The Tennessee Trucking Association Safety Management Council instituted the Safety Professional of the Year Award as a means of recognizing truck fleet safety directors whose accomplishments are outstanding. The award is designed to promote and advance high standards in qualification and performance of individuals employed in truck fleet accident prevention.
The award will be presented at the Tennessee Trucking Association Annual Convention in September.
THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1. This award will be presented to the individual who has excelled in the field of fleet and commercial motor vehicle safety.
2. Nominations which are unsuccessful in any given year may be re-submitted in the following year. Award winners may not be nominated for the award again.
3. Nominees must have been an active member of the Tennessee Trucking Association Safety Management Council for the previous year and be in the employ of a TTA member company, directing the safety activities of a truck fleet. In this capacity, the nominee is responsible for the on-going development, implementation and management of the safety program in the fleet.
4. Nominations must be made by the employer.
5. As a condition of nomination, the nominee and his/her employer may be required to produce records verifying the qualifications of the nominee. All records and documentation will be held in strict confidence.
6. Tennessee Trucking Association will appoint an outside team of Judges to make the selection for this award.
7. Judging will be based on the professional qualifications and performance of the nominee, their success in advancing highway and industrial safety of the fleet under their control, the relationship and cooperation with governmental authorities which regulate operations of the fleet, methods employed solving safety problems and the individual’s leadership and support of the Tennessee Trucking Association Safety Management Council and other professional safety organizations.
8. All nominations must be received in the Tennessee Trucking Association office no later than July 12, 2024.