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June
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Getting the Most Out of Your Training Program
The
following are the seven principles of training. Keep them in mind. Knowing
them and applying them will ease the stress of your trainees and help
you to be the most effective trainer you can be.
• People
learn when they are ready to learn.
• People learn best when the subject relates to something they
already know.
• People learn step-by-step, from the known to the unknown.
• People learn-by-doing.
• People learn through repetition.
• People are motivated by success.
• People need immediate feedback to learn effectively.
Adults learn
best when they are ready to learn. Trainers should be quite
happy about this! Driver trainees already have demonstrated their readiness
for learning by investing their time and coming to training.
Adults learn
more easily when the subject matter relates to something they already
know. Begin your teaching process by relating your materials
to something that is familiar to your trainees, then build to the new
information or skill that you have to offer.
Adults learn
step-by-step. Instruction should move from the known to the
unknown in a logical progression. Let trainees know where they are (at
the beginning of training), where they are going (what will result from
their learning efforts), and how they are going to get there. Course
overviews are helpful.
Adults learn
by doing. You can tell and demonstrate to a trainee how to
do something; but, until the trainee actually does it, complete comprehension
will escape that person. (It is like learning to ride a bicycle. You
have to do it to learn.)
Adults learn
through repetition. The more often adults use what they are
learning; the better they will be able to understand it—and/or
perform it.
Adults are
motivated by success. When a person experiences success in
learning, it stimulates the desire for additional learning. It means
that if you present your material in small enough doses, trainees will
succeed. With time, experience, and growth on the part of trainees,
you can increase the size of the information doses. Give large enough
doses for them to be challenged, but small enough doses for them to
experience success.
Adults need
immediate feedback. Trainees want to know whether or not they
have actually learned. Plan work so that it can be quickly evaluated.
Then, provide useful feedback to the participants.
Excerpt from “Student
Course Book: Train-the-Trainer” published by Thomson Delmar Learning
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HM
Regulations for Loading, Unloading, and Storage Delayed
The Research and
Special Programs Administration (RSPA) issued a final rule in the May
28, 2004 Federal Register, which delays the effective date
of their October 30, 2003 final rule clarifying the applicability of
the hazardous materials regulations (HMR) to loading, unloading and
storage operations. RSPA is delaying the effective date of that final
rule from October 1, 2004 to January 1, 2005. The agency decided to
delay the effective date based on industry appeals raising a number
of issues related to the consistency of the final rule with Federal
HM transportation law, and the relationship of the HMR to regulations
promulgated by OSHA, EPA and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
(ATF).
By way of reminder,
the changes to the HMR in the October 30 rule are intended to clarify
application of the HMR and reduce confusion among federal, state and
local agencies regarding the extent of RSPA’s jurisdiction. RSPA
amended §171.1 of the HMR to list their regulated and non-regulated
functions.
Regulated functions include:
1) activities
related to the design, manufacture, and qualification of packaging
represented as qualified for use in the transportation of HM;
2) pre-transportation functions; and
3) transportation functions (movement of a HM and loading, unloading,
and storage incidental to the movement).
Non-regulated functions
include:
1) rail and motor
vehicle movements of a HM solely within a contiguous facility where
public access is restricted;
2) transportation of a HM in a transport vehicle or conveyance operated
by a Federal, state, or local government employee solely for government
purposes;
3) transportation of a HM by an individual for non-commercial purposes
in a private motor vehicle; and
4) any matter subject to U.S. postal laws and regulations.
The agency also
amended the HMR to incorporate the following new definitions and provisions
into §171.8: “pre transportation function”; “transportation”;
“movement”; “loading incidental to movement”;
“unloading incidental to movement”; and “storage incidental
to movement”. Furthermore, for purposes of applicability of the
HMR, “transportation in commerce” begins when a carrier
takes possession of a HM and continues until the carrier delivers the
package containing the HM to its destination as indicated on shipping
papers or other shipping documentation.
A copy of the May
28, 2004, Register notice announcing the delay in the effective
date can be downloaded by clicking
here for a PDF and here
for an HTML. If you have any questions or comments, please contact
Rich Clemente at (703) 838-8847 or email: rclemente@truckload.org.
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Revisions
and Corrections to HM Incident Reporting Requirements Released - Deadline
for Compliance Extended
The Research and
Special Programs Administration (RSPA) issued a Final Rule in the May
26, Federal Register, with revisions and corrections to their
December 3, 2003 rule on incident reporting requirements and the hazardous
materials incident report (HMIR) form (Form F 5800.1(01-2004).
RSPA had issued
a final rule revising the HMIR form on December 3, whose major changes
required carriers to provide more specific information on the HMIR;
expand certain reporting exceptions; require the reporting of undeclared
shipments of HM; and require reporting of non-release incidents involving
cargo tanks.
In §49 CFR
171.16 (c), carriers will be required to update incident reports for
up to one year after the date of an incident for the following:
1) death resulting
from injuries caused by a HM
2) corrections to the identification of the HM or package information;
and
3) certain updated damage costs as additional information becomes
available.
Cost information
would be updated when:
1) costs not known
at the time the report was filed became known; or
2) original damage/cost estimates were revised by more than $25,000
or 10% of the original estimate.
Most importantly
in the May 26 final rule, the deadline for compliance with this regulation
has been changed from July 1, 2004 to January 1, 2005. Only the revised
DOT Form 5800.1 (01-2004) specified in the May 26 final rule will be
accepted for incidents occurring on or after January 1, 2005. Filers
must use the previous DOT Form 5800.1 for all incidents up to and including
December 31, 2004. In addition, RSPA made minor technical changes to
two sections of the rule, based on industry appeals as follows:
o In §171.16(b)
RSPA is adding the word “or” between the addresses for
written and electronic submittal of the HMIR to clarify that either
a written or electronic report must be submitted, not both.
o In this final
rule, RSPA is eliminating the supplemental guidance immediately following
Item 23 from the HMIR. In addition, a minor change was made to the
guidance in Item 28. RSPA amended the requirement to provide the manufacturer
and model number for any valve or device that failed on a tank to
include the words “if present and legible.”
In response to industry
comments, the agency has also committed to issue guidance with the electronic
filing option, and has indicated it’s intention to launch an interactive
HMIR on its website prior to the January 1, 2005 compliance deadline.
A copy of the revised Form F 5800.1 (01-2004), including detailed instructions
for completion is included in the May 26 Register notice, which
can be downloaded by clicking
here for a PDF and here
for an HTML. If you have any questions, contact Rich Clemente at
(703) 838-8847 or email: rclemente@truckload.org.
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TSA
Moves One Step Closer to Transportation Worker ID Cards
The Transportation
Security Administration (TSA) issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on
May 12, 2004, to begin the Prototype Phase of the Transportation Worker
Identification Credential (TWIC) program. This Prototype Phase is the
third step in TSA’s development of a uniform identification credential
for all transportation workers who require unescorted access to secure
areas at seaports, airports, rail, pipeline, trucking and mass transit
facilities. The Prototype Phase will be conducted in Philadelphia, PA
and Wilmington, DE; the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and the
14 major port facilities in the state of Florida. The TSA anticipates
that up to 200,000 workers may participate in the prototype.
The TSA’s
request for proposals is open for 30 days. The prototype will examine
a range of identity management processes, including the use of smart
card technology and biometrics to positively link an individual to their
credential for unescorted access to secure areas of the transportation
system.
The TWIC card will
strengthen security at “key” transportation facilities in
a number of ways including:
o A threat assessment
ensures known terrorists are not issued TWIC cards and are not able
to gain access to secure sites;
o Numerous advanced
credentialing technologies safeguard against the use of fraudulent
credentials; and
o Communications
technologies tied to the program will allow TSA to interface with
other federal, state, and local agencies; these enhancements will
allow TSA to send out targeted “threat alerts” to key
facilities and shift resources based on intelligence data or changes
in the threat level.
One of the program’s
goals is to boost commerce by increasing the speed and efficiency of
identity verification at transportation facilities. It also saves truck
drivers, dockworkers and others who require access to multiple facilities
the time and expense of obtaining numerous redundant credentials.
TSA began the TWIC
program in the spring of 2002. Phase I, the Planning Phase, of the project
was completed in the spring of 2003 and Phase II, the Technology Evaluation
Phase, closed in October of that year. Other technologies, including
a two-dimensional
barcode and optical stripe will also be included in the Prototype Phase
to ensure compatibility with various legacy systems at transportation
facilities. Phase III will last approximately seven months. TSA will
then perform a further review and prepare for Phase IV, the nationwide
rollout of the TWIC card. More information on the TWIC card program
is available on TSA’s website at www.tsa.gov.
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