MEMBERSHIP:

PE - D. McEwen/G. Miner (Co Chairs)
AB - R. Clarke
BC - J. Kroeker-Hall
NB - S McCracken
ON - L. Dunstall
QC - H. Blaney
CTHRC - L. Gauthier
CCMTA - I. Tomlinson

RECORD OF DECISIONS REFERENCE:

Standing Committee on Drivers and Vehicles, June/01, Oct/01, Oct/02, Nov/06, May/07, Oct/07
Board of Directors, Dec/01, Dec/02, May/06, Dec/06, May/07, Dec/07

REPORTING TO:

Standing Committee on Drivers and Vehicles

BACKGROUND:

With competing priorities, lack of resources and delays in implementation of enhanced training programs in other jurisdictions the work of the Commercial Driver Licencing Standards Project Group had not progressed since 2005. In May 2006, the Board directed that a review of the mandate of the project be carried out taking into consideration its relationship to RSV 2010.

Since May 2006, the Canadian Trucking Human Resource Council (CTHRC) has completed a report entitled “Closing the Gap” which contains a number of recommendations including three items relevant to CCMTA. These were:

1. Testing and licensing for commercial vehicle drivers should meet a national standard.

2. Training should be offered in accordance with national standard curriculum, through institutes that meet standard, by instructors who meet standard.

3. Funding should be increased for training, and funding should be linked to the above

CTHRC is proceeding with a testing and licensing content study, outlining actual requirements in all provinces/territories identifying similarities and variances with the results to be turned over the CCMTA.

In addition, one of the recommendations contained in the RSV 2010 mid term report by the Canadian Traffic Safety Institute is the development of national training standards for commercial drivers.

MANDATE:

1. To determine and provide recommendations the role of commercial driver training, testing, and licencing in relation to RSV 2010 and reduction of crash risk;

2. To support CTHRC “Closing the Gap” initiatives that address commercial driver shortages by providing the necessary information to enable the review of testing and licensing in all Canadian jurisdictions against industry developed entry level competencies;

3. To evaluate CTHRC recommendations to determine if they are suitable for inclusion as minimum standards in the CCMTA NSC Standards;

4. To evaluate the AAMVA Driver Examiner Certification Program for Commercial testing for inclusion in Standard 2 of the NSC Standards; and

5. To incorporate an Air Brake testing model in Standard 2 – Knowledge and Performance Testing.

DEADLINES:

Mandate Items:

1. TBD (CTHRC study is scheduled for release in February 2009)

2. Ongoing

3. TBD (CTHRC study is scheduled for release in February 2009)

4. - 5. Completed (December 2007)

STATUS:

Ongoing

January 2009