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Drivers
Training Division
The primary purpose of the
Driver's Training program is:-
1. To fully acquaint the
trainees with modern driving knowledge both in theory and practice
2.
To introduce the learner the
parts and functions of motor vehicles and also to enable them to maintain
the repair minor defects of different vehicles.
In the driving training division,
trainees receive class room education, simulator training, and on the road
driving training for different
grades of driving license.
One of the stated
objectives of the Center is to produce qualified drivers whose
performance would contribute
to the promotion of traffic safety and proper
utilization of vehicles. To produce such qualified drivers, the Center
is
modernizing its training systems. The modern road traffic complex designed
to conduct on the road
drivers training could be mentioned among those
innovative training techniques implemented.
It is a good model road network which accommodates
various types of modern urban & rural road structures
and equipped
with all modern road safety devices, such as international road signs,
markings, traffic lights
and signals which are essential for a typically
modern driving complex. The complex has 4.6 Km asphalt roads
and covers an
area of 110,000 m2 which can accommodate 400 vehicles at a
time.
TYPES OF TRAINING - offered to
Drivers,
1.
TRAFFIC
SAFETY RULES
& ROAD REGULATIONS:-
This course is conducted in class rooms for
all commercial and public transport vehicles drivers by categorizing them
according to their license grades. It enables the trainees to understand
the rules and regulations of the
road traffic and adhere to it whenever
they are behind the steering wheel of their moving
vehicle.
In this course the trainees are well
acquainted with all the controlling, indicating and signaling mechanisms
together with the basic operating principles of the vehicle that they are
going operate. The course
includes the following main topics.
·
Types and operating
principles of engines with their accessories.
·
The system of power
train and their functions.
· Parts of suspension
and steering linkages.
· The operating system
of :-
- Pneumatic and
mechanical brakes
- Electrical components
and their uses
- Fuel line and fuel
economy
- Cooling and
lubrication systems
· The types and use of
carriage units
· Identifying and
reporting of any failure in the operation
of vehicles
· Simple maintenance of
technical failures
2.
TRAINING ON SIMULATORS
The simulator is a driver training equipment which
represents a complex of devices serving to practice
the basic driving procedures
before the learner/driver shifts to the actual vehicle. Positive
learning
takes place in
simulation training:-
· Reinforces classroom
instruction and provides driving under a variety of traffic conditions in
a non-threatening environment.
· Develops perceptual
and neuromuscular skills
· Provides a greater
variety of driving experiences and increases knowledge about safe driving.
3.
ON
THE
ROAD
TRAINING
This training is the actual
vehicle driving training in our modern traffic complex. The courses is
offered for all
2nd , 3rd,4th, 5th
grade license applicants and is conducted by well trained trainers using
new vehicles which
are equipped with double
controlling mechanisms.
4.
RECURRENT (REFRESHER)
TRAINING
This is a training offered for those people
who have previously obtained their licenses and want to update their
driving skill or to be familiar with the operation of new model vehicles
in different license grade.
5.
TRAINING FOR DRIVING
INSTRUCTORS
This training is offered for those
applicants who want to train drivers of the various license grades.
The
course is conducted in both theoretical and practical aspects.
6.
TRAINING FOR DRIVER
EXAMINERS & VEHICLE INSPECTORS
This is special training which is offered for
those technicians coming from transport and communication bureaus
of the
different administrative regions to be trained in a professional status to
enable them to evaluate
driver trainees of various license grades, perform vehicle annual inspectio and other related jobs
7. FEDERAL DRIVING
LICENSE
The drivers training division give training for those who own
Ethiopian or
Foreign driving license.
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