Our aim is to provide a full and fair assessment of each driver's skills, while ensuring that the road test reflects the applicant's overall competency." Partway through his program, Smart Truck Training Academy suddenly shut down, leaving instructors unpaid and students out thousands of dollars. Marketplace went undercover into five truck training practice yards to see what the schools would tell prospective students about MELT training. This is a big red flag, says Matt Richardson, vice-president at KRTS Transportation Specialists Inc, one of the oldest truck training schools in Ontario. This includes more than 200 truck training schools, plus 400 other private career colleges, teaching everything from hairdressing to payroll to plumbing.
