Target Audience
State MCSAP or local law enforcement personnel responsible for conducting New Entrant Safety Audits
Prerequisites
Attendees must:
- Have successfully completed the NASI Part A, NASI Part B, and General Hazardous Materials Inspection Courses
- Have a working knowledge of computer software/hardware
- Bring the most current version of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations with interpretations to the course
- Have access to the FMCSA Portal. Check your login to make sure it is current.
- Download the most current version of GUARD e-FOTM to the computer that you are bringing to class.
- Download SENTRI and confirm that you have access with current username and password. (This will take administrative privileges.)
- Recommend that students attend at least 5 offsite new entrant safety audits with someone who is currently certified.
Class Size
This course is limited to 15 students.
Total Course Hours
60 hours
Training Location
Ohio Department of Transportation
6155 Chittenden Rd
Hudson, Ohio 44236
Course Schedule
The class will meet 8 a.m.-5 p.m. local time each day.
Parking
Free parking is available on-site at the training location.
Dress Code
Appropriate dress for the training course is business casual.
Out of state students will be required to obtain permission from the State Training Point of Contact for this class prior to registering. Contact information is contained in this course description.
When you click on the “REGISTER NOW” button below, you will be taken to your CVSA member portal where you will need to login to register. Once you’ve logged into your account, click “Course Registration” within the “Registration” tab to search for the class you are interested in registering for.
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Each attendee is responsible for their own airfare and hotel arrangements and expenses, and other travel expenses.
Airport and Transportation Information
Hotel Options
Staybridge Suites Akron-Stow-Cuyohoga Falls
4351 Steels Pointe
Stow, OH 44224
Phone: (330) 945-4180
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriot Akron Stow
4170 Steels Pointe
Stow, OH 44224
Phone: (330) 940-1450
Point of Contact
Keith Kerns
Email: keith.kerns@puco.ohio.gov
Phone: 330-472-9728
740 E. 17th Ave
Columbus, OH 43211
General CVSA Training Contact
Email: training@cvsa.org
Phone: 202-998-1002
Events Health Policy
The health and safety of attendees at this training course are top priority. CVSA will follow federal and local guidelines, restrictions and requirements, and health and facility protocols, as appropriate, to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other communicable diseases.
Events Code of Conduct
CVSA is committed to providing a safe, productive and welcoming environment for all meeting participants. All participants, without exception, are expected to abide by this events code of conduct across any and all technologies used to execute a CVSA event whether in person or a virtual event. All participants must comply with the instructions of the host(s), moderator and CVSA staff. CVSA has a zero-tolerance policy for any form of discrimination or harassment by participants.
Examples of unacceptable behavior are:
- Unauthorized sharing of login credentials with another user, including unregistered users; any unregistered user found participating will be required to pay the full registration fee, including the late registration fee
- Recording, copying and/or sharing of any media, including screenshots
- Engaging in unsafe practices while participating in a virtual event, such as driving a car
- Harassment, disrespect, intimidation or discrimination in any form
- Verbal or written abuse of any participant, including, but not limited to, comments related to race, color, ethnicity, age, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, etc.
- Sharing inappropriate, nude and/or sexual images
- Threatening or stalking a participant
To report an incident of unacceptable behavior, please contact CVSA Executive Director Collin Mooney or CVSA Deputy Executive Director Adrienne Gildea. CVSA reserves the right to take any action deemed necessary and appropriate, including immediate removal from the meeting without warning or refund, in response to any incident of unacceptable behavior. CVSA may also, at its discretion, prohibit attendance at any future meeting, virtually or in person.
Consent to Multimedia Use
Registration and attendance at and participation in CVSA meetings and other activities – in-person or virtually – constitutes an agreement by the registrant to CVSA’s use and distribution of the registrant’s or attendee’s image or voice in photographs, videotapes, electronic reproductions, and audiotapes of such events and activities.
Copyright Acknowledgement
By registering and attending the event, an attendee may participate or contribute to discussions regarding the Standards and CVSA Materials (“work product”) and hereby acknowledges that it is their intent and understanding that the intellectual property, including copyright in and to the work product, and all derivative works and/or any modifications and variations of the work product, did, does and will vest solely in CVSA. To the extent that an attendee contributes to the work product during the event, they do not claim any ownership in the work product and instead hereby completely assign any and all copyrights and any other intellectual property rights in their contributions to CVSA.
