Trailer load planning and securing: stop sequence, weight and load records
Plan a trailer load so each stop's freight comes off first, heavy freight is low and spread out, and nothing can shift; secure the load with blocking, bars, straps and dunnage; and record what was loaded, the seal and any exceptions. Legal limits and securing rules come from your carrier, your site and the law where you work.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- About 50 minutes
- Contents
- 3 lessons · 1 video · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 1 Oct 2026
Skills you'll practise
- Sequence a multi-stop load so the first stop is loaded last, at the doors
- Plan weight so heavy freight is low, spread along the floor and within the payload the carrier confirms
- Choose ways to stop a load shifting (blocking, bracing, load bars, straps, dunnage) and recognise voids and unstable stacking
- Complete a load record that matches the plan, the bill of lading and the seal, and escalate exceptions
Course outline
- 1.Trailer load planning and securingVideo · 2 min
- 2.Plan the load: sequence, space and weightLesson · 17 min
- 3.Stop it moving: securing the loadLesson · 17 min
- 4.Records, seals and exceptionsLesson · 16 min
- 5.Trailer load planning and securing: stop sequence, weight and load records: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 16 questions
- 6.Three drops and a tin that fellScenario
- 7.Final exam7 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
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