Category: Training

Universal Technical Institute Purchases Avondale, AZ Campus and Optimization Initiatives at Campuses in AZ and FL

fleetnewsdaily | December 29, 2020

Company continues focus on supporting students and meeting industry demand for trained technicians Universal Technical Institute (NYSE: UTI), the nation’s leading provider of transportation technician training, announced the purchase of its Avondale, Arizona campus and plans to consolidate the operations of its Phoenix-based Motorcycle Mechanics Institute (MMI) into this facility. Separately, UTI announced that the company’s individual UTI and […]

City of Aspen Releases Initial Findings of Smart Zone Pilot Program

fleetnewsdaily | December 17, 2020

Fleets are participating in the program, including a mix of local and regional businesses and national brands such as US Foods, FedEx, Frito Lay, Sysco and UNFI The City of Aspen today released initial findings of its first-ever Smart Zone pilot program to better manage the city’s curbs, done in partnership with Coord, a leading […]

Powering Health And Wellness With Dynamic Competitions

fleetnewsdaily | November 25, 2020

Rolling Strong Games raise the bar for drivers and trucking companies New competition creation process allows companies to create virtual events Rolling Strong, the provider of health and wellness programs for transportation companies and their drivers, as well as owner-operators, announced new Dynamic Competitions and Virtual Events competition creation capabilities. “The Rolling Strong platform is now the […]

Trucking Industry Beckons Women Seeking New Careers

fleetnewsdaily | November 18, 2020

The COVID pandemic has caused widespread unemployment—especially female unemployment. ATS’s John Kearney urges women to consider commercial truck driving, a profession short on workers and long on opportunity A full 25% of recently surveyed U.S. adults said they or someone in their household had been laid off or lost a job due to the coronavirus […]

Premier Truck Group and Universal Technical Institute Launch First-of-its-kind Technician Training Program for U.S. Service Members

fleetnewsdaily | November 10, 2020

Collaborative new hands-on training program at Fort Bliss (El Paso, Texas) is the first on-base diesel-commercial vehicle technician career skills program in the history of the U.S. Army Premier Truck Group and Universal Technical Institute (NYSE: UTI) are proud to announce the Premier Truck Group Technician Skills Program, a first-of-its-kind diesel-commercial vehicle technician career skills […]

Landstar Opens New Facility in Georgia

fleetnewsdaily | October 15, 2020

Company-location was designed and built with Landstar’s nearly 10,000 independent owner-operators in mind Newly built on 20 acres of property at Exit 160 off Interstate 85, this new Company-location was designed and built with Landstar’s nearly 10,000 independent owner-operators in mind. The new facility includes classrooms, a conference room and several convenient amenities for owner-operators […]