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You Can’t Shortcut Proper Training

You Can’t Shortcut Proper Training Teacher-in-front-of-class

Training is there for a reason to ensure that the people driving beside us on the highway have the skills to handle their vehicle in a safe manner. When training is cut to push someone through faster it can damage the future for that person but go even further and make the roadway unsafe for […]

Are Your Training Courses Keeping Up With the Times

Are Your Training Courses Keeping Up With the Times Virtual-Reality-Student

Training-It could be the most important part of the equation to a successful career. It provides the foundation for a skill set that can last a lifetime. It provides knowledge that with the right attitude can be spread to others like wildfire. We can all agree that training is an important part of any career […]

Get the Most of Your Truck Training Course as a Student

Get the Most of Your Truck Training Course as a Student Teacher-in-front-of-class

When was the last time you were in school? Five years, ten, years, even more and here you are sitting in a classroom setting again for truck driver training of all things. You thought truck driver training meant driving around in big trucks? You will get to the trucks but there is a number of […]

Why Must I Take Entry Level Training to Become a Truck Driver?

Why Must I Take Entry Level Training to Become a Truck Driver? Students-in-class

Why must I take “Entry Level Training” (E.L.T.) to become a truck driver when I have someone who can teach me at home? That’s a question we get often at the Truck Training School Association of Ontario. Having a parent or other family member train you to get your licence was common practice in previous […]

Are You Attending the Right School: School Fraud in the Trucking Industry

Are You Attending the Right School: School Fraud in the Trucking Industry People-on-computers

Are you attending the right school? School fraud is a big problem in North America and with our global business environment and students trying to improve their lives from other countries there are a lot of people signing up for training all the time thinking it will give them a better future. Often it turns […]

The Power of Retention in Trucking

The Power of Retention in Trucking Truck-Driver-Putting-Gloves-On

Retention vs Recruiting; Which Comes First? It’s funny how we always say recruiting and retention when we talk about the hiring process, but is that putting our efforts into the wrong frame of mind? How many times have you heard people say, “What you say is what you think?” Your language that you use in […]

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