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Instructional Technologies, SambaSafety Ink Training Partnership

Instructional Technologies and SambaSafety announced a partnership the companies say will let customers evaluate driver performance, identify safety issues, and quickly limit risk through targeted training.

March 2, 2020
Instructional Technologies, SambaSafety Ink Training Partnership

Instructional Technologies and SambaSafety have announced a new educational partnership targeting driver safety.

Photo: ITI

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Instructional Technologies and SambaSafety announced a partnership the companies say will let customers evaluate driver performance, identify safety issues and quickly limit risk through targeted training. The deal gives fleets a one-stop solution for using a custom selection of Pro-Tread courses along with ITI’s Sentix Pro Learning Management System, the companies said.

The training packages and courses for commercial drivers include:

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 Hazmat/Tanker + Drug and Alcohol CH

  • Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse - What Drivers Need to Know

  • Hazmat Communication Rules

  • Hazmat Driving and Parking Rules

  • Hazmat Loading and Placarding

  • Hazmat Security Awareness

  • Tanker PPE

  • Tanker Pre-Trip

  • Tanker Rollovers

Defensive Driving

  • Defensive Driving

  • Driver Distractions

  • Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse - What Drivers Need to Know

  • DVIR Pre/Post Trip Inspections

  • Fatigue Management

  • Hazard Awareness

  • Hours of Service

  • Slips, Trips and Falls

“SambaSafety has built a strong system for evaluating driver performance,” said Marius Karoy, chief business officer of ITI, in a release. “This partnership will reduce the time gap between when a company learns there's a safety problem and when they take action to stop it. We're very excited to be working with SambaSafety. We've admired them for a number of years, and now our collective monitoring, training and recordkeeping capabilities will help companies improve safety and limit risk and liability.”

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“By using our data and ITI’s Pro-Tread online training, our customers can quickly close the loop on unsafe driver behavior and safety improvement," said Steve Bryan, executive vice president and general manager of transportation for SambaSafety. "We help clients spot safety problems, and with ITI’s high quality content, accessible technology, and effective support they can fix them.”

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