Fontana: New FMCSA Tech Training Waiver Boosts Truck Technician Readiness

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Fontana: New FMCSA Tech Training Waiver Boosts Truck Technician Readiness

As featured in FleetOwner -IDEAXCHANGE– Gino Fontana, COO and EVP at Transervice Logistics Inc.

New FMCSA Tech Training Waiver Boosts Truck Technician Readiness

By Gino Fontana, COO, Transervice

A new FMCSA exemption could be a game changer for fleets struggling to hire and retain qualified technicians.

In his latest FleetOwner column, Transervice COO Gino Fontana breaks down the agency’s five-year technician training waiver, which reduces qualification time to 540 hours by combining classroom instruction with hands-on, on-the-job training aligned with TMC’s Recommended Practices.

Fontana explains how this balanced approach not only maintains safety standards—especially for critical brake inspections and repairs—but also helps technicians become productive faster, reducing early turnover and strengthening fleet maintenance operations.

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