PASS and Safe Driver Instructor Certification

WYTRANS plans to recertify some of its current trainers as well as certify new trainers in Passenger Service and Safety (PASS) and Safe Driver.  Faye Nash will be the instructor for the session, scheduled for Friday, April 21 in Casper.  The class will take most of the day and the cost is $75.  To be eligible to attend this training, the prospective instructor must have already taken the two-day PASS class and the six-hour Safe Driver class.  To request an application and register for the instructor certification, please contact Debbie Ehlers at 307-266-2524 or <debe@wlcwyo. com>.     
    WYTRANS currently has 22 trainers, all of whom are certified in PASS.  Twenty of those trainers are also certified Safe Driver Instructors.  Public transit drivers in Wyoming must be certified in PASS and Safe Driver, as well as Bloodborne Pathogens and Drug and Alcohol Awareness Training.
     WYTRANS began training drivers in CTAA’s PASS program in 1996.  From 1996 to 2005, over 1,000 drivers have been certified in PASS, and 265 have been recertified.  WYTRANS Safe Driver Training Program was developed by six Wyoming Trainers in 2001.  More than 1,200 drivers have taken the Safe Driver class since 2001.
    The WYTRANS Trainers will meet in Riverton during the 2006 Conference, on Wednesday, June 2 at 5:30 p.m.

    WYTRANS Trainers met during the 2005 Conference in Casper.  From left to right, Jimmi Snyder, Campbell County Seniors in Gillette; Emily Howery, Community Entry Services in Riverton; and Steve Ainslie from START in Jackson.

WYTRANS Trainers—March 2006

Steve Ainslie        START—Jackson

Ed Baker             Casper Area Transportation

                            Coalition (CATC)

John Black           WYDOT, Cheyenne

Bob Buckardt      UW Transportation and

                             Parking Services

Gloria Bulow       Child Development Services, Riverton

Barb Daugherty Sheridan Senior Citizen’s Council

Debbie Fackrell Uinta Senior Center, Evanston

Pauline Fiedor Sheridan Senior Citizen’s Council

Jim Forrest STAR, Rock Springs

Jerry Franklin Senior Friendship Center, Torrington

Tom Guheen START—Jackson

Patricia Harrison  Douglas Senior Center

Emily Howery Community Entry, Riverton

Kitty Jackson STAR, Rock Springs

Renae Jording Cheyenne Transit

Roberta King WRTA, Riverton

Don Mc Omie Child Development Services, Lander

Faye Nash Nash Transportation Training

and Consulting

Mary Rodgers RENEW-Gillette

Rod Slocum Big Horn Enterprises, Thermopolis

Tracey Tupa RENEW—Newcastle

Cindy Wardell Lincoln Self Reliance, Kemmerer