Canada Hours of Service Training: Manual Logs Online Training Course - English

Time is limited. No one can add a minute to an hour, day, or week. For professional drivers, time is further limited by the hours-of-service regulations. The purpose of the hours-of-service regulations is to keep tired drivers off the road. After many hours behind the wheel, fatigue sets in, and it can lead to bad decisions and deadly crashes. For the safety of all drivers, compliance with the hours-of-service regulations is required of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers.

The Canada Hours of Service Training curriculum will help drivers and carriers to be compliant while maximizing the available hours through a full understanding of how the limits affect safety and productivity.

Every driver needs to know how to complete manual logs. Most often a manual log will be a paper grid log. Drivers who find themselves in a situation where they do not qualify for the 160-kilometer radius exception and ELD users who experience a malfunction of their device need to know how to manually record their duty status.

Canada Hours of Service Training: Manual Logs is designed to help drivers understand which fields are required to accurately prepare their record of duty status and how to complete a recap to avoid violations.

• The eLearning course covers the following topics:
  • Driver's Manual Log
  • Required Fields
  • Other Fields Required (As Applicable)
  • Record of Duty Status
  • Filling Out a Manual Log
  • Recapping Hours
• After completing this training course, learners will be able to:
  • Identify required fields on a manual log
  • Prepare a record of duty status using a manual log
  • Describe how to complete a recap to determine the number of hours a driver has available before hitting the cycle limits
• Intended Audience: CMV Drivers Operating in Canada
• Length: 18 minutes
• Language: Available in English and French Canadian
• Copyright Date: 2021
• Reg Covered: SOR/2005-313