covers more. or different units, might be able to get paid to do it

17976
Demonstrate knowledge of operation a light four wheel drive (4WD) vehicle in an off-road environment

17978
Operate a light four wheel drive (4WD) vehicle in an off-road environment

20848
Demonstrate knowledge of and skills for driving a light four wheel (4WD) vehicle on-road

Sadam_Husain wrote:

DaveM wrote:Where can I get a copy of the unit standards covered? Have done a 2 day course through work, just interested to see if this covers more. or different units, might be able to get paid to do it

17976
Demonstrate knowledge of operation a light four wheel drive (4WD) vehicle in an off-road environment

17978
Operate a light four wheel drive (4WD) vehicle in an off-road environment

20848
Demonstrate knowledge of and skills for driving a light four wheel (4WD) vehicle on-road

Bugger, got them
anyone know of an advanced course, with recovery etc covered?

I looked into advanced courses as I did this one on the coast years ago. To do recovery courses you have to go through "tow truck school". And the cost was thousnads of dollars. You have to do the full recovery course to recover vehicles for a fee.

pathfinder67 wrote:I looked into advanced courses as I did this one on the coast years ago. To do recovery courses you have to go through "tow truck school". And the cost was thousnads of dollars. You have to do the full recovery course to recover vehicles for a fee.

Back on ore under another guise Al?, guess you couldnt keep away

Actually I think the place I do the training for might be running the recovery courses, with a little bit of pushing from me and a trainer down south they might be a real possibility in the canterbury/otago region.

Mike

mike wrote:

pathfinder67 wrote:I looked into advanced courses as I did this one on the coast years ago. To do recovery courses you have to go through "tow truck school". And the cost was thousnads of dollars. You have to do the full recovery course to recover vehicles for a fee.

Back on ore under another guise Al?, guess you couldnt keep away

Actually I think the place I do the training for might be running the recovery courses, with a little bit of pushing from me and a trainer down south they might be a real possibility in the canterbury/otago region.

Mike

Welcome back Al
Hard to keep a hard man good, ohh good man down, um is that hard man up!
Pleased to see you on the board.


As discussed with you a while back Mike, I am very keen to get NZQA recovery standards signed off. If we were to be able to do this. I think there would be a lot of interest.

Back on ore under another guise Al?, guess you couldnt keep away

Nah, I looged on years ago as pathfinder67, I just forgot about it. When I found ORE again I looged in as Albundy. Would have used Albundy but it has been locked out of this and the club site

Actually I think the place I do the training for might be running the recovery courses, with a little bit of pushing from me and a trainer down south they might be a real possibility in the canterbury/otago region.

Now this would be cool. Mind you I have done some serious recovery of late. Trip at xmas we were winching safaris down vertical slopes

Actually I think the place I do the training for might be running the recovery courses, with a little bit of pushing from me and a trainer down south they might be a real possibility in the canterbury/otago region.

Can you can put me down for this if it is able to be arranged please Mike.

MIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so innnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!