GroundCloud

Training Courses


The Training Courses page of your portal is where you can enroll drivers in training courses and monitor their progress. Additional information regarding GroundCloud Safety Solutions can be found on our website.


Training Courses

Description

Graduated Driver Training (GDT/ELD)

P&D Safety Certification

This course is:

  • Designed for newly employed drivers.

  • Recommended being completed prior to starting driving duties.

  • Covers all basic driving guidelines to be a safe and effective Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) operator.

  • Divided into 10 chapters, each section includes review quizzes to assess comprehension and ends with a final exam.

Enrollees have a 30-day window to finish the course; no Road Course work or Live Route training is required for this course. Once completed, this course covers a driver for their first 30 days of employment for Proactive Safety Training (PST) compliance.

Warning: Please note that this course is NOT part of the Qual Cert Program.

New Driver Orientation

This course:

  • Consists of a 16-minute video that focuses on Safety + Service.

  • Covers general information for new drivers on what to expect while driving for an Independent Service Provider (ISP).

To assess comprehension, a short final exam is taken at the end of the course. No Road Course or Live Route Training is required for this course.

Qual Cert - Certified Trainer

Recertification - CT Final Exam

This course is for Certified Trainers due for Recertification. Certified Trainers attend our in-person two-day Recertification Class during which they take this exam.

Pre-Class Recertification - CT Course

This required pre-class training for existing Certified Trainers must be completed prior to attending the in-person Recertification class.

Pre-Class CT Course

This required pre-class training for new Certified Training candidates must be completed prior to attending the in-person NEW Certified Trainer - Qual Cert Class.

New - CT Final Exam

This course is for NEW Certified Trainer candidates. Candidates attend our in-person four-day Train-the-Trainer class, which:

  • Earns them Certified Trainer designation.

  • Enables them to conduct one-day Driver Training classes for current drivers and three-day Driver Training classes for new drivers, as well as the authority to conduct Road Tests.

Other

Optional Pre-Class: Driver Training Course

This optional course:

  • Is a valuable tool for those wanting to reinforce their understanding and confidence in their driving abilities.

  • Presents an excellent opportunity to gain deeper insights into critical topics before beginning the mandatory New Driver Training and Final Exam or Recertification Class and Final Exam.

Qual Cert - Defensive Driver Training

Recertification and Final Exam

This training is for drivers who previously completed Qual Cert and are due for recertification.

New Driver Training and Final Exam

This training is for brand-new drivers who have not completed any training previously.

Existing/Returning/Requalifying Driver and Final Exam

This training is for drivers that have/had a driver FXG ID and have not completed any Qual Cert training.


Enrolling a Driver

  1. To enroll a driver in a training course, click the + Enroll Driver button on the top of the Training Courses page.

  2. In the popup window, select the driver and the course you would like to enroll in from the dropdown.

  3. Click Enroll Driver to complete enrollment of that driver in the selected course.


    The enrolled driver and course are displayed on the Training Courses page, along with its completion status. If the driver account has a valid mobile phone number listed, the driver receives a text notification of their enrollment in the course, along with a link to the site where the course can be completed.


    This link can be resent to a driver by clicking the Remind button under the Actions column.


Completing Training

Once a driver is enrolled in a training course, they can log in to GroundCloud.io using their driver account information to access the online portion of the course.

Enrolled courses can be viewed by clicking on View Enrolled Trainings.

Completion of the online portion, as well as road tests and live route training, is tracked from the Training Courses page of the portal.

On the Training Courses page, click the Details button under the Actions column to view detailed information on the progress of that course.

Information about the certified trainer, as well as the road test, can be entered here.

If the driver is enrolled in the New Driver Training and Final Exam or the Existing/Returning/Requalifying Driver and Final Exam, a checklist is shown on the right side of this page that lists the required driver information for the course. If any are marked as "incomplete", that information needs to be filled out on that driver's Driver Details page.

Once all required information has been filled out and the driver completes the online portion of the course, their training is updated to "complete" status.

Note: Completed trainings are automatically sent to the FedEx Corporate for review and recordkeeping Monday-Friday. Customers must upload the completed Road Test and Qual Cert Certificate to FADV.


Training Course Filtering

Training courses can be filtered in several ways from the Training Courses page:

  • Selecting In Progress shows all training courses your drivers are currently enrolled in that are not yet completed. (Note: This does NOT display training courses that have "Ended Enrollment". See End Enrollment section below for more information.)

  • Selecting Completed shows only trainings that are already completed.

  • Selecting All shows all "Complete," "In Progress," and "Ended Enrollment" training across your fleet.

You can also filter by individual driver name and/or a specific training course.


End Enrollment

To end a driver's enrollment in a training course:

  1. Click the Details button under the Actions column for that course.

  2. On the Training Details page, click End Enrollment in the upper right corner.

  3. Confirm this action in the popup window.

The driver is no longer enrolled in the selected training course.

Once End Enrollment is used, the assigned training does not show under In Progress or Completed and only displays on the Training Courses page when the filter has been set to All.


Warning: Ending an enrollment cannot be undone.

Contact Descartes GroundCloud Support at (218) 864-7900, option 2 for further assistance.


Back to Top