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Driver Trainer Manual
The purpose of the Colorado School Bus Driver Trainer's Manual is to reduce the potential for school bus crashes and injury or death to school children while being transported to and from school or on school-sponsored trips. This manual provides information necessary for training school bus drivers.
Cover - Title Page
Table of Contents
Unit 1: Introduction
Unit 2: Legislative
Unit 3: Driver and Vehicle Readiness
Unit 4: Skills Training
Unit 5: Driving Fundamentals
Unit 6: Defensive Driving
Unit 7: Mountain Driving
Unit 8: CDE Adverse Weather
Unit 9: Transporting Students
Unit 10: Student Management
Unit 11: Safety Equipment-Evacuations
Unit 12: Small Vehicle Training
Unit 13: Training Techniques for the Adult Learner
Unit 14: CDE 1st Aid
- CDE 1st Aid - Under construction as of March 2014
- First Aid 2-2011 - Under construction as of March 2014
Unit 15: Websites and Acronyms
Unit 16: Glossary of Terms
Unit 17: Forms
- Overview
- Required Forms
- Sample Forms
- Confidential Records Training
- Defensive Driving Exercises
- DOT Report-Certificate
- Driver Performance Test
- Evac Form 1
- Evac Form 2
- Evacuation Form
- Field Trip Request
- Notification of Traffic Violation
- Para portion of pre-trip
- Pre Service Training Record page 2
- Pre Service Training Record page 1
- Pre Service Training 1
- Pre Service Training 2
- Pre-Trip Inspection Inspection Evaluation
- Sm Vehicle - Hrs of Service Acknowledgement
- Small Vehicle Driving Performance Test
- Sole Employer
- SPED Trans Request Form
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UPDATED
March 31, 2014
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