Canada Hours of Service

The Course covers the following topics

Canada HOS Basics

• Who the hours-of-service regulations apply to
• The purpose of the hours-of-service regulations
• Difference between on-duty and off-duty activities
• How hours-of-service violations affect driver abstracts and carrier profiles

ELD Basics

• When drivers are required to use an ELD
• The items required to be in the cab when recording hours with an ELD
• How drivers can reduce unassigned drive time
• The process to follow when their ELD malfunctions

Exceptions

• The most common exceptions and what each exception relieves a driver from
• Which drivers can use an hours-of-service exception and when

Limits North of 60th Parallel

• How fatigue requires drivers to stop driving even if they have hours left to legally operate
• How the 20-hour window is calculated
• Which duty status the 15-hour limit tracks
• How the 18-hour limit is calculated
• Off-duty requirements
• The 80 hour/7 day cycle and the 120 hour/14 day cycle
• The restart period for each cycle

Limits South of 60th Parallel

• How the 16-hour window is calculated
• Which duty status the 13-hour limit tracks
• How the 14-hour limit is calculated
• Off-duty requirements
• Cycle 1, 70-hour/7-day cycle and Cycle 2, 120-hour/14-day cycle
• The restart period for each cycle

Manual Logs

• Required fields on a manual log
• Prepare a record of duty status using a manual log
• How to complete a recap to determine the number of hours a driver has available before hitting the cycle limits

Record of Duty Status

• How to use trip planning to achieve successful time management
• How supporting documents are used to validate recorded hours
• When to keep track of their hours using an ELD, manual log, or time record
• How roadside inspection expectations differ between ELDs, manual logs, and time records