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The province needs to lower the barriers for farmers and farm workers seeking the Class 1 licence needed to operate a tractor trailer, say the chairs of 13 farm groups.

Class 1 licensing problems need to be addressed, say farm leaders

Costly new training requirements and testing backlog among the issues facing many farmers

By Alberta Farmer Staff November 3, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes More than a dozen farm groups in Alberta are calling on the province to further delay the implementation of new Class 1 licensing rules, and find ways to make it less costly for those farmers and their workers seeking one. Those new training rules — called Mandatory Entry Level Training (MELT) — were brought in […] Read more