ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.,
April 17, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/
-- On April 6, officials from
the municipality of Mexicali,
CANACAR (Camara Nacional del Autotransporte de Carga, Mexico's counterpart to the American Trucking
Association), Cecati 84 (workforce/training agency for the
State of Baja California),
Kenworth Mexicana, and U.S.A. de
C.V. a subsidiary of truck manufacturer Kenworth Trucks, gathered in Mexicali, Baja California for the inauguration
of a new heavy truck driver training center.
John Kearney, CEO of Advanced
Training Systems LLC (ATS), which supplied CECATI 84 with 2
Fleetmaster - KW 680 motion-based simulation technology and ATS's
Quadrant Driver Training Methodology for the new center, and
Enrique Mar, COO, ATS, issued a
joint statement that "This center provides dynamic world class
simulator-based effective training for new drivers. It will mean
better prepared drivers resulting in safer deliveries and highways
on both sides of the border."
Funding and support for the new training center was made
possible by the leadership, oversight and management by the
business trust of CANACAR presided by Enrique Armando Gonzalez and represented locally
by Luciano Jimenez Laveaga. It
includes funding from the educational institution CECATI 84,
Kenworth Mexicana, S.A. de C.V., and the business trust of CANACAR.
The center is a model for future centers throughout Mexico, intended to standardize and raise the
level of training received by heavy truck drivers. Luciano Jiménez
Laveaga of CANACAR noted that the students at the facility will
receive a total of 97 hours before graduation, whereas before they
received less than 19 hours.[1]
The director for the new Mexicali center CECATI 84, Jesus Omar Bon Campos, notes that its training
will be provided through the ATS Quadrant methodology of
integrating "adaptive training" into a time-tested three-element
approach: instructor-led training, computer-based training, and
simulator-based training. He pointed out that aspiring drivers can
learn the basics of driving, as well as develop the skills
necessary to deal with adverse weather and road conditions— before
boarding a real truck. They have five simulators, two trailers, and
a maneuvering track of 20 hectares (about 50 acres).[1]
"What is being offered at the new center in Mexicali," says ATS's Kearney, "is a terrific
example of the kind of training that should be the rule on both
sides of the border.
ATS's COO Enrique Mar Jr. and
CANACAR's president Enrique Armando
Gonzalez have agreed to highlight the attributes integrated
in the CECATI 84 Heavy Truck Training Center in forthcoming driver
training forums within the Republic of Mexico in an effort to demonstrate the
effectiveness of a well-integrated "dynamic" driving simulation
laboratory.
John Kearney explained, "Learning
to drive a big modern truck is a lot like learning to fly a plane:
there's a lot of technology involved, the job requires both
judgment and experience, and public safety is an important
consideration. With a simulator and virtual reality, you can teach
the skills to deal with, say, a patch of black ice or a drive wheel
blowout. You can't do that with conventional behind-the-wheel
training, any more than you could teach pilots to deal with an
engine failure by letting them crash real planes. Simulation is
mandatory for training pilots, and it should be for training truck
drivers as well."
About Advanced Training Systems LLC:
Advanced Training Systems (ATS) is a high-tech simulator technology
and engineering firm that has revolutionized the design and
manufacture of advanced training systems to improve training and
create safer drivers. ATS, the holder of multiple patents in
high-tech training simulation, has as its mission to provide this
cutting-edge adaptive training to all involved in the
transportation industry at an affordable cost, resulting in safer
drivers/operators. For more information, visit
http://www.atstrainingsystems.com
1. "Cecati Mexicali Opens a Training
Center for Operators," Transporte Mexicano, April 3, 2019.
SOURCE Advanced Training Systems