1. Essential Instructional Skills for Professional Driver Trainers
Introduction: Certified Driver Trainer (CDT) Program

2. About NATMI
Who are we? The premier professional development organization for safety, maintenance and driver training professionals in the motor transportation industry
Our Mission: The North American Transportation Management Institute (NATMI) is an organization of transportation professionals dedicated to promoting industry safety through continuing education and certification
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3. Why Become Certified? Improve technical competence Advance your career
Establish a professional reputation
Gain national industry recognition
Improve your job performance
Certification is a formal means of establishing a professional reputation, a process for improving your work performance and advancing your career.
Certification measures your professionalism against objective standards which are respected industry-wide. Certification means you have been tested against a standard and have succeeded.
The process of certification is designed not only to measure your current level of competence but improve your performance and take you to a new level of ability.
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4. 4 Steps to Certification
Attain the required work experience – 2 years in driver training
Attend the Essential Instructional Skills for Professional Driver Trainers course
Pass CDT certification exam
Complete application and certification exhibit and submit to NATMI
To earn professional certification, each applicant must complete four steps.
Meet the Experience Requirement: In order to qualify for the CDT designation, you must have at least two years experience as a trainer.
Fulfill Educational Requirements - NATMI schedules classes to help candidates earn their certification. The required courses are scheduled throughout the United States each year to give students many dates and locations to choose from. Our full schedule of courses is available on the NATMI website
Pass Certification Exam - The final phase of the process is to take and pass an exam. Exams are given in your area by proctors from NATMI. Prior to the exam, each applicant is sent study material to prepare.
Complete Application and Prepare Exhibit - After you finish the Instructional Skills for Professional Driver Trainers course and the exam, there is a formal application that must be submitted with an exhibit of professional accomplishments. The exhibit includes items such as: verification of employment, any memberships in professional organizations, special achievements, a workplace organization chart and a copy of your written job description. Each applicant is required to submit letters of recommendation, one from a supervisor and two from industry colleagues, which should be included in your exhibit. The exhibit should be submitted in the 3-ring binder supplied in this course.
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5. How it Works
Structure allows certification process to be completed within 60-day timeframe
One, all-inclusive flat fee covers all aspects of certification process: required training, certification application fee, certification kit and NATMI membership
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6. Process Overview
Training requirements and certification exam completed on-site in 2.5-day program
Certification application and exhibit submitted within 60 days of on-site training
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7. Renewal
In order to stay current, certified individuals must renew every 3 years from the date of their initial certification
Renewal applicants must accumulate 30 points in the 3-year cycle.
A workbook documenting points earned must be submitted to NATMI prior to the renewal due date
After an individual has become certified, in order to retain a current certification, they must renew every three years from the anniversary date of their initial certification.
Renewal is based on a point system. Individuals must earn 30 points in the 3-year renewal cycle. Points are earned through continuing education and industry involvement at the local, regional and national level.
Prior to the 3-year renewal due date, the applicant must submit a workbook, which documents their point-earning activities. Along with the workbook, the applicant must submit documentation that substantiates their point-earning activities, such as letters, invoices, membership cards or certificates.
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8. Member Enrollment Benefits 1 Year Included
Discounts on certification courses
Professional certification (exclusive benefit of NATMI membership)
Motor Fleet Monthly newsletter
Membership directory and resource guide
Certification mentor program
Continuing Education Units from University of Central Florida
Your first year of NATMI membership is included in the certification program registration fee. Professionals who enroll as members of the NATMI academic program enjoy many benefits.
Members receive substantial discounts on all course registrations, and are eligible to participate in our certification programs. The membership virtually pays for itself in savings on training alone.
The Motor Fleet Monthly newsletter and mentor program for certification applicants are among other membership benefits.
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9. University of Central Florida (UCF)
UCF is the certifying and accrediting body of NATMI
Issues Continuing Education Unit (CEU) certificates for NATMI courses
Administers certification application and exhibit review process
Administers and grades certification examinations
Oversees the quality of NATMI programs and trains new instructors
The University of Central Florida (UCF) oversees the certification process as an independent third party to ensure the integrity of the process.
UCF also issues continuing education units for each of our certification courses.
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