Purpose
Achieve excellence and professionalism in the performance of commercial motor carrier / shipper audits and investigations through uniform and quality training and investigative processes.
Goals
Uniformity:
- Participate with member jurisdictions and FMCSA to establish uniform procedures for safety audits and investigations as state laws and regulations allow.
- Sharing of best practices by exchanging knowledge and lessons learned of successful audits and investigative programs and/or processes.
Training:
- Identify training needs of member jurisdictions and other stakeholders.
- Participate in development, delivery and maintenance of training courses through the latest methodologies and technologies in both the training approach and subject matter being taught.
- Participate with member jurisdictions and FMCSA to establish uniform criteria to certify/recertify instructors.
- Provide guidance to FMCSA on training course uniformity and required course content needed to train auditors and investigators.
- Provide FMCSA with guidance and recommendations on changes to program policies, procedures, business rules that impact the audit and investigative programs.
- Ensure course material development and delivery techniques incorporate culturally relevant materials and sensitivity to maintain a learning environment that is absolutely free of prohibited discrimination.
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