With the start of next year, students taking truck driving classes at Alabama technical and community colleges will be instructed on how to recognize, report, and prevent human trafficking. New Alabama truckers will now have the tools to identify traffic victims and to have the knowledge to not participate. Alabama…
With over 3.5 million truck drivers out there on the road and countless other vehicles as well, there are bound to be some accidents. Knowing how accidents occur and taking precautionary measures to prevent them can lead to less accidents and more safe drivers. The clickable list below gives the…
In a collaboration between the Tallahassee Community College (TCC) and the Big Bend Minority Chamber of Commerce, dozens of women showed up for ‘Ladies Night’. The event, located at the TCC, showcased the technical programs offered there, exposing the women who attended to jobs normally aimed at men. Some of…
Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, several meat packers will require cattle truckers to have Beef Quality Assurance transportation certification. The health and wellness of cattle is an important factor in transportation and truckers who get certified show that they are taking every precaution to ensure just that. The course will be…
With the need for truckers in southeast Texas and a waiting list of people who seek qualified training, the Lamar Institute of Technology’s Truck Driving Academy has received some assistance. They have received $1.1 million in state funding to upgrade its equipment and facilities in order to admit more students…
J.J. Keller, experts in safety and compliance, have created a training program for truck drivers that teaches them how to see signs of human trafficking and how to act on it. Common trafficking sites include rest areas, truck stops, and gas stations. With the unique positions truck drivers are in…
In Cambridge, Ont., a transportation company has taken the truck driver shortage problem into its own hands. Challenger Motor Freight has developed the Challenger Transportation Training Academy and classes start July 15. This school will have two courses that will meet the requirements under the mandatory entry-level training (MELT) criteria. There is…
In Reno, Nev., the non-profit organization Truckers Against Trafficking taught law enforcement and truckers how to notice signs of human trafficking victims. Sponsored by the Nevada Trucking Association, the group taught more than 50 people how to spot suspicious activity. According to the Truckers Against Trafficking website, the organization has likely…
Next school year, Union High School students in Clinton, N.C., will get the chance to learn how to drive a truck and the logistics that come along with it. The Sampson Community College (SCC) and the Sampson County Schools have combined forces and came up with a pilot program for…