Our Services

Transition reviews, SMS gap checks, audit evidence preparation and practical support for operators moving toward the new Heavy Vehicle Accreditation scheme.

The NHVAS is being progressively replaced by the Heavy Vehicle Accreditation scheme. Red Dirt Consultancy can help operators review their current Mass, Maintenance and Fatigue systems and prepare for a stronger Safety Management System approach under the new HVA framework.

Transition Gap Review

Review existing NHVAS manuals, records, responsibilities and controls against the upcoming SMS-based HVA expectations.

SMS Standard 2026 Alignment

Practical support across leadership, risk management, people, assurance, monitoring, improvement and safety system requirements.

Mass Management

Loading controls, vehicle mass records, driver responsibilities, weighing processes and non-conformance actions.

Maintenance Management

Scheduled servicing, daily checks, defect reporting, maintenance records and roadworthiness controls.

Fatigue Management

Work/rest controls, scheduling review, driver declarations, breach management, fitness for duty and fatigue risk controls.

Audit Evidence

Document registers, evidence packs, corrective action tracking, internal review processes and management review preparation.

Management systems for Mass, Maintenance and Fatigue modules, with transition alignment toward SMS-based HVA expectations.

Work health and safety support, risk assessments, safe work procedures, incident controls, consultation processes and site-ready safety documentation.

Red Dirt Consultancy helps businesses build practical OHS systems that align with work health and safety obligations, operational risk and the realities of heavy vehicle and field-based work.

• OHS policy and procedure development

• Safe Work Procedures and Safe Work Method Statements

• Risk assessments and hazard control reviews

• Incident reporting and corrective action processes

• Worker consultation, supervision and responsibility frameworks

• Site, client and contractor safety documentation

Chain of Responsibility support for businesses that send, receive, load, unload, schedule or influence heavy vehicle transport tasks.

Chain of Responsibility does not stop with the driver. Red Dirt Consultancy helps consignors, consignees and other supply chain parties understand their role, manage risk and support safer heavy vehicle transport outcomes.

• Consignor and consignee Chain of Responsibility awareness

• Loading, unloading and site control procedures

• Scheduling, delivery window and waiting time risk reviews

• Mass, dimension, fatigue and load restraint risk controls

• Contractor and transport provider compliance awareness

• Incident, breach and corrective action support

Practical guidance on divisible and non-divisible loading considerations, mass, dimensions, permits, route planning and load restraint risk.

Red Dirt Consultancy assists operators and supply chain parties to understand the practical difference between divisible and non-divisible loads, supporting safer planning, legal compliance and defensible transport decisions.

• Divisible loads: freight that can reasonably be separated into smaller components for transport.

• Non-divisible loads: freight that cannot reasonably be dismantled, divided or reduced without affecting function, safety, damage risk or practicality.

• Load planning, mass and dimension compliance reviews

• Route, permit and access consideration awareness

• Loading, restraint and Chain of Responsibility risk controls

Practical loading examples

Divisible freight may include bulk materials, palletized freight, packaged products and general freight that can be split across vehicles. Non-divisible freight may include heavy machinery, oversize mining components, oil and gas rig equipment, precast structures and long plant items.

Heavy vehicle operational training, driver awareness, load restraint, road train readiness and supervisor compliance coaching.

Training can be delivered for drivers, supervisors, schedulers and managers. Content is tailored to the vehicle types, routes, loads and risk profile of your operation.

• NHVR, Chain of Responsibility and HVA scheme awareness

• Road Train Ready and Multi Combination Ready training

• Dedicated load restraint training

• Driver induction and refresher programs

• Supervisor and manager WHS/HVNL responsibilities, including SMS ownership and evidence

• Fatigue awareness and practical breach prevention

Independent government licensed investigation partner support for incidents, breaches, complaints, fatigue events and compliance failures. When something goes wrong, the response needs to be timely, fair, factual and defensible. Red Dirt Consultancy can connect clients with a government licensed external provider partner offering 25 years of investigative support experience to assist with independent reviews, factual reporting and practical corrective actions

• Incident and breach government licensed investigation partner support

• Show cause and disciplinary process documentation

• Evidence review and factual reporting

• Corrective action plans

• SafeWork, client and internal management reporting support

• Lessons-learned and system improvement actions