PASS Training
Event Details

When

August 2-4, 2010 (Times TBD)

Where

River Cities Public Transit (map)
1600 East Dakota Ave.
Pierre, SD 58072
Pass Training

PASS Training - course outline

Day 1: Driver Certification, Trainer Certification

• Introduction: Pre-test, stress management, Americans with Disabilities Act
• Driver Sensitivity, awareness and communications
• Mobility equipment (including walkers, canes, crutches, braces, etc.)
• Hands-on assistance (including body mechanics, transfers and guiding the vision impaired)
• Wheelchair types and features (including scooters)
• Lift operations
• Securement

Day 2: Driver Certification, Trainer Certification

• Principles of crisis management
• Evacuation techniques and emergency procedures
• Bloodborne pathogen protection
• Handling seizure disorders
• Responding to passenger abuse and neglect
• Driver/passenger sexual improprieties
• Review and final examination

PASS Recertification - course outline

• Introduction: Pre-test, stress management, Americans with Disabilities Act
• Driver Sensitivity, awareness and communications
• Mobility equipment (including walkers, canes, crutches, braces, etc.)
• Hands-on assistance (including body mechanics, transfers and guiding the vision impaired)
• Wheelchair types and features (including scooters)
• Lift operations
• Securement
• Principles of crisis management
• Evacuation techniques and emergency procedures
• Bloodborne pathogen protection
• Handling seizure disorders
• Responding to passenger abuse and neglect
• Driver/passenger sexual improprieties
• Review and final examination

Defensive Driving

• Self-Appraisal
• Safe Driving Situations
• Driving Environment Analyses
• Special Considerations Review
• Driver Summary
• Collision Reporting Review
• Course Completion Certificate

Maltreatment Awareness for Transit Drivers

• Review ND & SD Rules and Regulations that protect vulnerable adults and minors
  • ND: http://www.nd.gov/dhs/services/adultsaging/vulnerable.html
  • SD: http://dss.sd.gov/elderlyservices/services/adultprotective.asp
  • Learn maltreatment reporting requirements
• Understand immediate response and possible long term consequences of reporting
• Identify methods to preventing maltreatment
• Recognize situations that lead to escalation and learn techniques for de-escalation