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Government, Business, Equipment, Safety

Truck Driving Simulator Excites Idaho High School Students

A new Idaho Trucking Association program using a truck simulator traveling to high schools appears to be paying off, by getting teens interested in driving careers.

February 16, 2022
Business, Safety

TransForce Expands Into Driver Training With Acquisition of The CDL School

TransForce Inc. is making another acquisition, but this time it is not buying a rival driver staffing agency.

January 23, 2019
Business, Safety, Logistics, TCA

Deaf Washington Man Finally Can Follow in Grandfather’s Footsteps as a Truck Driver

Justin Brooks has dreamed of the open road since he was a young child, riding along in the front seat of his grandfather’s truck on shipping routes.

April 30, 2018
Business, Logistics, TCA

FedEx Taps University of Memphis Students to Run Call Center

The call center agents talk on headsets to FedEx employees, helping with passwords and other basic troubleshooting and handing off to specialists if necessary.

September 6, 2017
Business, Safety, TCA

Illinois Community College Adds CDL Classes to Fill Growing Demand for Truck Drivers

Sauk Valley Community College in Illinois is ramping up its commercial driver’s license training, adding classes to funnel more workers into the region’s top-growing occupation.

August 8, 2017
TCA

N.C. Community College Offering Trucking Operations Management Certificate to Meet Local Demand

The need to replenish employees in the trucking industry is a constant with more than 16,000 trucking companies located in North Carolina, which is why Surry Community College is offering a new Trucking Operations Management certificate in fall 2017.

June 7, 2017
Government

Entry-Level Driver Training Rule Goes Into Effect

An entry-level driver training rule for truck drivers went into effect June 5 after it had been delayed multiple times.

June 5, 2017