b"TRAINING COURSES 2020BOOK ONLINEOpen to all club members, the general public and corporate organisations.Browse courses online at www.fwdvictoria.org.au and call the office to book on (03) 9874 7222PROFICIENCY COURSESTuesday 17th March - PC200321 - Theory Saturday 17th October - PC201017 - PracticalSaturday 21st March - PC200321 - Practical Tuesday 10th November - PC201114 - TheoryTuesday 28th April - PC200502 - Theory Saturday 14th November - PC201114 - PracticalSaturday 2nd May - PC200502 - Practical Tuesday 1st December - PC201205 - TheoryTuesday 16th June - PC200620 - Theory Saturday 5th December - PC201205 - PracticalTraining Course Refund PolicySaturday 20th June - PC200620 - Practical Situations occur where for various reasons courses are cancelled by Four Wheel DriveVictoria (FWDV) or students need to cancel.Below describes the refund policy that isapplicable.Tuesday 14th July - PC200718 - Theory Fee refunds:If students are unable to attend the course that they are registered for, thefollowing refund fees below apply: 30 days prior - less 10% of course cost;29 days15 days - less 25% of course cost; Saturday 18th July - PC200718 - Practical14 days to 8 days - less 50% of course cost;7 days prior - no refund allowedTuesday 11th August - PC200815 - Theory Refund applications must be made in writing to FWDV.FWDV agree that they will allow for one transfer in a 12 month period to another course datewithout penalty, with a minimum of 8 days notice, (see below).Transfer to other courses:Students can transfer to any other course up to 8 working daysSaturday15th August - PC200815 - Practical prior to commencement at no cost. Students transferring to another course 7 working daysor less prior to commencement will be required to pay a transfer fee of $50Tuesday 8th September - PC200912 - Theory Course Cancellations:FWDV will make a full refund of all fees paid should a course be discontinued. FWDV reserves the right to cancel a course if a minimum number ofparticipants are not achieved or for Occupational Health and Safety reasons. Should theSaturday 12th September - PC200921Practical students desire to take an alternative course with FWDV, fees will be fully transferrable tothat course, for one transfer ina 12 month period. In the event of a course for which theFriday 16th October - PC201017 - Theory student was enrolled being unavailable or no acceptable alternative course is available,fees are fully refundable.Training Bookings Go OnlineFour Wheel Drive Victoria training courses can now be booked entirely online. Being a Registered Training Organisation (RTO 21605), all bookingscan be done via our website link. Both accredited and non-accredited courses can now be booked online and online payments will also soon beavailable. Four Wheel Drive Victoria offer non-accredited Proficiency 4WD training and a range ofAccredited 4WD and Chainsaw Courses. Check out allthe details at fwdvictoria.org.au/training Industry news According to Ryan Davies, Director of black-top and on any 4x4 track.Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Off-road the V6 Manuals first gear isVolkswagen has introduced a powerful Australia, the Amarok V6 is the most amongst the shortest in the class andV6 TDI Amarok fitted with a six-speed powerful manual-equipped vehicle in its gives a super-low crawl speed whenmanual transmission and low-range class, delivering 180kW on overboost low-range is engaged. The six-speedtransfer case. and a whopping 500Nm of torque, manual gearbox is paired with a non-While the Amarok's eight-speed ZF available from as low as 1,250rpm. permanently engaged four-wheel driveautomatic has proved extremely Well, how does it drive? The V6 pulling system (traditional four wheel drive), thisversatile in all conditions with torque power and mid-range torque of the 3.0- is a different system than the permanentavailable at the bottom of the rev range; litre V6 are the perfect fit for Aussie B- four wheel drive system fitted to thefor the off-road enthusiast, a manual roads and 4x4 tracks. The ultra-smooth eight-speed automatic Amarok.variant of the V6 Amarok is 6-speed manual It has a part-time transfer box whichstill perceived as the is direct and permits two gear stages:Holy Grail for four at home 1. Electrical engagement of front-wheelwheel driving. both on drive (4x4 HIGH)the2. Front-wheel drive engagement andan additional reduction stage (4x4 LOW)The buttons for activating and de-acti-vating the drive ranges, the differentiallock and the off-road drive programmeare positioned on the centre console.The drive programme switch meansthere is no need for a second selectorlever. A mechanical rear-axle differentiallock is fitted as standard.TRACKWATCH MARCH 202027"