The Department of Labor is taking steps that would meet the objectives of a presidential executive order and encourage motor carriers and other trucking organizations to create apprenticeships for new employees to receive federal funding while they train to become drivers or maintenance technicians.
November 2, 2017GovernmentBusiness
Video: CVTA Urges No Further Delays to Entry-Level Driver Training Rule
Delaying the publication of an entry-level driver training rule again would take time away from states needing to comply with the rule, the head of a group representing truck driving schools said April 11. Watch video with Commercial Vehicle Training Association President and CEO Don Lefeve.
April 11, 2017GovernmentBusiness
Federal Regulatory Review Postpones Driver Training Rule Until May
An entry-level driver training rule for truck drivers scheduled to be published this month has been delayed two months due to a directive from the Trump White House on pending regulations.
March 21, 2017GovernmentBusiness
FMCSA Sends Entry-Level, Driver-Training Rule to White House for Review
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sent its version of a final rule on entry-level driver training to the Office of Management and Budget for review on Aug. 29, OMB said.
August 30, 2016Business
UPS to Open Driver-Training Center in Atlanta
UPS will open a driver-training facility in Atlanta in December, its seventh U.S. site intended to prepare drivers to serve customers safely and efficiently.
November 19, 2015GovernmentBusiness
ATA Critical of Panel's Recommendation of Hours-Based Over Performance-Based Instruction for New Drivers
An entry-level driver training federal advisory committee’s recommendation that new drivers receive hours-based rather than performance-based behind-the-wheel instruction lacks a scientific basis and runs contrary to a pair of executive orders, according to a “dissent letter” forwarded to the committee’s facilitator by American Trucking Associations.
June 15, 2015Business
Panel Endorses Hours-Based Approach for Entry-Level Driver Training Rule
WASHINGTON — This time around, federal regulators say they are convinced an advisory committee has come up with the ingredients for a successful entry-level driver training rule.
June 8, 2015GovernmentBusiness
FMCSA Advisory Committee Recommends Hours-Based Training Program
WASHINGTON — A special federal advisory committee ironing out the details of a potential entry-level driver training rule finished its work May 29 but only after a vigorous debate over whether to recommend an hours-based or performance-based on-road training standard for new drivers.
May 29, 2015GovernmentBusiness
FMCSA Panel Divided Over Certification Issue
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Though more than halfway through its scheduled meetings to standardize training regulations for entry-level truck drivers, a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration advisory panel remained divided on whether driver training schools should self-certify their programs or be certified by a third party.
April 24, 2015GovernmentBusiness
Feds Look to Trucking Industry for Driver Training Committee Members
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is soliciting applications and nominations from trucking industry stakeholders to serve on an advisory committee to negotiate and help develop proposed regulations for entry-level truck driver training.
December 10, 2014