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Schedule
9:30am – Registration Opens – Coffee & Pastries
10:00am – Seminar Begins
12:00pm – Lunch
1:00pm – Seminar Resumes
3:00pm – Seminar Ends
Course Overview:
This seminar will help keep you in compliance with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) maintenance, inspection, and repair regulations, and the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) out-of-service criteria.
The Seminar will include:
- Review of Part 393, Parts and accessories necessary for safe operations
- Review of Part 396, Inspection, repair, and maintenance
- Driver inspection and DVIR requirements
- Qualification of maintenance personnel
- Review of CVSA out-of-service criteria
- CSA Basic Scores and the ISS
- FMCSA audit procedures related to maintenance
- Best practices designed to assist in compliance with the regulations
Speakers:
Thomas Bray
Former Senior Business Advisor and Editor, J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
As Senior Business Advisor at J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc., I assisted customers directly and by developing and working on print and online products.
I am what is termed a subject matter expert, and customers appreciate the quick and clear guidance people in my position at J. J. Keller provide.
In the course of doing my job, I contacted and worked with many regulatory and enforcement experts. This helps me develop my knowledge and skills, as well as better equipping me to help customers.
J. J. Keller is one of the companies that lives up to what it says. They talk about being a flexible and supportive employer and wanting to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, and they are all of those things.
In my time away from J. J. Keller, I am a firefighter/AEMT for my local fire department. My supervisors and managers at J. J. Keller have always been understanding of my “two lives” (J. J. Keller and the fire department). They have always supported me when my two lives collide, and I have to be late due to being tied up on a call that came in right at shift change.
Mark Abrahamson
Senior Transportation Specialist | Acrisure
Mark has more than 33 years of experience in the transportation safety industry, all of which have been dedicated to truck and bus safety. Prior to joining Acrisure in 2017, Marks’ law enforcement career began in 1989 focusing on highway safety initiatives with the Wisconsin State Patrol’s Motor Carrier Enforcement Division. This involved conducting roadside safety inspections, HM inspections, career audits, education, and various law enforcement activities.
In 1995 while participating in the International Inspector Championships he was awarded the “Grand Champion Award”. In 1997, he was promoted to Sergeant supervising regional Motor Carrier enforcement operations and earned his Certified Public Manager designation. In 2014, Mark was promoted to supervision of the statewide Motor Carrier Enforcement and Investigation Unit.
During his service Mark also served as WI State Patrol’s Data Quality Review Administrator, served on FMCSA’s Technical Advisory Group, participated in CVSA committees, and instructed for FMCSA’s National Training Center. Mark is also past Chair of Wisconsin’s Safety Management Council.
