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Course content is highly visual, including images, animations, interactivity, and voiceover narration to explain the content.

Wherever possible, text is cut down to a minimum, creating a more effective multimedia learning experience.

More than just spitting out the regulations, our real-world scenarios provide demonstrations of the content, so you can see how it applies to your daily operations.

Interactive exercises allow you to check your knowledge in a safe environment.

Checkpoints provide helpful tips and refreshers, and immediate feedback when you answer questions.

(Checkpoint scores aren't stored so you can try them as many times as you like without impacting your final grade.)

Log in and out as many times as you like, taking the course all at once or in bite size pieces - whatever works best for you.

In fact, you don't even need to complete it all on the same computer - the web based design means you can access and complete courses from any PC that has an Internet connection.

Professional drivers are held to a higher standard on the road and part of that standard includes practicing defensive driving techniques. This course will provide drivers with some reminders of basic vehicle operation and then present a variety of defensive driving techniques. Practices such as entering an intersection, backing up and safe following distance will be demonstrated using text, narration, animation, and quiz questions for reinforcement.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Describe responsibilities of being a professional driver
• List ways to maximize driver performance
• Describe best practices during basic handling activities such as turning, braking and stopping a vehicle
• Describe how to correctly enter an intersection
• List the steps in safely changing lanes
• Explain how to determine and establish a safe following distance
• List ways to handle adverse driving conditions such as night time, rain, ice and fog

Duration: 2 - 3 hours

This course covers the Regulations for Hours of Service with daily log examples and typical scenarios to accompany the log entries. Topics address log requirements, duty cycles, the sleeper berth exception, and various other areas drivers deal with on a daily basis. The importance of pre-trip planning and inspection regulations are emphasized.

This course is available in different versions, including US regulations, Canadian regulations, and a combined Canada-US version. The combined version includes additional comparison charts to highlight the differences between the two countries.

At the end of this course, you will be able to accurately:

• List information needed to plan a trip and maximize fuel efficiency
• Explain the importance of pre-trip and daily inspections
• Describe the responsibilities of everyone involved in an inspection
• List the main components of an inspection report
• Explain the importance of Hours of Service (HOS) Regulations
• List the hour restrictions for duty types
• Fill out a complete and correct daily log
• Log the sleeper berth exception correctly
• List the HOS exceptions for emergency and adverse driving conditions
• Explain how to avoid violating HOS Regulations while crossing the border into the United States or into to Canada (combined Canada/US version only)

Duration: 2 - 3 hours

This course introduces the North American Cargo Securement Standards, including the importance of cargo securement, the primary components of a cargo securement system, and the correct use of each component. Content in this course is based on the North American Cargo Securement Standard (49 CFR 393.100 & 393.136 and Canadian NSC Standard 10).

After completing this course, participants will be able to accurately:

• Describe the effects and hazards of poor cargo securement
• Describe each of the forces that act on cargo in a moving vehicle
• Explain the Cargo Securement Standard, its exceptions and general requirements
• Describe the responsibilities of both the driver and carrier in securing cargo
• Describe how vehicle structure, securing devices and/or blocking/bracing equipment can be used in a securement system
• Explain specific procedures for cargo with a tendency to roll or tip
• Define the Working Load Limit (WLL) and Aggregate Working Load Limit (AWLL)
  

Duration: 2 - 3 hours

This course provides professional drivers with an overview of the Canada - U.S. border, cross-border shipment requirements, and best practices for border crossing in either direction. Programs such as PARS, PAPS, and FAST are covered, along with tips and best practices for crossing the smoothly.

After completing this course, participants will be able to accurately:

• Identify the importance of the cross-border trucking industry
• Describe the role of the key players in cross-border shipments
• Name some of the programs in place to improve security and speed up the border crossing process
• Explain the PARS/PAPS process
• Describe the role of the driver in taking a FAST shipment across the border
• List the requirements for Customs pre-notification when transporting shipments both southbound and northbound across the Canada - U.S. border
• Explain what drivers can and cannot do as Temporary Visitors for Business in the U.S. and Canada
• List the personal identification that a driver should have to cross the border
• Describe the shipment documentation that a driver needs to have ready for Customs officials
  

Duration: 1.5 - 2 hours

This course provides drivers with the necessary skills to find and apply required information in the TDG Clear Language Regulations. An explanation of the various schedules, the required safety marks (placards), and emergency response procedures are also included.

After completing this course, participants will be able to accurately:

• Identify possible hazards for each class of dangerous goods
• Locate information from Schedules 1, 2 and 3 for a given dangerous good
• Identify appropriate locations of a shipping document during transport
• Determine the accuracy of a given shipping document
• Identify standard types of means of containment
• Determine if different dangerous goods are compatible and safe to transport together
• Determine the correct safety marks for specific dangerous goods
• Identify safe handling and loading procedures for dangerous goods
• Locate information in the Emergency Response Guidebook for specific dangerous goods
• Use appropriate procedures after an accidental release of dangerous goods
  

Duration: 2 - 3 hours

Not sure which courses are the best bet? Our Comprehensive Knowledge Assessment can tell you exactly where you have gaps and recommend courses for you. The assessment tests you in a variety of subject areas - safe driving, logbooks, trip planning, and cargo securement - then tells you exactly which areas (if any) can benefit from further development.

The Comprehensive Knowledge Assessment is available in three formats:

• US-only
• Canada-only
• Combined Canada/US

Duration: 1 hour

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Ordering is simple with both Visa and Mastercard accepted. Courses are $150.00 each (all prices in Canadian dollars, and subject to applicable taxes) and accounts are setup immediately upon purchase. The license is valid for 90 days, allowing plenty of time for completion.

Satisfaction Guarantee
If you are unsatisfied with the course, and we are unable to resolve the issue to your satisfaction, we will refund your money. This offer applies if you have completed 50% or less of the purchased course.