Professional Truck Driving Program at Amarillo College
Summary of the Professional Truck Driving Program at Amarillo College, which included ABE pathways, soft skills training, and technologically enhanced learning strategies to produce a redesigned training curriculum with TAACCCT grant funds
- Date:
- 2016
- Primary Material Type:
- Program
- Other Material Types:
- Program Planning Resources
- Institution:
- Amarillo College
- Subjects:
- accelerate progress, basic skills, career pathways, contextualized learning, employer partnership, job placement, personalized instruction, simulations, stackable credentials, technology-enabled learning, soft skills, supplemental instructor, TABE, computer-based, problem solving skills, critical thinking skills, truck driving
Industry / Occupation
- Industry Partner:
- Amarillo College Truck Driving Academy Advisory Board: provided input into curriculum redesign, emphasizing both technical and soft skills needed by new employees
- Industry Sector:
- Wholesale Trade -- Truck Transportation -- General Freight Trucking (4841)
- Occupation:
- Transportation and Material Moving Occupations -- Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer (53-3032)
Education / Instructional Information
- Instructional Program:
- Transportation and Materials Moving (49)
- Number of weeks per course:
- 1
- Number of courses in the program:
- 5
- Program Delivery Format:
- Face-to-face
Copyright / Licensing