Transport and Mining Minister Robert Montague (second left) conducts a test of the new online training application for Public Passengers Vehicle (PPV) operators, ‘Transport Authority (TA) PPV Driver Train’. Looking on from left are: Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer EduFocal Limited, Gordon Swaby; Managing Director, British Caribbean Insurance Company, Peter Levy and General Manager Finance and Planning, Transport Authority Michael Byrue. The occasion was Wednesday’s (December 29) launch of the application, held at the Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue office in Kingston.

The recently launched online training application for Public Passenger Vehicle (PPV) operators, ‘Transport Authority (TA) PPV Driver Train’, will be made available to approximately 82,000 operators in the PPV sector as well as in the commercial sector.

It will facilitate training via a gamified format in the use of the road code, defensive driving, and customer service for these operators.

The web application is accessible at tappvtrain.com.

In his address at the launch of the application on Wednesday (December 29) at the Ministry of Transport’s Maxfield Avenue office in Kingston, Transport and Mining Minister Robert Montague said the cost of development of the programme was approximately $13 million. Of this figure, the ministry provided $3 million and the balance was provided by main sponsor British Caribbean Insurance Company (BCIC).

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