Category: Training

Deputy Secretary Su, Teamsters Union discuss Driving Good Jobs Initiative, better conditions for workers

Deputy Secretary Su, Teamsters Union discuss Driving Good Jobs Initiative, better conditions for workers

| March 17, 2022

Initiative aligns with Biden-Harris administration’s ‘Trucking Action Plan’ Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su hosted an online listening session with members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to discuss strategies for improving trucking job quality, and for retaining and recruiting drivers. The discussion follows the recent announcement of a partnership between the departments of Labor […]

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Rolling Strong and Women In Trucking Announce Competition Winners

Rolling Strong and Women In Trucking Announce Competition Winners

| March 17, 2022

Health and wellness platform provider and nonprofit association reward women drivers for efforts to improve lifestyle choices Rolling Strong, the provider of health and wellness programs for transportation companies and their drivers, as well as owner-operators, and Women In Trucking, Inc., established to encourage the employment of women in the trucking industry, today announced the winners […]

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FleetForce Truck Driving School Opens in Palm City

FleetForce Truck Driving School Opens in Palm City

| March 15, 2022

Company expands its operations to meet growing demand for truck drivers FleetForce Truck Driving School announced the opening of its newest training facility in Palm City, Fla. The school offers a four-week course, helping students earn their commercial driver’s license (CDL) while preparing them for a career in the trucking industry. FleetForce Owner & CEO […]

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US Department of Labor, Trucking Alliance partnership seeks to expand use of Registered Apprenticeships to train, employ needed drivers

US Department of Labor, Trucking Alliance partnership seeks to expand use of Registered Apprenticeships to train, employ needed drivers

| March 10, 2022

Initiative advances Biden-Harris administration’s ‘Trucking Action Plan’ The U.S. Department of Labor today announced its partnership with the Trucking Alliance – an industry-based safety coalition of freight transportation and logistics companies – to join the administration’s 90-Day Trucking Apprenticeship Challenge, and promote the apprenticeship model as a solution to get more well-trained drivers to work […]

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CarriersEdge Adds Dashcam Event Integration System

CarriersEdge Adds Dashcam Event Integration System

| March 10, 2022

Allows carriers to create customized training assignments from dashcam events CarriersEdge, provider of online driver training for the trucking industry, unveiled its new dashcam integration system that allows carriers to automatically assign and track required training based on dashcam captured events and behaviors. Designed as an open system, the functionality will work with camera systems […]

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Trucking Industry Faces Record Driver Shortage; Service One Transportation Says Young Truck Drivers Can Lead Turnaround

Trucking Industry Faces Record Driver Shortage; Service One Transportation Says Young Truck Drivers Can Lead Turnaround

| March 10, 2022

Driver Matt Ross Finds Professional Fulfillment at Wisconsin Trucking Company Service One Transportation and Urges Other Young Job Seekers to Explore Truck Driving Careers A recent study by American Trucking Associations (ATA) found that the national truck driver shortage “hit a historic high” of over 80,000 drivers in 2021 and is expected to surpass 160,000 […]

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