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More People Will Train to be Professional Truck Drivers
As many as 30 eligible participants will receive training to prepare them for jobs as professional truck drivers in the Lower Mainland. This week’s blog post from the Government of British Columbia looks at the new Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction’s Community and Employer Partnerships (CEP) project that focuses on providing occupational training and work experience to immigrants.
Big Rig Driving School, British Columbia, Canada, CEP, Community and Employer Partnerships, Future Ready, Immigrants, Job Training, Lower Mainland, Mandatory Entry-Level Training, Occupational Training, Professional Training, Supply Chain, Training, Transportation Sector, Truck Driving, Trucking, TruckTraining, WorkBC, WorkExperience, workforce development -
Five Must Haves in Digital Consumer Experiences
If companies do not invest in the digital consumer experience, there is a potential risk of losing customers. This week’s blog from 3 Dog Write discusses five must-haves to create a memorable digital consumer experience.
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BENDIX TECH TIPS: Get Ready for Winter and Help Protect Against Unexpected Downtime
Winter has been making plans for your trucks: corrosion, freeze-ups, blockages – all the fun stuff that can reduce your time on the road or leave you stuck. This week’s blog post from Bendix Commercial Value Systems explores different tips to get through winter and help protect against these unexpected stoppages.
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Machine Learning Breakthrough Predicts Truck Accidents and Fatigue from ELD Data, Improving Fleet Safety Records
Recent advances in Machine Learning are enabling trucking fleets to predict each driver’s probability of getting in a fatigue-related accident on any upcoming shift – before the driver gets behind the wheel. This week’s blog from Fatigue Science details a Machine Learning breakthrough that will predict truck accidents and fatigue from ELD data, which will improve fleet safety records.
Accident Prevention, Accidents, Biomathematical Fatigue Model, Driver Fatigue, Driver Well-being, Drivers, DrivingSafe, Drowsy Driving, ELD, ELD Data, Fatigue, Fatigue Prediction, Fatigue Science, Fleet Efficiency, fleet management, fleets, Insurance Costs, Machine Learning, machinelearning, Predictive Analytics, Predictive Technology, ReadiDispatch, Risk Assessment, safety, Safety Innovation, SAFTE Model, Telematics, Transportation Technology, Trucking, Trucking Safety -
Electronic Logging Device Update as Enforcement Date of January 1st, 2023, Approaches
When the PMTC attended the fall Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) Compliance & Regulatory Affairs Committee (CRA) meetings in Ottawa on November 3, 2022, one of the key discussions was an update on ELD regulation. This week’s blog post from Mike Millian and PMTC takes a look at the latest updates provided at the CRA meetings last week.
Canadian trucking, CCMTA, compliance, ELD enforcement, ELD Regulation, electronic logging devices, Federal Regulations, fleet management, Fleet Technology, hours of service, Mike Millian, Motor Transport, PMTC, Private Motor Truck Council of Canada, Provincial Enforcement, Provincial Laws, Regulatory Updates, Road Safety, Transport Canada, transport industry, Trucking Regulations, Trucking Safety -
Look Both Ways Before Hiring
It’s no secret that staffing shortages that most businesses are facing today are extremely challenging. This week’s blog from Jill J. Johnson, Johnson Consulting Services, looks at what you need to do when you can’t find the talent you need to fill your staffing options.
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Leaders: Ready for a Bold Answer to Service Fatigue?
Everyone’s heard of “quiet quitting” by now: it’s the freshly coined phrase to describe the age-old behaviour of not quite leaving one’s job entirely but opting to go above and beyond no longer. This week’s blog from Laurie Guest post explores how to avoid this quiet quitting epidemic plaguing workplaces everywhere.
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Mother Truckers and More
You may have heard the term #MotherTrucker or have seen it on social media – the hashtag has gone a long way in shedding light on women truck drivers who are defying stereotypes in this male-oriented industry. This blog post takes a look at how Musket Transport has taken great strides to dispel the myth that this is an industry where moms can’t work.
Breaking Barriers, career opportunities, CHET, Equal Opportunities, Female Employees, Female Workforce, Gender Diversity, Gender equality, Gender Stereotypes, Inclusive Workplace, Industry Representation, Moms, Moms in Trucking, Mother Trucker, Mother’s Day, MotherTrucker, Musket Transport, MusketTransport, Recruitment Campaign, stereotypes, Transport Careers, Transportation, Transportation Industry, Trucking, Trucking Careers, women empowerment, Women in Logistics, women in transportation, women in trucking, Women’s Empowerment, WomeninTrucking, Work-life balance -
Items to be addressed prior to January 1, 2023, for ELD Enforcement
While the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) is fully in favour of moving forward with electronic logging device (ELD) enforcement on January 1, 2023, that doesn’t mean there isn’t significant work that still needs done to ensure the roll out is as smooth and fair as possible. This week’s blog from Private Motor Truck Council of Canada discusses the critical items that need to be addressed before the new year for ELD Enforcement.
Canada, Canadian trucking, driver safety, ELD, ELD enforcement, Electronic, electronic logging devices, enforcement challenges, federal regulation, ferry exemption, hours of service, industry compliance, Mike Millian, PMTC, PrivateMotorCouncil, supply chain issues, transport industry, transport regulations, Trucking, trucking policy -
Annual AZ Training Scholarship Creates a Stronger Gender-Balanced Workforce
25 years ago, Commercial Heavy Equipment Training Ltd. opened its doors as the first truck driving school to be set up for use for any carrier on Ontario. This week’s blog looks at how CHET and Musket joined forces to provide an annual scholarship specifically designed to get women behind the wheel of Canada’s trucking and transportation industry.
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