Defensive Driving Instructor Courses

DDC Professional Truck Drivers

For over 20 years, the National Safety Council’s DDC-Professional Truck Driver program has been the most comprehensive training of its type, giving professional truck drivers defensive driving techniques that help them avoid collisions and violations and personal responsibility for their driving decisions. The 4th edition revised in 2008 contains completely revised curriculum and materials that conform to all current US DOT standards based on The Large Truck Crash Causation Study announced by U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Training goal

Our 3-day DDC-PTD instructor course will train you to be a thorough and versatile trainer.

Who should attend?

Safety managers, fleet managers, and driving school instructors that work with drivers of articulated vehicles.

Why should you attend?

DDC-PTD addresses all the contemporary issues important to the professional truck drivers. It was developed using input from drivers, fleet safety managers, educators and insurance professionals nationwide. With insurance rates for the trucking industry skyrocketing, your organization can reduce costs and save lives by including DDC-PTD in your driver training program.

Topics covered in the instructor course include:

how to get students involved in the course
how to use course materials
administrative responsibilities
adult learning needs
developing effective teaching skills
defensive driving techniques
following distance and passing
backing and turns
chemical abuse issues
and much more

Course fee: Members $355; Nonmembers $445

Contact the National Safety Council at 800-621-7619 or your local NSC chapter prior to registering for an Instructor Development Course to discuss availability of training areas, secure a Defensive Driving Training Center agreement and purchase appropriate Defensive Driving teaching materials.

Date	Location	Administering office
November 30-December 2, 2009	New Orleans, LA	National Safety Council, South Louisiana Chapter info@metrosafety.org http://www.metrosafety.org/ (504) 888-7618	Submit Registration
December 1-3, 2009	Orlando, FL	Central and North Florida Chapter floridacn@nsc.org http://floridacn.nsc.org/ (800) 237-0676	Submit Registration
December 14-18, 2009	Phoenix, AZ	Arizona Chapter main@acnsc.org http://www.acnsc.org/ (602) 264-2394	Submit Registration
January 27-29, 2010	New Orleans, LA	National Safety Council, South Louisiana Chapter info@metrosafety.org http://www.metrosafety.org/ (504) 888-7618	Submit Registration
March 2-4, 2010	Salt Lake City, UT	Utah Safety Council sbarrett@utahsafetycouncil.org http://www.utahsafetycouncil.org/ (800) 933-5943	Submit Registration
March 9-11, 2010	Orlando, FL	Central and North Florida Chapter floridacn@nsc.org http://floridacn.nsc.org/ (800) 237-0676	Submit Registration
March 16 - 18, 2010	Harrisonburg, VA	NSC Data Management Center dmc@nsc.org (315) 453-7462	Submit Registration
March 24-26, 2010	New Orleans, LA	National Safety Council, South Louisiana Chapter info@metrosafety.org http://www.metrosafety.org/ (504) 888-7618	Submit Registration
March 30 - April 1, 2010	Los Angeles, CA	California Chapter california@nsc.org http://california.nsc.org (800) 421-9585	Submit Registration
April 1, 2010	Kansas City, MO	Safety and Health Council of Western MO/KS kathyzents@safetycouncilmoks.com http://www.safetycouncilmoks.com/ (816) 842-5223	Submit Registration
April 9, 2010	Kansas City, MO	Safety and Health Council of Western MO/KS kathyzents@safetycouncilmoks.com http://www.safetycouncilmoks.com/ (816) 842-5223	Submit Registration
April 12-14, 2010	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Chapter georgia@nsc.org http://georgia.nsc.org/ (800) 441-5103 or 770-729-0077	Submit Registration
April 21-23, 2010	Phoenix, AZ	Arizona Chapter main@acnsc.org http://www.acnsc.org/ (602) 264-2394	Submit Registration
May 26-28, 2010	New Orleans, LA	National Safety Council, South Louisiana Chapter info@metrosafety.org http://www.metrosafety.org/ (504) 888-7618	Submit Registration
July 20-22, 2010	Charlotte, NC	Safety and Health Council of North Carolina karenb@safetync.org http://www.safetync.org/ (704) 644-4221	Submit Registration
July 28-30, 2010	New Orleans, LA	National Safety Council, South Louisiana Chapter info@metrosafety.org http://www.metrosafety.org/ (504) 888-7618	Submit Registration
August 10-12, 2010	Orlando, FL	Central and North Florida Chapter floridacn@nsc.org http://floridacn.nsc.org/ (800) 237-0676	Submit Registration
September 22-24, 2010	New Orleans, LA	National Safety Council, South Louisiana Chapter info@metrosafety.org http://www.metrosafety.org/ (504) 888-7618	Submit Registration
November 29-30, December 1, 2010	New Orleans, LA	National Safety Council, South Louisiana Chapter info@metrosafety.org http://www.metrosafety.org/ (504) 888-7618	Submit Registration
December 7-9, 2010	Orlando, FL	Central and North Florida Chapter floridacn@nsc.org http://floridacn.nsc.org/ (800) 237-0676	Submit Registration