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The Safety Manager in a trucking company
Rating: 4.3 out of 5(61 ratings)
220 students

The Safety Manager in a trucking company

Logs management in practice
Created byVasilije Djukovic
Last updated 2/2026
English
English [Auto],

What you'll learn

  • Managing Trucking Fleet and it's drivers
  • Being able to fix HOS violations
  • Doing a drivers daily audit while monitoring your fleet
  • Managing drivers/ owner-operators

Course content

3 sections • 43 lectures • 1h 0m total length

  • Introduction0:46

    Discover how to maintain a strong safety score in a trucking company while managing 45 owner operators who bend rules, and learn to do the safety manager job yourself.

  • Safety Manager – Driver and Fleet Compliance Responsibilities2:54
  • About an ELD0:52

    Explore how electronic logging devices track drivers' hours of service and limit driving time to prevent accidents, linking back-end systems with the dashboard, admin panel, dash camera, and driver app.

  • An ELD device1:35

    An ELD powers from the dashboard with two LEDs for GPS and Bluetooth. Left green GPS ok; red unplug and seek support; right green records events; managers monitor unidentified trips.

  • The ELD's dashboard1:11

    Monitor the fleet via the dashboard’s fleet view, using tabs for vehicles, drivers, assets, and trips to track live locations, speeds, fault codes, fuel, odometer, engine hours, and vehicle details.

  • Adding vehicles2:09

    Add a new truck to your fleet via admin dashboard; enter truck ID, VIN, year/make/model, fuel, license state, and odometer, then attach a gateway using the device serial number.

  • Adding Drivers2:36

    Add drivers in Motif's admin panel by entering their license details, names, and contact information, then set login credentials and hours-of-service rules including electronic logs.

  • Hours of Service1:52

    Understand hours of service rules governing the 70-hour cycle, 34-hour reset, 14-hour shift, 11 driving hours, yard move, 30-minute break, and notes for pre-trip, fuel, pickup, and bill of lading.

  • The Split Sleeper1:57

    The split sleeper allows driving 11 hours by meeting qualifying off-duty and sleeper periods, with 2/8, 2.5/7.5, 3/7, or 7/7.5/8 hour options and personal conveyance violations.

  • The split sleeper - further explanation1:55
  • Unidentified Trips1:36

    Unidentified trips occur when the truck moves while the driver isn’t connected to the ELD, recording origin, destination, mileage, and duration.

  • Adding manual driving, further explanation0:34
  • The ELD Disconnection events1:10

    Explain how ELD disconnection events occur when a device loses power, record location and times, and track miles and odometer readings, highlighting illegal disconnections and required justifications.

  • The Personal Conveyance4:15

    Define personal conveyance and enforce proper duty status to keep logs compliant; never use personal conveyance for pickups/deliveries, document personal events, and observe the 34 miles limit.

  • Reports - Location History2:33

    Query location history on the dashboard to view minute-by-minute truck movement, speed, and coordinates, then compare with the driver log to detect off-duty driving and cheating.

  • The case numbers1:22

    Document case numbers for eld malfunctions and missing driving events, justify manual driving entries, and coordinate with support and officers to explain a driver's log.

  • The driver's application3:26

    Learn how to use the driver's application to manage log entries, set duty statuses (driving, on duty, personal conveyance, yard move, sleeper, off duty), edit logs, and sign documents.

  • Editing the driver's log within a dashboard0:55
  • The Time Calculator and notation0:42
  • Accident, claims and damaged vehicle3:13

    Learn to manage trucking accident claims by guiding drivers to capture photos and videos of accident and vehicle damage, collect statements, complete loss form, and coordinate with insurers and adjusters.

  • Every driver needs to have the following in his log:0:28
  • The truck and trailer inspections1:07
  • Daily audit1:15
  • The DOT Audit and safety ratings0:34
  • Re-assigning driving events to co-driver0:59
  • When a DOT officer pulls over a driver1:20
  • Exporting IFTA as pdf - International fuel tax agreement0:17
  • The Policy0:49
  • Dealing with drivers1:12
  • Dealing with dispatchers0:40
  • Speeding0:22
  • The simplicity of the job1:39
  • The driver recruitment0:56
  • Getting paid for your services0:16

Requirements

  • Having a Motive ELD provider for easier understanding
  • Interest for learning how to work as a truck company's safety manager

Description

You will learn about an ELD system, ELD device, HOS – Hours of Service, The Split Sleeper, The ELD Dashboard, Unidentified Trips and how to assign them, the ELD Disconnection events, Personal Conveyance duty status, Reports (Location History), The case numbers, how to add vehicles and drivers in the admin panel, The driver’s application, how to export IFTA as pdf - International fuel tax agreement, The policy and HOS requirements, Daily Audit, Dealing with drivers, when the driver is speeding and gets pulled over by a DOT officer, Dealing with dispatchers, The simplicity of the job, what driver needs to have in his log for logs to look good, DOT violations, When a DOT officer pulls over a driver, Re-assigning a driving event to driver's co-driver, Facilitating assignments of a driving event and unidentified trips, The DOT audit. You will learn about the pre-employment process.

Since owner-operators are drivers who own their trucks and operate under the trucking company's MC number, working with them is a challenge since they try to bend the rules as much as possible, even if it will harm the trucking company's safety. My job is to maintain a good safety score for a trucking company, and in this course, you will learn how to do it yourself. If you end up working in a trucking company with employees driving the company’s trucks, it will be easier for you to do the safety manager's job than dealing with owner-operators.
And if you have any questions while learning the course's content, feel free to send me a message and I will reply asap.

Who this course is for:

  • Safety managers
  • Truck dispatchers

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