Cleveland, Ohio — The School Bus Safety Company (SBSC) announced today they have just completed the development of a new training course – Trainer Certification Process for School Bus Driver Trainers.
The Trainer Certification Process is an advanced self-directed educational course for trainers in the school bus industry. It is delivered on a computer through a series of interactive CD-ROMs. There are five units, providing five hours of instruction, followed by a 50 question final exam. The course covers, Behavioral Interviewing, Learning Basics, Coaching the Adult Learner, How to Train New Operators and the Optimum Way to Train with the SBSC Training materials. This is then followed by a 50 question exam.
Jeff Cassell, President of SBSC explained, “Usually trainers are selected from senior drivers and receive little to no training in their new role. This course will help identify the strongest traits to choose the most successful trainers and then provides extensive training to make sure they become expert trainers.
Going through this course ensures that every trainer in the transportation department knows all the techniques and methods to train the drivers to do it right, the first time, every time in everything they need to do.
The Trainer Certification Process explains that trainers need to understand that they can train the applicants to increase their knowledge and skills but not everyone is cut out to be a school bus driver. We all have different motivations, personality and values and these can rarely be changed. A risk taker will always be a risk taker. Trainers spend by far the most time with new applicants and are the best people to judge if the trainee will make a safe school bus driver.
The course also teaches the trainer the most effective Behind-The-Wheel training methods including commentary driving. Commentary driving is when the driver trainee is encouraged to say out loud everything they are doing and watching for as they drive. Other trainees listen and observe this and are asked to note any good, bad or missed behaviors. Using commentary driving, SBSC believes that the optimum training ratio is on a 3:1 basis.
Good trainers are rare because we never make the time and effort to help them be professionally trained trainers. They are usually left to figure it out for themselves. Trainers going through this course will have a whole new set of skills to become leading trainers. ”
The course is available from SBSC for only $2,000 plus shipping costs.
Contact: Jeff Cassell, President, School Bus Safety Company, 866.275.7272
