Safety is our number one concern. We have the highest standards of advanced driver safety training in our industry. We use the best screening, selection, training and retention methods in the industry. The result is having the safest drivers behind the wheel for your children.
- Most comprehensive new-hire driver training program in the school bus industry
- Forsythe Transportation pays for 80 hours of driver training before putting school children on one of our buses
- New-hire drivers receive 16 hours of student management training
- All employees receive emergency management and security training
- All drivers must complete annual safety recertification training
- Top priority is given to Safety and driver retention
- Our motivational and safety incentive program is standard with all our service contracts
Forsythe Transportation has partnered with WorkSafe, Inc a nationally renowned transportation hiring service to help us screen, qualify and continually track all potential applicants.
With WorkSafe we offer our customers:
- Independently checking and qualifying new hires for all positions
- An online national background and Motor Vehicle Records (MVR) checks process
- Background checks are usually completed within 48 hours
- Employee qualification files maintained electronically with our customers provided access to the online data
- Our files are always kept in DOT audit inspection readiness
- A third party expert controlling and administering our drug and alcohol testing program
Forsythe Transportation has engaged RH Sweeney Associates to integrate the Predictive Index throughout our organization. The Predictive Index process is a powerful combination of education, consulting and assessment. It offers a new understanding of what makes people work and helps us learn how to motivate them to work better. It helps us hire and retain talented people who are crucial to our success – and it helps us build new leaders at every level of our organization.