Category Archives: Regulatory Compliance

One of the Largest eVTOL Companies Completes ATMS Training Class: Strengthening Safety and Operational Excellence

In a key development for the future of urban air mobility, one of the largest electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) companies has successfully completed an Advanced Training Management System (ATMS) training class. This milestone not only highlights the company’s..

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Beyond the LMS for Integrated eLearning and Training Management

Rethinking Training: Managing Compliance Training in a Post-LMS Era By Peter Mackay Editor–in–Chief Hazardous Cargo Bulletin HCB Monthly Recordkeeping • Managing compliance training in a post-LMS Era offers opportunities for efficiency gains, according to AQT Solutions The use of learning..

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Silver Airways Selects ATMS Training Management System

AQT Solutions is thrilled to announce that Silver Airways has selected ATMS to handle their pilot, flight attendant, and dispatch training. ATMS will aid in creating training programs, tracking employee qualifications, and optimizing the training process, including eLearning delivery, to..

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training process

What is the Training Process?

What is the training process? What are the major steps that are critical to completing the full training management lifecycle? Knowing that training is a process is the first lesson. In the generic sense, “a process is a collection of interrelated..

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What Can Software Do to Re-Humanize the Workplace and Improve Results?

Piers Bishop discusses improving the workplace with employee training software – Apr 11th, 2013 Software covers so many bases in the modern enterprise, making countless administrative processes easier for the manager.  It tracks people’s hours, pay, absences, progress, aspirations, benefits, training,..

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training management systems

What is a Training Management System?

What is a Training Management System? A Training Management System or TMS is a system that organizes training curriculums, schedules, training delivery, grading, records and history. Types of training delivered include elearning, online, computer-based, classroom, or simulator learning environments. A Training..

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Railroad Safety Training Programs

Railroad Safety Training Programs Fact Sheet

The US FRA (Federal Railroad Administration) is a highly data-driven government transportation agency in which every regulation, Safety Advisory, and Emergency Order issued is based on facts and research utilizing their advanced statistical methods and modeling. AQT Solutions is one..

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railroad training record keeping rules FRA

The FRA’s New Electronic Training Record Rules for Railroad Workers – eCFR 243.203

What Are the New Electronic Training Record Rules for Railroad Employees? New Electronic Training Record Rules for Railroad Workers – eCFR §243.203 – Starting in January of 2018, the FRA will be requiring new electronic recordkeeping standards for training completion that all railroad companies..

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US Canada Freight Transportation Reports

North American Freight Numbers BTS Statistics Release June 2016

North American Freight Numbers BTS Statistics Release June 2016  All transportation modes except air carried less cross-border freight by value in June 2016 compared to June 2015 resulting in a 6.4 percent decrease to $92.7 billion in the total current..

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clean transportation programs

Secretary Anthony Foxx Unveils $98.1 billion FY 2017 Budget Proposal to Expand Safe, Clean Transportation Programs

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx Unveils $98.1 billion FY 2017 Budget Proposal to Expand Safe, Clean Transportation Options for More Communities Across the Country WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced President Obama’s $98.1 billion Fiscal Year 2017..

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FAA Urges Airlines to Assess Lithium Battery Risks

FAA Urges Airlines to Assess Lithium Battery Risks

FAA Urges Airlines to Assess Lithium Battery Risks February 9- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today issued a safety alert to U.S. and foreign commercial passenger and cargo airlines, urging them to conduct a safety risk assessment to manage the..

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IATA Publishes Addendum 57th Edition Dangerous Goods Regulations DGR

IATA Publishes Addendum 57th Edition Dangerous Goods Regulations DGR The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has published Addendum No. 1 to be 57th Edition Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR). Users of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations are asked to note the..

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Automated Vehicles

DOT Initiatives to Accelerate Self-Driving Vehicle Safety Innovations

Secretary Foxx Unveils President Obama’s FY17 Budget Proposal of Nearly $4 Billion for Automated Vehicles and Announces DOT Initiatives to Accelerate Self-Driving Vehicle Safety Innovations DOT 02-16 Thursday, January 14, 2016 Contact: DOT Press Office Tel.: (202) 366-4570 pressoffice@dot.gov DOT..

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smart cities challenge

DOT and Mobileye Partner to Equip Smart City Challenge Winner with Crash Avoidance Technology

U.S. Department of Transportation and Mobileye Partner to Equip Smart City Challenge Winner with Crash Avoidance Technology Partnership with Mobileye to outfit the winning city’s entire bus fleet with Mobileye Shield +TM technology; DOT seeking other interested partners LAS VEGAS..

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what is a training management system

Why Use a Training Management System for Hazmat Training?

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), most transportation incidents involving hazardous materials /dangerous goods are caused by human errors. Training is the best way of preventing hazardous materials incidents. Using a robust..

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what is a training management system

Why Just a Simple LMS is No Longer Enough for Complex Training

Why Just a Simple LMS is No Longer Enough for Complex Training Is an LMS still the answer for your employee training system? Within the rise in online learning coupled with the speed at which information and knowledge is shared..

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maritime training systems

Maritime Administration Celebrates Completion of the Guam Commercial Port Improvement Project

Maritime Administration Celebrates Completion of the Guam Commercial Port Improvement Project $50 million in essential infrastructure improvements will create jobs and boost the local economy PITI, Guam – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration announced the completion of the..

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dangerous goods facts

LabelMaster’s Top 10 Facts You Didn’t Know About Dangerous Goods

Did you know that perfumes, nail polish and adhesives are considered “dangerous goods?” Almost every industry involved in any type of manufacturing and distribution transports materials classified by government agencies as hazardous. Labelmaster, a leading provider of solutions for hazardous..

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training systems for trucking companies

FMCSA Final Rule to Protect Truck Drivers Against Coercion

FMCSA Final Rule to Protect Truck Drivers Against Coercion Article Courtesy of Trucking New, NOVEMBER 27, 2015 – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today said a Final Rule to protect truck and bus drivers from being forced to violate federal..

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september bts report

Passenger Airline Employment Data – September 2015

BTS 52-15 Monday, November 23, 2015 Contact: Dave Smallen Tel: 202-366-5568  Passenger Airline Employment Data – September 2015 – U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 3.3 percent more workers in September 2015 than in September 2014, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau..

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Railroad Safety Training Programs

What Are the Most Common Hazmat Transportation Mistakes?

What Are the Most Common Hazmat Transportation Mistakes? The DOT has identified human error as a contributing cause for most hazmat transportation incidents. (U.S. Department of Transportation. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.) As outlined by the DOT, these human errors..

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training scheduling software

What is a Training Management Professional Certification?

The Value of Training Management Professionals There are many specialized roles within the training environment and the individuals that fill these roles bring tremendous value to companies by improving their employees hard and soft skills. Training management professionals play a..

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the best ways to manage employee training records

What Are The Best Ways to Track Employee Training?

What Are The Best Ways to Track Employee Training? Avoid Using Paper Files – Use a modern system instead of an archaic, manual data entry using Microsoft Excel or similar dated record keeping methods. Your paper files are more at risk..

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Freight transportation DOT reports

BTS Releases September 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) – September 2015 The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 0.2 percent in September from the revised August level, rising after..

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