Essential Instructional Skills for Professional Driver Trainers

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Essential Instructional Skillsfor Professional
Driver Trainers

• Introduction Certified Driver Trainer (CDT)
  Program

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About NATMI

• Who are we? The premier professional development
  organization for safety, maintenance and driver
  training professionals in the motor
  transportation industry
• Our Mission The North American Transportation
  Management Institute (NATMI) is an organization
  of transportation professionals dedicated to
  promoting industry safety through continuing
  education and certification

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Why Become Certified?

• Improve technical competence
• Advance your career
• Establish a professional reputation
• Gain national industry recognition
• Improve your job performance

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4 Steps to Certification

1. Attain the required work experience 2 years in
   driver training
2. Attend the Essential Instructional Skills for
   Professional Driver Trainers course
3. Pass CDT certification exam
4. Complete application and certification exhibit
   and submit to NATMI

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How it Works

• Structure allows certification process to be
  completed within 60-day timeframe
• One, all-inclusive flat fee covers all aspects of
  certification process required training,
  certification application fee, certification kit
  and NATMI membership

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Process Overview

• Training requirements and certification exam
  completed on-site in 2.5-day program
• Certification application and exhibit submitted
  within 60 days of on-site training

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Renewal

• In order to stay current, certified individuals
  must renew every 3 years from the date of their
  initial certification
• Renewal applicants must accumulate 30 points in
  the 3-year cycle.
• A workbook documenting points earned must be
  submitted to NATMI prior to the renewal due date

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Member Enrollment Benefits1 Year Included

• Discounts on certification courses
• Professional certification (exclusive benefit of
  NATMI membership)
• Motor Fleet Monthly newsletter
• Membership directory and resource guide
• Certification mentor program
• Continuing Education Units from University of
  Central Florida

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University of Central Florida (UCF)

• UCF is the certifying and accrediting body of
  NATMI
• Issues Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
  certificates for NATMI courses
• Administers certification application and exhibit
  review process
• Administers and grades certification examinations
• Oversees the quality of NATMI programs and trains
  new instructors