Upcoming Education Events
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Here are a couple of upcoming moving industry-related educational opportunities to check out:
CAM Webinar: Is International Moving Right For My Company?
When: Thursday, January 16, 2025 1:00 PM (ET)
Cost: Free to CAM Members
You started out local, then went across provincial lines. Things got a bit more complicated when you started doing cross-border to the USA. Are you ready to other countries? In the fourth of our series on business development, we explore the opportunity and challenges in shipping household goods internationally. We will review the different ways to ship overseas, including groupage versus less than container load (LCL) versus full container load (FCL) among other topics.
Infinit-I Workforce Solutions: FMCSA Updates to the Crash Preventability Determination Program
When: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 2:00 PM (Central)/ 4:00 PM (ET)
Cost: Free
Please join Steve Kessler and co-host Mark Rhea as they welcome Brandon Wiseman, transportation attorney, safety consultant, founder and president of Trucksafe Consulting, as he discusses updates to the FMCSA Crash Preventability Determination Program, which went into effect on December 1, 2024. You don't want to miss this one!
TruckingHR Webinar: Strategies to Help Older Workers Thrive - and More
When: Wednesday, January 29, 2025 12:00 PM (ET)
Cost: Free
Join this free webinar for tips and resources to create a workplace that thrives with a multigenerational workforce: • Retain and support mature employees. • Enhance workplace accessibility while meeting compliance requirements. • Leverage the contributions of experienced workers for organizational success.
CAM Webinar: Building Effective Safety Training Programs
When: Thursday, January 30, 2025 1:00 PM (ET)
Cost: Free to CAM members. $30 for Non-members
In this 30-minute webinar, Ed Novoa of Infinit-I Workforce Solutions will discuss the fundamental elements of a company-specific safety training program, specific to the challenges of the transportation industry. Emphasis will be placed on how online training can effectively communicate safety protocols and document training activities. Additionally, Ed will review a specific safety scenario and explore how to implement progressive discipline procedures to ensure compliance with safety standards.
March 2025
Trucking HR Canada: 2025 Women with Drive Leadership Summit
When: Wednesday, March 6, 2025 1:00 PM (ET)
Where: Westin Toronto Airport Hotel, 950 Dixon Rd, Toronto, ON M9W 5N4
Women with Drive is this sector's go-to event for everyone looking to learn more about recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce. This year’s theme, Accelerate & Lead, empowers attendees to accelerate their own careers while equipping them with tools to lead workplaces that attract and retain diverse top talent across all departments. Early bird pricing in effect until January 31, 2025.
SmartMoving: Virtual Movers Conference
When: Wednesday, March 6, 2025 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM (ET)
Cost: Free with promo code
Specifically curated valuable speakers will deliver real world solutions to real problems in moving operations. Get actionable insights to help boost your profitability and you are GUARANTEED to get the best value from this conference. Once you are on the registration page of Zoom, you simply need to put in "CAM" as the promo code for access to the free registration ticket.
Video Recordings of Past Education Events
Here's a link to view some video-recordings of past moving industry-related educational events.
CAM Education (members only)
These education resources are available to all active CAM members. Members will require a username and password to access them - these can be obtained from admin[at]mover.net.
- Canadian Professional Mover Course (for registered students only) - here's a link to your Request to Register
- CAM Webinars and Essentials Training
- Training for Helpers Video
- Packing and Unpacking Videos
- Overseas Training Manual for Administrative Staff (as a pdf)
Other learning resources available for members only include:
- generic operational forms
- frequently asked questions
- business development articles that cover a range of topics, such as operational info, ELDs, HR topics, worklife, health & wellness, customer service advice, sales tips, marketing & promotion and online security, and
- business health & safety.
How To Guide
- A series of YouTube videos on how to wrap various items (various sources)
Health & Safety
- Penske Safety Bulletin
- What Canadian employers need to know about cannabis at work (Ceridian HCM, Inc. at 1-800-729-7655 or ceridian.com) – March 2019 (pdf)
- WARNING: STAY (THE HELL) AWAY FROM OUR WORKERS! (excerpt from PMSA Newsletter, Moving Forward) – January 2019 (pdf)
- SafetyDriven (Trucking Safety Council of BC)
- Health Effects of Cannabis (Government of Canada) (pdf)
- Guide to violence prevention in the workplace – Government of Canada
- Proper Lifting Techniques for Movers – May 13, 2009 (pdf, members only)
Productivity & Customer Service
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A conversation about the complexities of moving seniors safely. When older Canadians have to move - either closer to family, to get out of a large multi-level home to a one-level location, or require transitioning to a special care facility, amongst many other scenarios, the preparation for move day can be very stressful and challenging, especially if they have lived in their home for decades. Canadian Association of Movers President Nancy Irvine has a great conversation with CAM Member Brett Ford who specializes in seniors moves. Discussion includes moving in general, what a mover does, the need for a "quarterback" to help manage the move, moving into long care homes and retirement homes and COVID considerations, and moving scams that target seniors. Here's a 22-minute video on the complexities of moving seniors safely. This is time well-spent if your customer base includes older Canadians. - April 2, 2022
- Easy Digital Tools to Improve your Business Efficiency - TriGlobal May 4, 2020
- Customer service: why you are doing it wrong and here is how you can improve! - TriGlobal April 21, 2020
- Working from home? Stay productive with these 6 tips! - TriGlobal March 27, 2020
- Negative reviews; the new positive - TriGlobal February 28 2019
- Online marketing doesn't always have to cost you - TriGlobal Feb 12 2019
- 5 Facts About the Power of Reviews - TriGlobal Jan 21 2019
Truck Tips
Thanks to Today's Trucking for these great how-to vidros for truck drivers.
- Truck Tips: How to check tractor-trailer brakes (video)
- Truck Tips: How to mark and measure brake adjustment (video)
- Truck Tips: How to couple and uncouple a trailer (video)
- Truck Tips: How to adjust 5th wheels and trailer bogeys (video)
- Truck Tips: How to set and adjust truck mirrors (video)
- Truck Tips: How to back up a tractor-trailer (video)
Other Resources
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