Roadside Tyre Change Safe Operating Procedure

Roadside Tyre Change Safe Operating Procedure

This Roadside Tyre Change Safe Operating Procedure (SOP) provides a way for your business to outline step-by-step safe processes when conducting a roadside tyre change.

• Provides instructions on the use of the equipment both prior to and during operation.
• Ensures workers recognise and manage associated hazards and risks involved.
• Provides a training document for workers. 

Procedure

1. Remove the hubcap.
2. Using the wheel brace, loosen the wheel nuts but do not remove them.
3. Place the jack under the car in the approved jacking location (see vehicle operating manual)
4. Raise the vehicle until the wheel is approximately 100mm off the ground
5. Ensure the vehicle remains stable. Do not put any part of your body under the vehicle!
6. Unscrew the wheel nuts completely and remove.
7. Remove the flat tyre by pulling towards you
8. Place the flat tyre under the vehicle as a secondary safety precaution until the new tyre is fitted
9. Retrieve spare wheel and place in front of wheel hub
10. Align the spare with the wheel bolts. Lift and push into place
11. Replace wheel nuts and tighten as much as possible by hand in a star pattern
12. Lower the vehicle and remove Jack
13. Tighten wheel nuts fully

SOP Training Quiz:

• Provides a training quiz for workers.
• The associated quiz consists of questions carefully designed to assess comprehension of the SOP.
• The questions are in multiple-choice or true or false format, with answered supplied.

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Roadside Tyre Change Safe Operating Procedure Contents:

• PPE
• Hazards
• Precautions
• Pre-Operational Inspection
• Operation 
• On Completion Job Steps
• Includes an Employee Training and Induction Register