Category: Training

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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New DriveShield™ Learning Management System and AI Facial Recognition – Driving Fleet Operations Forward

New DriveShield™ Learning Management System and AI Facial Recognition – Driving Fleet Operations Forward

| March 9, 2022

DriveShield In-App Driver Coaching Improves Commercial Driver Safety and Mitigates risk Forward Thinking Systems introduced cutting-edge AI capability and a new learning management System (LMS) to its DriveShield application. This further expands the value and functionality of its popular suite of fleet management and telematics products. The new features will reduce the complexity of day-to-day […]

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ATA Signs Registered Apprenticeship Agreement with U.S. Department of Labor

ATA Signs Registered Apprenticeship Agreement with U.S. Department of Labor

| March 2, 2022

Long-Sought Recognition Will Provide Major Boost to Trucking’s Workforce Efforts The American Trucking Associations signed a historic agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor establishing ATA as an official registered apprenticeship sponsor. The signing ceremony took place at Department of Labor headquarters in Washington and was attended by Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, Transportation Secretary Pete […]

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Rolling Strong Readies Drivers for CDL Medical Recertification Free of Charge

Rolling Strong Readies Drivers for CDL Medical Recertification Free of Charge

| March 2, 2022

Ready Re-Cert™ program educates and coaches drivers about DOT physicals Rolling Strong, the provider of health and wellness programs for transportation companies and their drivers, as well as owner-operators, today announced Ready Re-Cert™, a free program built specifically to educate and coach professional drivers about DOT physicals and what they can do to prepare for recertification […]

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