UPS is seeking an exemption from two aspects in the FMCSA’s entry-level driver training rule.
Specifically, UPS wants changes to the provisions that require a driver training instructor to have two years of experience with a CDL and to register each training location for a unique training provider registry number.
According to UPS, they have an eight-week driver training school that trains its employees to become driver instructor. This school has trained hundreds of driver instructors, many of which did not have previous CDL experience.
“The driver training school produces highly qualified driver instructors,” UPS said in the exemption request.
The company also said that if it were to comply with the instructor qualification requirements, it would not be able to use 25% of its current certified driver instructors.
The exemption request stated, “UPS new driver training may occur at as many as 1,800 separate locations a year.”
The request will publish in the Federal Register on Wednesday, June, 19, and the FMCSA will be accepting comments for 30 days afterward. To do so, go to Regulations.gov and search docket number FMCSA-2019-0139.
