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Best Drivers Wanted > Less than 1 year of experience > Our Training Programs > Advanced CDL Driver Training, Course Outline - Twin Trailer Combination Vehicle
Introduction: In order to acquaint you with the content of our Advanced CDL Driver Training Program, the components and the length (time) of instruction /content are listed.
Orientation: Introductions, informational material, expectations, etc.
Basic Handling:
Purpose: Understanding those forces that affect the control of semi and twin trailer
Combination vehicles, control or loss of control and how to maintain control of the vehicle (friction, gravity, kinetic energy, center of gravity, force of impact). Learn the safe procedure for negotiating curves, descending steep down grades, and minimizing force of impact in a collision.
Twin Trailer Combination Vehicles:
Purpose: To introduce this configuration of CMV to the entry level CMV driver:
1. Handling characteristics
2 .Understanding Coupling & UN Coupling
3. Maneuvering, each trailer and Converter Dolly separately and as a combination
4. On the highway driving
5. Jiff Lock procedures
Vehicle Inspection:
Purpose: Safe vehicles on the roadways are dependent on drivers being able to conduct vehicle inspections according to FMCSA regulations and company Policies & Procedures. Determine whether the vehicle is safe to drive or requires repairs to be completed prior to driving on the public roadways. The entry level CMV driver will have a combination of classroom and hands-on experience that will enable the driver to:
1. Perform pre-and post trip inspections according to FMCSA regulations, company polices and
specific equipment procedures.
2. Distinguish between violation defects and out of service defects.
3. Follow procedures when items are detected that meet the criteria to be repaired, at time of pre-trip,
post-trip, en route and if inspected by a government agency.
Defensive Driving, Smith System for Space Cushion Driving:
Purpose: It's important that all drivers be properly trained using a time proven process of defensive driving techniques. The goal of the course is to provide the driver with the understanding, strategies and techniques to drive collision free in the following categories:
1. Operating twin trailer combinations.
2. Meeting a vehicle head on.
3. Following distance both in front and behind.
4. Intersection collision prevention.
5. Passing and being passed.
6. Fixed objects.
7. Backing, turning.
8. All types of public roadways, i.e. interstates, state highways, city streets.
9. Overhead clearance.
10. Road rage prevention.
The Practice Facility:
Purpose: The facility provides the student with a safe, controlled, off-street area to practice and become proficient with the following:
1. Introduction to tractors, trailers and converter dolly's
2. Pre-and post driving activities.
3. Pre-trip and post trip vehicle inspections.
4. Start and stop the vehicle, tractor, tractor with dolly, tractor with trailer, tractor with trailer and dolly,
tractor with 2 trailers and dolly as a combination.
5. Coupling and un-coupling vehicle combinations.
6. The proper use of the instruments.
7. Shifting transmission smoothly up and down through the gears.
8. Turning, tractor, tractor with dolly, tractor with trailer, tractor with trailer and dolly and tractor with
two trailers in a twin trailer configuration.
9. Backing, straight line, into docks.
10. Emergency parking procedures and setting up emergency warning devices properly.
11. Using fire control equipment.
12. Builds the drivers confidence level performing the task related to operating twin trailer combinations. 13. For REX, Coupling & un-coupling Jiff Lock Tractor & Jiff Dolly.
On The Public Roadways:
Purpose: This phase of the training program provides the driver with real road situations in twin trailer combinations, starting with light traffic driving situations progressing to more complex heavy city traffic situations. The driver will operate the twin trailer combination on all types of roadways, city, interstate, and two lanes type highways:
1. Correctly learn pre-trip and post-trip driving habits with twin trailer combinations.
2. Correctly use the clutch, instruments, in shifting the transmission up and down the gears smoothly.
3. Correctly and legally complete safe right and left hand turns in all driving, road, street situations.
4. Correctly and safely negotiate freeway ramps (exits and entrances).
5. Correctly select proper gearing and speed for hills, curves and types of roadways.
6. Correctly and safely make lane changes, left and right.
7. Correctly and safely pass on two land and multi-lane roadways.
8. Correctly negotiate clearance situations.
9. Correctly use brakes in all types of braking situations, emergency and non emergency.
10. Learn to position the twin trailer combination vehicle properly in the traffic lanes, front, rear, overhead
and to the sides.
11. Learn how the twin trailer combination vehicle handles on different types of roadway surfaces,
during lane changes, both left and right, stopping, entering and exiting roadways and interstates.
12. Correctly and safely learn to negotiate the twin trailer combination vehicle off the traveled portion
of the roadway to the shoulder and return back onto the roadway.
13. Correctly and safely perform emergency lane changes on dry and wet pavement with the twin trailer
combination vehicle.
14. Correctly and safely perform emergency braking and lane changing on dry and wet pavement, with
the twin trailer combination vehicle.
15. Correctly and safely operate the twin trail combination vehicle in all types of off highway situations,
i.e. parking lots, truck stops, customer's areas (which have room for twin trailers).
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