Passenger vans are frequently used in health care, hospitality, education, and by nonprofit organizations for the transportation of 12 to 15 people. These vehicles are convenient and relatively affordable to maintain. However, they also pose unique safety risks, so anyone who drives a passenger van must be properly trained to recognize the hazards, carry out pre-trip inspections, and follow defensive driving and rollover prevention policies.
This course provides passenger van drivers and their supervisors with the information they need to safely transport passengers with minimal risk. The course covers potential federal and state regulations, hazards specific to passenger vans, loading and inspection best practices, and safe driving and handling techniques.
Additional training is required if the passenger van is considered a commercial motor vehicle (CMV).
Over the years, concerns have increased that terrorists or other bad actors might target businesses that handle hazardous materials, or hazmat, such as chemical manufacturers, in order to release or steal chemicals. Site protection and protecting transport vehicles from hijacking became a very real concern on both local and national levels. This led to the requirement for transporters to develop security plans and to expand employee training to cover security awareness. Today, we’ll review the necessary procedures for protecting your hazmat from unauthorized access both at your facility and on the road.
A lo largo de los años, ha aumentado la preocupación de que terroristas u otros actores malintencionados puedan atacar negocios que manejan materiales peligrosos, o hazmat, como los fabricantes de productos químicos, con el fin de liberar o robar productos químicos. La protección del sitio y la protección de los vehículos de transporte contra secuestros se convirtieron en una preocupación muy real tanto a nivel local como nacional. Esto llevó al requisito de que los transportistas desarrollen planes de seguridad y amplíen la capacitación de los empleados para incluir la conciencia de seguridad. Hoy, revisaremos los procedimientos necesarios para proteger sus materiales peligrosos del acceso no autorizado tanto en su instalación como en la carretera.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, or FMCSA, the arm of the Department of Transportation, or DOT, responsible for regulating commercial motor vehicles, or CMVs, and their drivers, points to driver distraction as a contributing factor in 10 percent of accidents involving large trucks. If you drive a single or combination truck with a gross vehicle weight of 10,001 pounds or more or a passenger-carrying vehicle that carries 8 or more passengers (including the driver) for compensation or 15 or more passengers (including the driver) not for compensation, then this session is for you.
This training will help you identify and avoid distracted driving behaviors to ensure that your actions are not the cause of an accident.
This course provides information for drivers in all industries about how to safely operate a vehicle in extreme weather.
Driving under difficult weather conditions is both challenging and hazardous. As a driver, you need to understand the specific hazards of different weather conditions and adjust your driving to those conditions. By doing so, you can avoid accidents and breakdowns and reach your destination safely in any kind of weather.
According to the American Society of Safety Engineers, every day in the United States there are approximately 800,000 shipments of hazardous materials (hazmat) transported by highway, rail, air, and vessels. The U.S. Department of Transportation, or DOT, requires each hazmat employee to be provided with the first and, in some situations, both of the following types of security training in order to protect people and the environment from hazmat releases:
• Security awareness training
• In-depth security training
The first, “security awareness training,” must provide an awareness of security risks associated with hazmat transportation and methods designed to enhance transportation security. This training must include a component covering how to recognize and respond to possible security threats. Described at 49 Code of Federal Regulations, or CFR,172.704(a)(4), this training is required for each hazmat employee and is covered by the Simplify Compliance TrainingToday® course “Hazmat Transportation Security Awareness.”
“In-depth security training,” the second type of DOT security training, is described at 49 CFR 172.704(a)(5). This training is required if certain types and quantities of hazmat, as specified in 49 CFR 172.800, are transported in commerce. Offerors and transporters of this specific hazmat must have a “security plan” whose elements are outlined in the DOT regulations at 49 CFR 172.800 to 172.822. Employees must be trained on the elements of this security plan and its implementation. It must include company security objectives, organizational security structure, specific security procedures, specific security duties and responsibilities for each employee, and specific actions to be taken by each employee in the event of a security breach. The training session you are currently participating in is part of the in-depth security training.
Today, we’re going to talk about extreme weather driving. Driving under difficult weather conditions is both challenging and hazardous. You need to understand the specific hazards of different weather conditions and adjust your driving to those conditions. By doing so, you can avoid accidents and breakdowns and reach your destination safely in any kind of weather.
Hoy vamos a hablar de la conducción en condiciones climáticas extremas. Conducir en condiciones climáticas difíciles es desafiante y peligroso. Debe comprender los peligros específicos de las diferentes condiciones climáticas y ajustar su conducción a esas condiciones.De este modo, podrás evitar accidentes y averías y llegar a tu destino de forma segura en cualquier tipo de clima.
As a commercial motor vehicle, or CMV, driver, you will be responsible for the safe operation of your vehicle. Your life, as well as the lives of everyone around you on the road are at stake.
The federal hours-of-service, or HOS, rules were developed to reduce your likelihood of developing fatigue, being involved in fatigue-related crashes, and managing the health effects of driving long hours.
Despite these measures, thousands of people are still injured and killed in CMV crashes each year.
HOS rules place regulatory limits on when and how long you may drive, with the goal that these limits will help you stay awake and alert while driving.
Today, we’ll review the requirements of the federal HOS rules and explain how they affect your job. These rules apply to interstate commerce, that is, transporting cargo or passengers across state lines.
Final-mile delivery is a sequence of events starting when a delivery person picks up products and puts them on your doorstep. It affects all businesses delivering products directly to consumers, including retail e-commerce, restaurants and grocery stores offering home delivery, pharmacies delivering medicines to homes, and so on. This session discusses the hazardous associated with Final-Mile Delivery and how drivers can keep themselves safe.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) says that most transportation incidents involving hazardous materials are the result of human error. DOT concludes that effective employee training is therefore the best means of preventing hazardous materials incidents, including those involving infectious materials.
Today, we’re going to talk about commercial motor vehicle, or CMV, accident procedures.
Knowing what to do following an accident is essential. You can minimize the damage and potential liability caused by an accident if you take the right action immediately following the incident.
Accidents are difficult and upsetting situations to deal with. Whether minor or major, they can have an impact on your future as a CMV driver. So you want to be sure you handle any incidents effectively and correctly.
During this session, we’ll cover all the basics. But remember, you also need to be familiar with your carrier’s specific rules and procedures for dealing with accidents.
