The Road To Your Future

If You Got It A Truck Brought It!- The old saying has never been truer than it is today. Presently about 90% of all consumer products and foodstuffs used and consumed in Ontario are shipped by truck at some point in the distribution chain.

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs - The commercial trucking industry in Ontario employs over 200,000 people directly and at least another 15,000 jobs in related businesses. The Census of Canada found that the occupation “truck driver”, is the top occupation amongst Canadian males at over 225,000 jobs nation-wide.

The Safest Drivers & Vehicles on Our Roads- Trucks are involved in less than 3% of the collisions that occur on Ontario’s highways each year. And, in the fatal accidents in which trucks are involved in, Ontario government reports show that the truck driver was driving properly, or in other words not at fault in 75% to 80% of the time. Vehicle defects also show up as a minor contributing factor and the incidence of alcohol – still the major killer on the highways -- is virtually non-existent amongst truck drivers.

At Northern Academy we train for safety ..... for jobs ..... and the industry