Providing guidance for legislative, regulatory, and administrative action with a focus on the driver, the vehicle, and the carrier

The purpose of this standard is to ensure that applicants possess the fundamental knowledge and driving skills for the type of vehicle to be safely operated on Canadian roads.

CODE: NSC-E-STND2
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The purpose of this standard is to ensure that applicants possess the fundamental knowledge and skills for driver examiner training and testing for passenger vehicles, commercial or higher-class vehicles, motorcycles, and medically at-risk drivers.

Driver examiner standards assist in ensuring that examiners have met the minimum knowledge and skills training requirements for conducting licensing tests, with a focus on road and practical testing.  This standard has been developed based on a number of objectives:

• To establish uniform performance standards for driver examiners.
• To facilitate consistent driver examination across Canada.
• To establish a system to ensure that driver examiners have and maintain the capability to perform their jobs competently.

CODE: NSC-E-STND3
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The purpose of this standard is to designate classes of vehicles for driver licensing and prescribe the fundamental knowledge and skills for the type of vehicle to be safely operated on Canadian roads.

CODE: NSC-E-STND4
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A standard which outlines the criteria which must be met to permit carriers and driver training schools to train commercial drivers.

CODE: NSC-E-STND5
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Driving a motor vehicle in Canada is a privilege that may be accorded to an individual by the driver licensing authority of the province or territory in which they live. In order to exercise a privilege such as driving, the individual must meet the specified criteria including the demonstration of an acceptable level of competence. To qualify for a driver’s licence an individual must, among other requirements, be able to demonstrate medical fitness to drive.

CCMTA has developed a standard entitled National Safety Code (NSC) Standard 6 – Determining Driver Fitness in Canada that sets the medical criteria used to establish whether drivers are medically fit to drive. It addresses both private and commercial drivers.

Part 1 of this document explains how Canadian jurisdictions perform their role in assessing the medical fitness of drivers while Part 2 contains the CCMTA Medical Standards for Drivers.

The NSC Standard contains the provincial/territorial contact information for reporting potentially unfit drivers. Driver assessment centres and rehabilitation resources can also be located in your area by contacting these offices.

CODE: MED-STD
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A standard which is designed to provide jurisdictions with a record of driver and carrier performance in terms of compliance with safety rules and regulations. The standard supports enforcement activity to remove unsatisfactory drivers and carriers from service and identifies the type of information which will be maintained on each commercial driver and carrier.

CODE: NSC-E-STND7
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A standard which describes the criteria for placing a driver out of service on a short-term (24 hour) basis when a peace officer has reasonable and probable grounds to believe the driver's ability is affected by alcohol or drugs.

A standard which describes the number of hours a commercial driver can be on duty and operate a commercial vehicle. It outlines the requirement to complete daily logs, describes the various cycles of operation and sets out driver and carrier record keeping requirements.

CODE: NSC-E-STND9
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A standard which outlines the specific requirements for securing loads to commercial vehicles to ensure they do not shift, move, or spill onto the roadway.

CODE: NSC-E-STND10
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A standard which outlines maintenance and periodic inspections.

CODE: NSC-E-STND11
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A standard which contains the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance on-road inspection criteria. Please contact the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance for a copy.

A standard which prescribes daily trip inspection requirements. The daily vehicle trip inspection standard is intended to ensure early identification of vehicle problems and defects, and to prevent the operation of vehicles with conditions that are likely to cause or contribute to a collision or vehicle breakdown. Daily vehicle trip inspection is a continuous process designed to protect drivers and alert carriers to mechanical problems. The general objective of daily vehicle trip inspections is to promote an improved level of safety and compliance in commercial vehicles operating on the highway.

CODE: NSC-E-STND13
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A standard which establishes the motor carrier safety rating framework by which each jurisdiction assesses the safety performance of motor carriers.

CODE: NSC-E-STND14
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A standard which outlines the audit process used by jurisdictions to determine a carrier's level of compliance with all applicable safety standards.

CODE: NSC-E-STND15
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A standard designed to ensure that Class 1 commercial truck drivers are properly and consistently trained before they are licensed.

CODE: NSC-E-STND16
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