Fleet safety professionals today are operating in a challenging environment shaped by rising insurance pressures, heightened legal exposure, and increasingly complex operational demands. Premiums continue to climb, and courts are delivering costlier verdicts, making robust fleet safety management not just a compliance obligation but a core business priority. At the same time, the industry is experiencing an influx of new and often inexperienced drivers, as well as safety and fleet personnel who lack access to consistent, role-specific training.
While regulatory requirements, such as evolving NSC standards, ELD mandates, and hours-of-service rules continue to expand, fleets are struggling to keep their teams confident and compliant within this shifting landscape.
Compounding the problem is a critical gap in the training resources available. Much like entry-level drivers who are unable to gain the experience needed to qualify for their first job, many fleet safety management programs require prior experience before participants are eligible to enroll, leaving new or transitioning safety professionals without a clear path to develop essential competencies.
Additionally, most existing programs focus heavily on regulatory compliance rather than proactive, systems-based safety leadership. This narrow emphasis leaves fleets vulnerable to operational risk, costly penalties, and long-term financial instability.
Our unique Fleet Safety Management Training course outlines fundamentals that apply to all levels of industry experience.
Below is an outline of the 5-day curriculum of the Fleet Safety Management Training Course. The components of the course are the same online or in-person.
9:00 am – 9:30 am | Chapter 1 - Introduction to Fleet Safety Management | ||
9:30 am – 9:45 am | Chapter 2 – Introduction Exercise | ||
9:45 am – 10:30 am | Chapter 3 – Operational Management – Fleet Safety Aware Culture | ||
10:30 am – 10:45 am | Break | ||
10:45 am – 11:15 am | Chapter 4 – OSH | ||
11:15 am – 12:15 pm | Chapter 5 – Driver Management | ||
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch | ||
1:00 pm – 2:35 pm | Chapter 5 – Driver Management – Continued | ||
2:35 pm – 2:50 pm | Break | ||
2:50 pm – 4:30 pm | Chapter 5 – Driver Management – Driver Safety Certification | ||
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm | Day One Quiz and Review |
9:00 am – 9:15 am | Day 1 Review | |
9:15 am – 10:45 am | Chapter 6 – Driver Management – Safety Recertification | |
10:45 am – 11:00 am | Break | |
11:00 am – 12:15 am | Chapter 7 – Driver Management – Professional Development | |
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch | |
1:00 pm – 1:55 pm | Chapter 7 – Continued | |
1:55 pm – 2:30 pm | Chapter 8 – Driver Management – Documentation/Reporting | |
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm | Break | |
2:45 pm – 4:30 pm | Chapter 9 – Equipment Management | |
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm | Day Two Quiz and Review |
9:00 am – 9:15 am | Day 2 Review |
9:15 am – 10:45 am | Chapter 10 – Compliance Management – Fleet Governance |
10:45 am – 11:00 am | Break |
11:00 am – 11:30 am | Chapter 10 - Continued |
11:30 am – 12:15 pm | Chapter 11 – Compliance Management – Hours of Service |
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch |
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm | Chapter 11 – Continued |
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm | Chapter 12 – Compliance Management – Drug and Alcohol |
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm | Break |
2:45 pm – 3:15 pm | Chapter 12 - Continued |
3:15 pm – 4:30 pm | Chapter 13 – Dangerous Goods |
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm | Day Three Quiz and Review |
9:00 am – 9:15 am | Day 3 Review |
9:15 am – 10:45 am | Chapter 14 – Cargo and Security Management |
10:45 am – 11:00 am | Break |
11:00 am – 12:15 pm | Chapter 15 – Claims and Incident Management |
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch |
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Chapter 15 – Claims and Incident Management - Continued |
2:00 pm – 2:35 pm | Chapter 16 – Administration Management – Policy and Procedures |
2:35 pm – 2:50 pm | Break |
2:50 pm – 4:30 pm | Chapter 16 - Administration Management – Policy and Procedures |
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm | Day Four Quiz and Review |
9:00 am – 9:15 am | Day 4 Review |
9:15 am – 10:30 am | Chapter 17 – Administration Management - Audit |
10:30 am – 10:45 am | Break |
10:45 am – 11:15 pm | Chapter 17 – Continued |
11:15 am – 12:15 pm | Chapter 18 – Administration Management – Contracts and Agreements |
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch |
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Chapter 19 – Insurance |
2:00 pm – 2:35 pm | Chapter 20 – Administration Management – Technologies, Business Continuity Management, and Cyber |
2:35 pm – 2:50 pm | Break |
2:50 pm – 4:30 pm | Chapter 21 – Company Manuals |
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm | Day Five Quiz and Review |
