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Driver Training Options:
What's Available Online, In-Vehicle, in the Classroom
and Using Simulators?
Thursday,
June 1, 2006
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Looking
for beneficial, efficient and cost-effective driver
training for your workforce? Today’s employer
has a legal responsibility to ensure that employees
driving on company business engage in safe driving
practices whether driving company vehicles or personal
vehicles. The primary purpose of driver training programs
is to ensure and confirm driver experience, competency
and skill. Driver training takes multiple forms and
includes four fundamental types: initial, refresher,
remedial and ongoing. There are many driver programs
available, using methodologies that include: simulator,
online or computer-based training, in-vehicle instruction,
and classroom training. Can these driver-training
programs build the skills that maximize your drivers’
performance and protect you from costly crashes and
injuries? Driver training experts will help you sort
through these options so that you can determine what
best fits your organization’s needs.
What You Can Expect to Learn in this e-Seminar:
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How to determine if you need driver training in
your workplace? What are the indicators that suggest
the need for driver training?
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What type of driver training is available? What
are the benefits of each type?
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Classroom
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In-vehicle
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Web-based
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Simulator
- After
the driver training, what’s next? How do you
measure change and the effectiveness of the training?
Speaker
will be available following the e-seminar presentation
to respond to questions from participants.
Lead Presenter & Moderator:
Dave
Melton is the Director of Transportation Technical
Consulting Services at the Liberty Mutual Research
Institute for Safety. He is responsible at the corporate
level for developing and supporting transportation-related
safety and health products and consulting services.
Dave has held numerous positions in both field and
executive management and senior technical roles. His
36-year career with Liberty Mutual has moved him frequently
throughout the United States and Canada.
Mr.
Melton represents Liberty Mutual on the Network of
Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) where he serves
on the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors.
He was elected Vice Chairman of the NETS Board of
Directors in 2005, and in February 2006 will lead
NETS as Chairman.
He
is a past member of the Board of Directors of the
Professional Truck Driver Institute (PTDI). He was
Chairman of the Board of the Texas Safety Association.
Dave has received an appointment to the permanent
Committee on Truck and Bus Safety (A3B57) of the Transportation
Research Board, National Academy of Sciences &
Engineering. Mr. Melton is a member of the ANSI Z-15
Accredited Standards Committee on Safety Requirements
for Motor Vehicle Fleet Operations. He represents
Liberty Mutual on the NETS Board of Directors and
is Chair of Automotive Technology.
Mr.
Melton holds an A.B. degree from Eastern Kentucky
University. He is a Canadian Registered Safety Professional
(CRSP) and a Certified Director of Safety (CDS).
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