Category: Training

Mack Trucks to Open New Electric Vehicle Training Hub to Support Mack® LR Electric, Western U.S. and Canada

Mack Trucks to Open New Electric Vehicle Training Hub to Support Mack® LR Electric, Western U.S. and Canada

| April 21, 2021

Academy will teach comprehensive electromobility courses for dealer personnel, Mack employees, owner-operators and fleet customers, and will also offer training for diesel technicians, sales and aftermarket personnel In an effort to support customers in the western U.S. and Canada, as well as Mack’s battery-electric vehicle (BEV) training efforts for the Mack® LR Electric, Mack Trucks […]

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TMC Releases Augmented Reality Game to Attract New Technicians

TMC Releases Augmented Reality Game to Attract New Technicians

| April 20, 2021

Nationwide Release of New Game App Aims to Appeal to Students The American Trucking Associations ‘Technology & Maintenance Council’s announced the release of a new augmented reality game app aimed at attracting, fostering and welcoming a new generation of skilled technicians to the industry. Based on TMC’s National Technician Skills Competition, the app — called […]

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Breakthrough in Neurocognitive Training Creates New Opportunity to Reduce Distracted Driving Crashes, Injuries and Death

Breakthrough in Neurocognitive Training Creates New Opportunity to Reduce Distracted Driving Crashes, Injuries and Death

| April 19, 2021

Driver safety advocates are welcome to use these free resources to better understand why we choose to engage in distracted driving behavior and to discover solutions to reduce the frequency of distracted driving ADEPT Driver  released a new concept paper, Solutions To Reduce Distracted Driving And Technology-Induced Inattention, and an engaging video on the human factors and brain […]

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Premier Truck Group and Universal Technical Institute Honor Military Service Members as They Graduate from  Technician Training at Fort Bliss

Premier Truck Group and Universal Technical Institute Honor Military Service Members as They Graduate from Technician Training at Fort Bliss

| April 6, 2021

Program is the first-of-its-kind, on-base diesel-commercial vehicle technician career skills program in U.S. Army history Premier Truck Group and Universal Technical Institute honored the inaugural graduating class of the Premier Truck Group Technician Skills Program. The first-of-its-kind, on-base diesel-commercial technician training program provides 12-weeks of industry-aligned training that leads directly to employment for military members transitioning to […]

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Universal Technical Institute to Acquire MIAT College of Technology

Universal Technical Institute to Acquire MIAT College of Technology

| March 31, 2021

Students will benefit from broader access to industry-aligned education including aviation, sustainable energy and robotics Universal Technical Institute (NYSE: UTI), the nation’s leading provider of trained technicians to the transportation industry, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MIAT College of Technology from HCP & Company, its owner since August 2014. Terms of the transaction […]

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Universal Technical Institute to Open a Campus in Austin

Universal Technical Institute to Open a Campus in Austin

| March 23, 2021

Blended learning model enables optimization of campus footprint and instructional delivery Universal Technical Institute Inc. provider of transportation technician training, plans to expand its presence in two states in fiscal year 2022, the first being in the state of Texas with a new campus in Austin – its thirteenth nationwide and third in the state. The company opened its Houston campus […]

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