Trucking Compliance & Safety Seminars

The California Trucking Association provides trucking compliance and safety seminars to members. It can be difficult to navigate the complex State and Federal regulations of the trucking industry. Invest in trucking compliance training and allow our certified trainers to help you and your company, understand complex regulations, stay in compliance, and thrive in a highly competitive industry.

Trucking compliance seminars are conducted in Northern and Southern California.

We can come to you. CTA also offers private consultations to help make sure your company is in compliance. For more information on private consultations or questions on seminars, contact Marcia Woolworth at 916-373-3540 or marciaw@caltrux.org.

NATMI Certified Driver Training (CDT) Program

This train-the-trainer course is for professionals responsible for the development and implementation of professional driver training programs. Students learn teaching skills and their practical application. In addition, students will have the opportunity to present their own lesson plans with critique following.

Full Certification
NATMI or CTA Member/Non-Member: $900

Two-day course only
NATMI or CTA Member: $480
Non-Member: $580

NATMI CSS and CDS Fleet Safety Courses

This “Fleet Safety 101” program is designed to provide training on effective implementation of safety-related policies and procedures. A training requirement for NATMI’s safety certification program, this course is designed for line-level safety supervisors, with the basic emphasis on what they need to do and when and how to do it. Managers of small fleets and experienced safety professionals seeking a refresher on technical issues will find this course helpful as well.

Full certification
NATMI or CTA Member/Non-Member: $1,295

Courses Only:
MFSB 2-day course only
NATMI or CTA Member: $480
Non-Member: $580

MMFSP 2-day course only
NATMI or CTA Member: $480
Non- Member: $580

Both courses (no certification)
NATMI or CTA Member: $880
Non-Member: $1,080

DOT A-Z Mini Course

Drug and Alcohol Supervisor Reasonable Suspicion Training

FMCSR Title 49 CFR Overview

HazMat

This basic course is training pursuant to Title 49 CFR Part 172.704 for the trucking industry. Employers must ensure that each employee is trained initially within 90 days of employment. We will cover general requirements, hazmat tables, shipping papers, packaging, marking and labeling, placarding, loading, emergency response and security. Hazmat certification is required every 36 months.

CTA Member: $149
Non-Member: $249

How to Do a Proper 90 Day/DOT Annual Inspection

Managing & Maintaining a Safety & Compliance Program

This seminar will provide methods for managing and maintaining an effective safety and compliance program in the trucking industry, including communication techniques, planning and presenting safety meetings, leadership skills, time-management, accident/incident prevention and investigation, and managing programs specifically required by regulation. The emphasis will be on making a very tough job less stressful.

CTA Member: $149
Non-Member: $249

NATMI Safety and DOT Compliance Series

The Safety & DOT Compliance series is three seminars held back-to-back. Attend one, two or all three.

Day 1 focuses on driver qualifications, safety fitness and safety ratings, roadside inspection, CDL requirements, and driver physicals. Master the safety compliance skills necessary to survive a DOT safety audit.

Day 2 (Morning) provides training on the federal hours of service regulations and the proper use of driver logs. You'll participate in a driver log review and learn to identify inaccurate entries.

Day 2 (Afternoon) completes the DOT’s mandatory supervisor training requirements for Alcohol and Controlled substances. Plus, you’ll review the critical parts of the DOT regulations on Alcohol and Drug testing (Part 382 and Part 40).

Full Program (both days)
NATMI or CTA Member: $360
Non-Member $420

Safety & Compliance Day 1 Only
NATMI or CTA Member: $180
Non-Member: $200

Hours of Service only
NATMI or CTA Member: $90
Non-Member: $110

Drug and Alcohol Training only
NATMI or CTA Member: $90
Non-Member: $110

Sailing Through Your BIT

This class is a training seminar that will assist companies with understanding and preparing for BIT audits. The material will be covered in-depth and a BIT Kit will be provided to each paid attendee. Specifically, this seminar will provide the member with a complete overview of the basic inspection process of terminals and will emphasize the four most frequent problem areas: Driver Qualification, Discipline, Hours of Service, and Maintenance.

CTA Member: $149
Non-Member: $249