The Certificate in Small Business Management for the Trucking Industry is the industry’s first college certificate designed specifically for professional drivers.

With courses covering safety, regulatory, and business management skills, you can get a college education that's directly relevant to you, without sacrificing a single mile of driving time to get it.

CarriersEdge also offers a number of other courses designed for professional drivers. See the Other Programs link for more details.

The Certificate is offered through Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Toronto, in partnership with CarriersEdge. To qualify for the Certificate, participants must complete 8 courses:

1. How To Start A Small Business

2. Human Relations

3. Small Business Bookkeeping

4. Border Crossing

5. Defensive Driving

6. Pretrip, HOS & Logbooks

7. Cargo Securement

8. Transportation of Dangerous Goods

The first three courses are offered through Humber's Open Learning Centre. The remaining five courses are offered through CarriersEdge.

The Humber courses are offered in each semester (i.e. 3 times a year). CarriersEdge courses are available on demand. Courses can be completed in any order, so drivers can complete the program in a calendar year by taking one Humber course each semester and the CarriersEdge courses in between.

Designed for drivers
The Certificate is designed primarily for drivers - in particular, owner-operators and company drivers seeking career advancement. However, other groups can benefit as well, including safety & compliance staff, dock and warehouse workers, and anyone else involved in road operations.

No high school required
The courses that make up the program have no prerequisites and no entry requirements. Any driver can participate, even if they never finished high school.

No lost mileage
All courses are offered online, so drivers can participate without having to sacrifice driving time. All that’s required is a computer with Internet access and the ability to spend a few hours per week working through the courses.

The program is available now. Humber courses start each semester - September, January, and May - and CarriersEdge courses are available anytime.

Tuition for the entire program is $1650. Courses may be purchased individually. Funding assistance may be available.

In addition to the Certificate in Small Business Management for the Trucking Industry, CarriersEdge offers a variety of other programs for individual drivers.

Owner-Operators: Managing Your Business
Produced in partnership with ATBS Canada, this course provides top notch business management training for owner-operators, covering topics like buying vs. leasing a truck, managing fuel expenses, and choosing the right carrier.

Defensive Driving Refresher Courses
A series of short training modules covering specific topics such as backing up, intersections, adverse conditions, and more. Bite-sized training that packs a big punch.

Driver Skills Assessment
Not sure where your knowledge gaps are? A CarriersEdge baseline assessment tells you the whole truth and nothing but the truth. An objective assessment of areas where you're strong and areas that need extra attention.