Minibus Driver Training Online
Master the differences between driving a car and a large van or minibus. It's a wider, longer and taller vehicle than car drivers would be used to, and this course helps drivers understand the potential risk areas. Plus, it provides strategies for dealing with passengers and planning journeys.
Approximately 0.75 hours.
What will you learn?
Learn how to safely transport other people in a minibus for work or recreation purposes
This course gives a thorough foundation in essential safety and operational procedures when driving a minibus with or without passengers.
You’ll discover techniques for dealing with difficult passengers, load distribution and whether you should use a trailer, and the important things to consider when planning a journey via minibus.
Who is this course suitable for?
It's ideal for:
- Teachers transporting students to educational or sporting events
- Community transport drivers taking passengers to appointments or other trips
- Shuttle drivers collecting people from airports or hotels
- Tour guides
- Care facility transport drivers taking elderly patients from rest homes to appointments or on social outings
- Sports team coaches and leaders taking the team to events
- Volunteer drivers working for charities
- Labour hire crew driver transporting workers to a work site
- Agricultural transport driver taking seasonal workers to orchards
- Events crew (e.g. runner/transport coordinator) taking production crew to locations
- Church leaders carrying their congregation to events.
- Supervisors and managers of people who drive minibuses for work
