Designated as a: "Preferred Off-Road Eductional Center" by the All Terrain Vehicle Association (ATVA) and American Motorcycle Association (AMA)
Corporate/Government OHV Training™
| ATV Training Overview | ATV-Beginner | ATV-Intermediate |
| ATV-Expert | ATV-Double Expert
| ATV-Private |
Prices |
| Who is a Beginner? |
Beginners have little or no riding experience and need to build their confidence and skills. Quality instruction will dramatically improve their ability to ride and their job efficiency while ensuring their safety and the safety of others with whom they come in contact.
| About the Class |
This class provides basic skills and information employees need so they can ride safely. This training involves a perfect mixture of actual trail riding and classroom education that ensures they will be able to navigate terrain appropriate for beginning ATV riders.
Riders participate in a test of their current skill levels so they can receive maximum benefits from the agency's investment in the course. Click here to learn more about your senior instructor, Bill Uhl.
| Class Content |
All of the important off-road ATV riding fundamentals will be covered in detail. Learning how to operate and maintain vehicles from the start improves safety, increases efficiency and reduces costs. The major topics covered include:
- Trail rules (rules of the road)
- Safety gear
- What to do when encountering other ATVs/utility vehicles, motorcyclists, horses, pack animals, bicyclists, hikers and cars.
- How employees can use their mind power to ensure the safety of themselves and others.
- Equipment setup
- Basic knowledge of an ATV/utility vehicle -- its features and potential problems
- Tire pressure/type of tires
- Ergonomics of handle bar positioning
- Ergonomics of lever setup
- Essential toolkit
- Riders participate in a test of their skill levels. (We need to know what they already know so they receive the maximum benefits from the agency's investment in the course.)
- Skill development
- The physics of riding
- Loading and unloading your machine
- Starting and stopping safely
- Shifting (if the ATV has a shift lever or shift buttons)
- Balance
- How to handle dangerous cut banks and rocks sticking out of a cut bank
- How and when to stand and sit while riding
- Transforming bad habits into positive patterns
- Clutch level control (if the rider's ATV or utility vehicle has one)
- Positioning feet on foot pegs
- Turning around in tight quarters
- Traveling up and down hills
- How to tread lightly
- When appropriate, accomplish all of the above in a desert setting
- Field trip into the forest and/or desert on dirt roads, two-track roads, and single-track beginner trails
Classes will be tailored to your special needs.
For class cost information, please refer to the standard price matrix . You can register your employees for a one-day class. Longer classes are also available.
To start learning how to be safer and more efficient on the job, contact us directly at:
OHV Training™
1121 Bunker Creek Rd.
Chehalis, WA 98532 USA
EMAIL: classes@OHVtraining.org