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WCB Job Seeker profile: Mike Grefer
WCB Featured Job Seeker profiles highlight individuals available through the Training on the Job program.
Mike has 20 years of professional driving experience and is looking for the next step in his career path. Mike is highly experienced in a wide array of different roles and brings with him a multitude of training hours and active safety tickets. He’s open to various options within the transportation industry and he’s ready to start right away!
Transportation Minister Sawhney addresses crowd of 50 at AMTA mix and mingle
Alberta’s Transportation Minister Rajan Sawhney, addressed about 50 Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) members and industry March 11 for an industry mix and mingle.
A Tale of Two WCB Accounts
– Rob Dombowsky, Industry Advisor, Human Resources & Labour, AMTA
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
Charles Dickens – A Tale of Two Cities
WCB seeking industry feedback on three policy updates
Rob Dombowsky, AMTA Industry Advisor, Human Resources & Labour
On occasion, WCB will circulate policy updates for review by its stakeholders. If you are impacted by the following policies, may be impacted or have an opinion you would like to share, please review the policies below and submit your feedback directly to WCB. Alternatively, AMTA is interested in hearing your feedback, so we are able to formulate an industry representative opinion on our members’ behalf.
2022 Certificate of Recognition (COR) COVID Audit Plan
The 2022 COVID Audit Plan is in effect from January 1 to December 31, 2022.
-On-site data gathering activities by auditors was suspended from January 1 to February 28, 2022.
During this period, Alberta implemented a public health measure for mandatory working from home in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Note internal maintenance auditors were allowed to continue on-site activities, if they were directed by their employer to remain on-site during the pandemic.
‘Heavily underrepresented’
Opportunities aplenty in commercial transportation industry, say women who have broken the bias
Kelsey Hipkin, AMTA Staff Writer
It’s the theme of the 2022 International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on March 8. The day is an opportunity to celebrate women globally and an opportunity to celebrate the contributions women make to the commercial transportation industry and to Albertans and Canadians, every day.
Alberta Government: Budget 2022-25
The Alberta Government has released its 2022-25 budget.
Key funding anticipated for the transportation and research and innovation industries includes:
Platooning Profiles: Esso Commercial Cardlocks
AMTA: Why did Esso become involved with the CTPS system?
Esso: The Cooperative Truck Platooning System project connects with two key priorities for Imperial: safety and innovation.
From a safety perspective, everything we do at Imperial is based on our core value of ensuring that Nobody Gets Hurt. The project’s demonstration of platooning technology and its potential safety improvements for drivers and the motoring public is aligned with our commitment to helping protect the well-being of Canadians from every walk of life.
‘It always begins with recruitment’
Human trafficking survivor shares stories, statistics and the importance of having a safe place
Trigger Warning: Human trafficking//sexual violence
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