Cargo
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The
success of your business is closely linked to the development
of your employees' skills.
Our customized training programs are designed to assist your
business in achieving its goals in terms of upgrading and
updating personnel skills.
The Business division of the
Centre de formation du transport routier Saint-Jérôme
(CFTR) has the expertise required to provide you with top-quality
business services and training programs tailored to suit your
business's current or future needs.
We can also accommodate your business's various time constraints
by providing you with both on-site services or training sessions
at our centre either by day, by evening, or on Saturdays.
Our strong partnership with different organizations of the
public and private sectors enables us to offer services which
are continually based on the needs and realities of the transport
industry.
In addition to answering the numerous demands for personnel
training, we also offer a training program intended for bus
and taxi drivers.
Since Act 430 came into force, several businesses retain our
services to upgrade the qualifications of their employees
and reduce their operating costs.
In operation since 1976, the Centre de formation du transport
routier (CFTR) is recognized by the ministère de l'Éducation
du Loisir et du Sport as being one of only two public centres
across the province to offer a trucking program leading to
a diploma of vocational studies (DVS).
You can rely on our centre to obtain
business services based on expertise, professionalism, quality,
and satisfaction.
The Business division of the CFTR……...FOR TRAINING
THAT HOLDS THE ROAD.
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ACT 430-ADMINISTRATORS |
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4 to 8 hours according to needs |
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OBJECTIVE
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Provide sufficient information to those affected by Act 430
in order to comply with the regulation in force. |
CONTENTS :
- Objectives of Act 430
- Persons covered or exempted
- Vehicles covered or exempted
- Obligations of the owner
- Obligations of the operator
- Company policies
- Maintenance of records
- Documents to retain
- Driver's licence
- Mandatory maintenance
- Pre-trip inspection
- Hours of driving and hours of service
- Transport of dangerous goods
- Loads and sizes
- Load securing standards
- Highway Safety Code and preventive driving
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ACT 430-DRIVERS |
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4 hours |
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OBJECTIVE
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Provide sufficient information to those affected by Act 430
in order to comply with the regulation in force.
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CONTENTS :
- Objectives of Act 430
- Persons covered or exempted
- Vehicles covered or exempted
- Obligations of the owner
- Obligations of the operator
- Company policies
- Maintenance of records
- Documents to retain
- Driver's licence
- Mandatory maintenance
- Pre-trip inspection
- Hours of driving and hours of service
- Transport of dangerous goods
- Loads and sizes
- Highway Safety Code and preventive driving
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ADDITIONAL
TRAINING:
Training
sessions can be customized to suit the specific needs of an
owner and/or operator or upon the recommendations of the Commission
des transports.
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PRE-TRIP INSPECTION |
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4 or 6 hours |
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OBJECTIVE
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Consolidate the participants' knowledge of the regulation and
provide them with an efficient pre-trip inspection procedure.
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CONTENTS :
· Code articles pertaining to the pre-trip inspection
· Obligations of the carriers
· Inspection procedures (before and after the shift)
· List of minor and major defects
· Mechanical inspection report
· Standards for commercial vehicles
· Report on minor and major defects
· Procedure demonstration
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HOURS OF DRIVING AND HOURS OF SERVICE REGULATION
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4 hours |
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OBJECTIVE
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Inform heavy vehicle owners and operators of the regulations
currently in force in Canada and the United States in terms
of hours of driving and hours of service. |
CONTENTS :
· Vehicles covered and exempted
· Regulation pertaining to the hours of driving, hours
of service, and hours of rest
· Mandatory daily log information
· Dividing sleeper berth hours
· 160 km radius information
· Use of mechanical or electronic devices
· Indicating multiple stops on the daily log
· Indicating off-duty periods on the daily log
· Driving in the United States
· Summary table
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PREVENTIVE DRIVING / WINTER |
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4 hours |
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OBJECTIVE
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Know and understand the various preventive driving techniques
based on the five keys to safe driving as well as the elements
most likely to affect the operation of a heavy vehicle during
wintertime. |
CONTENTS :
· Definition of preventive driving
· Advantages of preventive driving
· Accident causes
· Definition of an avoidable accident
· 5 keys to safe driving
· Use of automatic traction control (ATC)
· Description of the braking techniques used under various
road conditions:
- use of brakes
- use of engine brake
- use of anti-lock braking system (ABS) |
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AIR BRAKES |
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4 hours |
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OBJECTIVE
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Improve the participants' knowledge of the air brake system
in order to:
· Easily detect defects during the pre-trip inspection
· Optimize the use of the braking system:
- when driving in the city
- when driving on sloped roads
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CONTENTS :
· Basic principles
· Summary of the braking tests conducted in Baie Saint-Paul
in 2000
· Components of the air braking system
· Role of the air braking system components
· Functioning of the air braking system
· Components of the anti-lock braking system (ABS)
· Role of the ABS components
· Functioning of the ABS
· Pre-trip inspection of the air braking system
· Brake adjustment |
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY |
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4 hours |
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OBJECTIVE
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Know and put into application the economical driving techniques
in order to obtain optimum energy efficiency out of a heavy
vehicle.
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CONTENTS :
· Analysis of the graphical charts related to optimum
engine performance
· Driving technique in relation with economical driving
· Optimum operation of a heavy vehicle:
- professional attitude of the driver
- road management
- progressive shifting
- cruising speed
- anticipation
- braking techniques
- idle speed
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LOAD SECURING |
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4 hours |
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OBJECTIVE
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Improve the participants' knowledge of the regulation respecting
standards for the securing of loads as well as the standards
for use of tie-down devices.
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CONTENTS :
- Definitions and application
- Load limits of tie-down devices
- General load securing rules for flatbed vehicles
- Specific load securing rules:
- dumptrucks
- transport of wood
- Specific load securing rules for specialized transport:
- pipes and other cylindrical
components
- metal rollers
- containers
- etc.
- Risks associated to the trade
Training
also includes practical demonstrations:
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Load securing and unsecuring operations
- Inspection and adjustment of tie-down devices:
- before departure
- during transport
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VEHICLE LOAD AND SIZE LIMITS |
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4 hours |
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OBJECTIVE
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Improve the participants' knowledge of the regulation providing
for different standards limiting the size, load per group of
axles, and maximum combined weight of heavy vehicles as well
as the regulation respecting special permits for oversize transport.
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CONTENTS :
- Vehicle definitions and axle groups
- Identification of allowable size limits
- Maximum load authorized for an axle class
- Maximum combined weight authorized for a vehicle
- Special permits for oversize transport
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CANADA / UNITED STATES TRANSPORT |
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4 hours |
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OBJECTIVE
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Introduce the participants to the basic required notions relating
to US transport. This training program is intended to prepare
drivers in terms of customs procedures and inform them of important
details associated to working in the United States.
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CONTENTS :
- Obligations of the carrier
- Qualifications of the driver
- Documents to fill out and passing through customs
- General information
- Numbering of US roads and road atlas
- Practical exercise
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TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS |
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4 hours |
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OBJECTIVE
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Inform and promote awareness among those handling and transporting
dangerous goods in terms of precautions and actions to be taken
when transporting dangerous goods.
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CONTENTS :
- Introduction to the transportation of dangerous
goods regulation
- Classification of dangerous goods
- Identification of dangerous goods
- documents
- packaging labels
- vehicle placards
- Responsibilities of the:
- shipper
- carrier
- consignee
- General transport of dangerous goods
- Transport in bulk of dangerous goods
- Transport of dangerous waste
- Transport of dangerous goods to and from the United
States
- Incident reports
- Explanation of the driver's guide
- Evaluation
Following this evaluation, the employer is able to certify his
employee's qualification.
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WHMIS |
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2 hours |
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OBJECTIVE
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Inform and promote awareness among those handling dangerous
goods in the workplace in terms of precautions and actions to
be taken when using and storing dangerous goods.
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CONTENTS :
- Introduction to the regulation
- Identification and meaning of symbols
- Meaning of packaging labels
- Material safety data sheet information
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OPERATING A FORKLIFT TRUCK AND A STACKER |
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15, 60 or 90 hours |
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OBJECTIVE
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Provide the participants with information pertaining to the
inspection and safe operation of a forklift truck or a stacker.
The duration of the training is based on the participants' experience.
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CONTENTS :
- Realities of the trade
- Health and safety issues
- Functioning of a forklift truck and a stacker
- Notions of physics related to a forklift truck
and a stacker
- Operation of a forklift truck and a stacker
- Stacking and unstacking
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DRIVING INSTRUCTOR |
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70 hours |
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OBJECTIVE
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Provide future driving instructors with adequate means of intervention
with regard to apprentice drivers.
Upon completion of his training, the driving instructor will
have the ability to:
· - put the acquired notions into application when carrying
out his task
- understand the characteristics of an adult in
training
- monitor an apprentice driver's performance in
a work-related context
- correct the weaknesses of an apprentice driver
- apply intervention strategies
- evaluate an apprentice driver's performance in
the different work environments
- complete a written or verbal report following
the evaluation of an apprentice driver
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CONTENTS :
This training program is comprised of two parts.
First
Part: Educational Concepts
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Role of the driving instructor
- Characteristics of the driving instructor
- Characteristics of an adult
- Helping relationship
- Structured intervention
- Simulation of an intervention
- Learning formats
- Evaluation
Second
Part: Knowledge of Heavy Vehicles and Regulations
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Act 430
- Hours of service and hours of driving
- Load securing standards
- Loads and sizes
- Transport of dangerous goods
- Cartography
- Transport permits and documents
- Pre-trip inspection
- Coupling and uncoupling
- Air brake system
- Power transmission
- Economical driving
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PRE-HIRING OR PRE-TRAINING |
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2 hours or more |
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OBJECTIVE
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Observe and establish the participant's level of ability when
performing the pre-trip inspection, driving, and storage of
a heavy vehicle.
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CONTENTS :
The evaluation process includes:
- explaining the process to the participant
- performing a pre-trip inspection
- coupling a semi-trailer (if necessary)
- performing a back-up manoeuvre
- operating a vehicle:
- operating the transmission on flat
ground
- operating the transmission on sloped
roads
- handling the road
- executing turns
- following preventive driving standards
- using economical driving techniques
- following the Highway Safety Code
- uncoupling a semi-trailer (if necessary)
- transmitting the results of the evaluation
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- PREVENTIVE DRIVING AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY WITH
THE DRIVING SIMULATOR |
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OBJECTIVE :
Learn preventive driving techniques and become familiar with energy-efficient ways of driving heavy vehicles. Afterwards, put these techniques into practice on the driving simulator
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Preventive driving :
CONTENT
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- Definition of preventive driving
- Definition of an avoidable accident
- How your vision works
- Explanation of the five visual rules
- Driver perception and reaction time while driving
- Proper driving management based on various types of road conditions:
- Winding roads
- Major highways
- City streets
- Hilly roads
- Proper use of the braking system
- Driving management on slippery roads
Energy efficiency :
CONTENT
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- Positive results of controlling a heavy vehicle’s energy use:
- Less pollution
- Fuel economy
- Less tire wear
- Less brake wear
- Other benefits
- Analysis of graphs of heavy vehicle engines
- Factors promoting the optimum use of energy produced by a heavy vehicle:
- Driver’s professional attitude
- Road management (anticipating what is ahead)
- Gradual gear-changing technique
- Cruising speed
- Braking techniques
- Engine idling management
- Choice of itinerary to avoid heavy traffic
- Knowledge of new technologies associated with 2007 pollution control standards
Use of the driving simulator :
Driving scenarios that each student will explore:
- Driving in emergency situations
- Driving on slippery roads
- Driving in hilly areas
- Driving management in heavy traffic
- Driving techniques for curves and turns
- Application of visual rules
- Application of driver perception and reaction times in unexpected situations
- Other scenarios
Analysis of each student’s driving on the simulator:
- Driving strong points
- Areas in need of improvement
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