Blue Ribbon Road

About Course

This course is for you. It will help you drive safer, earn more and grow your business, all on your phone.

Over seven weeks we look at your work as a business: being a professional, safety, the rules, your passengers, your health, your money and protecting what you build. Each week has an intro video, two main videos and a quick check. If you do not feel like reading, press Listen and the course reads to you.

After the seven weeks comes one practical day with HEART/NSTA Trust for first aid, CPR and defensive driving. Finish both parts to earn the Blue Ribbon Certificate.

Course Content

Week 1 · The Professional Operator
Why your work matters, what the law gives you and asks of you, and what other operators learned the hard way.

Welcome to Blue Ribbon Road
The People Who Move Jamaica
What the Law Gives You and Asks of You
What We Learned the Hard Way
Week 1 quick check

Week 2 · Safe Roads, Safe Passengers
Spot danger early, keep space around your vehicle, get passengers in and out safely and check your vehicle every morning.

Week 3 · Know the Rules
What the law asks of you, how demerit points work, what to do with a ticket and how to handle a police stop or an inspector.

Week 4 · Serving Passengers
What great service looks like, how to handle angry passengers, how to keep yourself safe and how to build your own list of regulars.

Week 5 · Healthy on the Road
Tired driving, looking after your body, handling stress and anger, and talking to someone when it gets heavy.

Week 6 · Money from the Road
Count money in and money out, put aside repair money, save through pardna and do your own Money Dr. check-up.

Week 7 · Protect Your Livelihood
Keep your insurance and papers current, build an emergency fund, pay into NIS, sort out your tax and grow to a second vehicle without risking everything.

Week 8 · Practical Day
One practical day with HEART/NSTA Trust for first aid, CPR and defensive driving. Finish it and the seven weeks online to earn the Blue Ribbon Certificate.

About Course

Course Content

Week 1 · The Professional Operator Why your work matters, what the law gives you and asks of you, and what other operators learned the hard way.

Welcome to Blue Ribbon Road

The People Who Move Jamaica

What the Law Gives You and Asks of You

What We Learned the Hard Way

Week 1 quick check

Week 2 · Safe Roads, Safe Passengers Spot danger early, keep space around your vehicle, get passengers in and out safely and check your vehicle every morning.

Safe Roads, Safe Passengers

See It Before It Happens

Space Is Safety

Week 2 quick check

Week 3 · Know the Rules What the law asks of you, how demerit points work, what to do with a ticket and how to handle a police stop or an inspector.

Know the Rules

How Demerit Points Work

When Police or Inspectors Stop You

Week 3 quick check

Week 4 · Serving Passengers What great service looks like, how to handle angry passengers, how to keep yourself safe and how to build your own list of regulars.

Serving Passengers

The Passenger Who Comes Back

Cool It Down

Week 4 quick check

Week 5 · Healthy on the Road Tired driving, looking after your body, handling stress and anger, and talking to someone when it gets heavy.

Healthy on the Road

Tired Driving Kills

Stress at the Wheel

Week 5 quick check

Week 6 · Money from the Road Count money in and money out, put aside repair money, save through pardna and do your own Money Dr. check-up.

Money from the Road

Pay the Car First

Pardna, Credit Union or Loan Shark?

Week 6 quick check

Week 7 · Protect Your Livelihood Keep your insurance and papers current, build an emergency fund, pay into NIS, sort out your tax and grow to a second vehicle without risking everything.

Protect Your Livelihood

Who Will Pay You When You Stop Driving?

From One Car to Two

Week 7 quick check

Week 8 · Practical Day One practical day with HEART/NSTA Trust for first aid, CPR and defensive driving. Finish it and the seven weeks online to earn the Blue Ribbon Certificate.

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