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Hours of Service for CMV Drivers
Online Training Certificate Course
49 CFR 395
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This course is offered in partnership with AdvanceOnline, a 360training company.
This course focuses on the hours of service requirements put in place by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to help minimize driver fatigue. Properly following these requirements will not only keep drivers and their motor carriers in compliance: it will also keep drivers well rested, which helps keep the roads safer for everyone.
The course comprises valuable knowledge about the U.S. Hours of Service requirements for drivers of property-carrying and passenger-carrying commercial vehicles. You will learn about how to properly keep records. This includes knowing the appropriate information to include on a grid chart and when and how to log hours electronically. You will also briefly learn about which industries or persons are exempt from hours of service.
This course is in partnership with AdvanceOnline. AdvanceOnline and Compliance Training Online™ are divisions of the 360training™.
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This course presents an overview of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s hours of service (HOS) requirements for carriers and drivers operating commercial motor vehicles (CMVs).
CASE STUDY:
The FMCSA publishes the number of violations it finds.
In 2019, agents reported Record of Duty Status (RODS) violations as the 4th most common violation: 39,480 inspections yielded 57,166 violations in relation to RODS.
Falsifying reports was the 6th most common violation (36,334 inspections yielded 42,381 violations) and lack of ELD for recording duty status was the 10th most common violation (29,409 inspections yielded 29,735 violations).
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Governing Regulations
This course covers 49 CFR §395, "Hours of Service of Drivers," which contains regulations governing the Hours of Service for commercial drivers.
It will also briefly cover the rights and responsibilities of truckers that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) covers. These are also in Title 49 Subtitle B Part 383 ("Commercial Driver’s License Standards; Requirements and Penalties").
What You'll Learn
About This Course
Course Objectives
Introduction to DOT Driver - Hours of Service Training
- Applicability
- Exceptions to 49 CFR §395
- Injury and Death Statistics
- Rights and Responsibilities
General Information Related to Hours of Service Rules
- Who must comply with HOS regulations
- HOS Final Rule 2020
- Educational Tool for Hours of Service (ETHOS)
- Maximum Driving Time for Property-Carrying Vehicles
- Maximum Driving Time for Passenger-Carrying Vehicles
- Maximum Driving Times and Breaks
- Short-Haul Exception
- Adverse Driving Conditions
- 30-Minute Break Provision
Sleeper Berth Provision
- Property-Carrying Commercial Motor Vehicles
- Passenger-Carrying Commercial Motor Vehicles
- Additional Sleeper Berth Provisions
Recordkeeping
- Examples of Change of Duty Status
- Required Information for Records of Duty Status (RODS)
- Manual Recordkeeping
- Grid Recording
- Additional Grid Information
- Time Base
- Examples of Tampering
- Records for Drivers of More than One Carrier
- Records Retention
- Supporting Documents
- Supporting Document Retention for Drivers
- Supporting Document Retention for Motor Carriers
- Out of Service Declarations
- Out of Service Declarations Responsibilities for Motor Carriers
Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs)
- General Motor Carrier Responsibilities
- General Motor Carrier Responsibilities (In-Vehicle Information)
- Driver Identification Data
- Record Backup
- Driver Requirements
- Driver Access to Records
- Automatically Recorded ELD Data
- Intermediate Recording
- Additional Driving Statuses
- ELDs Record Review and Certification
- Driver Edits and Annotations
- Motor Carrier Proposed Edits
- Non-Authenticated Driver Logs
- Driver Responsibilities During ELD Malfunctions
- Motor Carrier Responsibilities During ELD Malfunctions
- ELD Diagnostics
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Exam
Our online courses will take at least 2 hours to complete, including the final exam, unless a different timeframe is specified in the course details. The learner may log on and off as needed. When they log back in, the course will return to where they left off.
Unless otherwise indicated in the course details, learners have 60 days from the date of enrollment to complete the course. During this time, participants can log out and back in to return to where they left off in the course. The only exception is the final exam, which must be completed in a single sitting.
Learners who do not complete the course within 60 days will have their enrollment disabled and not be eligible for a refund. Please review our Terms & Conditions for details.
As required by the Department of Transportation - Drivers and affected employees must be retrained every three years or when the regulations or job functions change.
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