Tannis Atchison
Victoria,BC
Summary
Currently, I am a Driver Trainer Specialist on the Road Safety & Compliance team bringing awareness to safe driving issues and collision avoidance and improving driver safety at Canada Post. I teach safe driving courses and deliver road safety clinics on a variety of driving issues to both APOC and CUPW, including collision avoidance, as well as perform driver assessments and remedial training for at-risk employees. I hold a commercial driver's license with several years of experience driving freight, logging, and dump trucks in Canada and the US. I am also an experienced team leader who has held a variety of positions in CUPW and APOC.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Driver Trainer Specialist
Canada Post Corp.
Victoria
04.2023 - Current
- Instructor for Safety On The Road (SOTR) for all APOC that deal with drivers/vehicles
- Instructor for SMITH System Collision Avoidance courses for APOC and CUPW
- Trained in collision investigation
- Trained in carrier audits
- trained in vehicle inspections
- perform gate checks and in-lot checks
- teach various road safety clinics; i.e. proper mirror adjustment, blind spot awareness, safe backing, proper pre-trip inspections
- Perform on-street and in-cab observations
- Perform in-cab assessments of driver skills and habits
- Travel with Road Safety & Compliance team to various locations across Canada to deliver talks and clinics for Road Safety weeks through the year
- Driver remedial training
- Teach Hours of Service and proper record keeping
- Trained new hires on company policies, procedures and best practices
Depot Supervisor
Canada Post
Victoria, BC
10.2019 - 04.2023
- Supervised all facets of mail operations including Collection, Sortation, Transportation, and Delivery
- Reinforced and enforced corporate expectations and policies
- Held weekly safety meetings with each of the shifts in operations and depots
- Worked with LJHSC doing on-scene MVI incidents and on-the-job injuries.
- resented MVI PowerPoint presentation to regular groups of employees to bring awareness to safe driving expectations
- Recertified employees to reinstate their driving privileges in corporate vehicles, and ensure they will be safer in the future.
- Instruct and guide employees in better and safer driving habits to better protect themselves and corporate assets
- SAP input of employee pay, overtime, and leave
MSC / Letter Carrier / PO4
Canada Post
Victoria
11.2012 - 10.2019
- Drove Canada Post's medium (5-ton) trucks delivering product as well as doing pickups to/from various CPC locations
- Worked on the conveyor system sorting parcels
- Letter carrier doing mail and parcel delivery
- Load and unload 5-ton trucks and incoming/outgoing trailers by hand and with pallet jacks and stackers (MMHE)
Truck Driver
Various trucking companies
South Vancouver Island, BC
07.2005 - 03.2014
- Professionally trained Class 1 driver on Vancouver Island with Air Brakes
- Acted as a driver trainer, teaching proper handling of large vehicles to others so that they may attain their professional Class 1 and 3 commercial driver licenses.
- Coordinated daily delivery schedules based on customer schedules, peak delivery times, and alternate routes.
- Conducted preventative maintenance, checking gages, readings, and fluid changes while executing truck cleans and completing advanced mechanical repairs.
- Interacted with customers in a friendly, professional manner.
- Operated a tractor-trailer combination in urban, suburban, and rural environments and all types of weather conditions.
- Loaded and unloaded trailers with mechanical freight handling equipment, as well as running heavy equipment, such as a Cat 980 front-end loader.
- Conducted daily DOT pre-trip inspections according to a set checklist.
- Connected air hoses, electrical lines, and manually cranked dolly wheels.
- Hooked and unhooked trailers from the tractor.
- Conducted basic emergency roadside repairs, replacing light bulbs and installing fuses.
- Operated tractor-trailer combinations, as well as straight truck with 2 and 3 axle trailers, and flat decks.
- Ensured each load for security and stability
- Transported aggregate and freight in a safe and timely manner.
- Maintained records required for compliance with provincial and federal regulations.
Education
Class 1 - Professional Driver Training
Cowichan Driving School
Duncan BC01-2003
Diploma - Medical Office Assistant
Compu-College School of Business
Victoria BC10-1998
Certificates - Marine Training Programs (Marine Safety)
Pacific Marine Training Institute - BCIT
North Vancouver BCSkills
- Defensive driving practices & techniques
- Driver assessment & remedial training
- Inclement weather driving instruction
- Vehicle inspections
- Carrier compliance audits
- Collision investigations
- Training & development, assisting L&D
- Classroom Instruction & curriculum delivery
- Learning Management Systems
- Collaborative Team Player
- Accident Prevention
- Regulatory Compliance
- Defensive Driving
- Safe driving techniques
Accomplishments
In 2018, I started a not-for-profit group that brought people together to clean the beaches around Victoria and the area. Helping the environment and giving our oceans a little boost, from the shoreline! I named this group Pristine Shores. Pristine Shores supplies everything from gloves to bucks and garbage pickers. Attendees need to supply nothing. Pristine Shores also deals with all the trash and recyclables collected during each cleanup. Pristine Shores was profiled on CTV Vancouver Island during a large cleanup at the Esquimalt Lagoon Beach. The group was again profiled on CFAX 1070 radio.
Timeline
Driver Trainer Specialist
Canada Post Corp.
04.2023 - Current
Depot Supervisor
Canada Post
10.2019 - 04.2023
MSC / Letter Carrier / PO4
Canada Post
11.2012 - 10.2019
Truck Driver
Various trucking companies
07.2005 - 03.2014
Class 1 - Professional Driver Training
Cowichan Driving School
Diploma - Medical Office Assistant
Compu-College School of Business
Certificates - Marine Training Programs (Marine Safety)
Pacific Marine Training Institute - BCIT
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