COURSE OVERVIEW
This Commercial Driver Training Program offers a selection of mandatory and suggested courses designed to help drivers meet regulated training standards. Several courses within the program align with the National Safety Code (NSC) requirements.
COURSE BREAKDOWN
This program consists of 10 courses:
- Hours of Service
- Daily Trip Inspection
- Weights and Dimensions
- Defensive Driving
- Distracted Driving Prevention
- Firefighting & Fire Extinguisher Safety
- WHMIS 2025
- TDG: Transportation of Dangerous Goods 2025
- Fatigue Management Training for Workers Certification
- Cargo Securement (Flatbeds)
HOURS OF SERVICE
Standard: NSC Standard 9
Topics:
- Understanding Hours of Service
- Duty Status and Work Shifts
- Sleeper Berth & Team Driver Rules
- Exemptions
- Electronic Logging Devices
- Fatigue
- Violations, Compliance, and Consequences
Duration: Approximately 90 hours
Pass mark: 80%
Attempts: 3
DAILY PRE-TRIP INSPECTION
Standard: NSC Standard 13
Topics:
- Module 1: Preparing for the Pre-Trip Inspection
- Module 2: Inspecting the Air Brake System
- Module 3: Defects and Major Defects
- Module 4: Performing the Inspection
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes
Pass mark: 80%
Attempts: 3
COMMERCIAL WEIGHTS AND DIMENSIONS
Topics:
- Factors that influence commercial vehicle weight allowances
- The legal load limit, required safety measures, and related exemptions
- Factors that determine the maximum allowable length for a vehicle and load
- The difference between primary highways and local roadways
- Road bans and their impact on you
- Conditions under which an over-dimensional permit must be obtained and used
Duration: Approximately 90 minutes
Pass mark: 80%
Attempts: 3
DEFENSIVE DRIVING
Topics:
- Module 1: What Is Defensive Driving?
- Module 2: Vehicle Safety & Maintenance
- Module 3: Distracted Driving
- Module 4: Defensive Driving Techniques
- Module 5: Collision Avoidance
- Module 6: Winter Driving
Duration: Approximately 90 minutes
Pass mark: 80%
Attempts: 3
DISTRACTED DRIVING PREVENTION
Topics:
- Driver Distractions
- Recognizing Distractions
- Dangers
- Distracted Drivers
- Identifying Signs of Distracted Drivers
- Avoiding Accidents
Duration: Approximately 20 minutes
Pass mark: 80%
Attempts: 3
FIREFIGHTING & FIRE EXTINGUISHER SAFETY
Topics:
- Understanding how fires burn
- The fire triangle
- The fire tetrahedron
- Physical states of fuel
- Types of heat
- The role of oxygen in fires
- Fire classifications
- Fire extinguisher ratings and classifications
- Fire extinguishing agents
- Types of fire extinguishers
- Fire extinguisher inspections
- Basic firefighting procedures
- Controlling fires
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes
Pass mark: 80%
Attempts: 3
WHMIS 2025
Topics:
- What is WHMIS?
- WHMIS Update
- Hazard Identificatio
- Product Classificatio
- Hazard Group
- Pictogram
- Supplier Label
- Workplace Label
- Safety Data Sheets (SDS
- Workplace Education and Trainin
- Employer Responsibilities
- Worker Responsibilities
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes
Pass mark: 80%
Attempts: 3
TDG: TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS (2025)
Topic:
- Chapter 1: Understanding Dangerous Goods
- Chapter 2: Regulation
- Chapter 3: Training
- Chapter 4: Classification
- Chapter 5: Dangerous Goods Marks
- Chapter 6: Packaging, Labelling, and Handling
- Chapter 7: Documentation
- Chapter 8: Emergency Response and Reporting
- Chapter 9: Exemptions
- Chapter 10: Transporting Across Boarders
Duration: Approximately 120 minutes
Pass mark: 80%
Attempts: 3
FATIGUE MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR WORKERS CERTIFICATION
Topics:
- Sleep cycles and circadian rhythms
- Health benefits of sleep
- Causes of fatigue
- Key physiological impacts of fatigue
- Fatigue’s impact on health and safety
- Identifying and managing fatigue
- Symptoms of fatigue
- Strategies for assessing workplace fatigue
- Fatigue-related legislation
- Responsibilities for managing fatigue
- Proactive and reactive strategies for fatigue management
- Team-based fatigue management strategies
- How to manage fatigue while driving
- Strategies for shift workers (optional module)
Duration: Approximately 90 minutes
Pass mark: 80%
Attempts: 3
CARGO SECUREMENT (FLATBEDS)
Standard: NSC Standard 10
Topics:
- How the North American Cargo Securement Standard was developed and is maintained
- Types of securement devices
- Performance criteria
- Cargo inspections
- Cargo securement requirements
- Exemptions to the standard, including:
- Dressed lumber
- Metal coils
- Paper rolls
- Concrete pipes
- Vehicles as cargo
- Boulders
Duration: Approximately 80 minutes
Pass mark: 80%
Attempts: 3
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ONLINE COURSE DURATION
Approximately 13 hours
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
Upon completing each of the 10 courses, participants will be issued an individual certificate recognizing successful completion.
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