Training Command – Military Academy

The Institute of Transportation Training is a purpose-built departmental institution delegated to develop concepts, legislation and traffic education programs for training the armed forces vehicle drivers and the traffic education specialists. It deals with the tasks of the program of the CR Government in the area of road traffic safety and is responsible for an application of legal regulations focused on specific features of the traffic within the armed forces.

• It monitors development trends of the driver training in NATO and the EU to gain knowledge in order to create a conception, to improve the military driver’s training and propose effective systems, methods and teaching aids;
• Its task is to perform traffic and safety initiatives with the focus on the development of the vehicle technologies, creation of a safe traffic environment and education in the area of traffic safety;
• The Institute of Transportation Training provides short-term, improvement, re-training, purpose-oriented and career courses and professional training sessions for the ACR personnel and employees in the area of qualification in driving motor vehicles and the armed forces vehicle servicing;
• It plans, organizes, performs and evaluates preparation of drivers for the Training Command – Military Academy.

The Czech Armed Forces Institute of Transportation Training was established on January 1, 2000 in accordance with the CR Government Decree on Action Program to improve the road traffic safety, as the working place with an army-wide competence to develop conceptions and legislation, to prepare drivers of the armed forces and specialists of traffic education. From January 1, 2009 it was attached to the Training Command – Military Academy in Vyškov.

The Institute of Transportation Training is a center of preparation of military professionals, active reserves and civilian employees to carry out positions of the driver preparation specialists and the armed forces vehicle drivers.

The Czech Armed Forces Institute of Transportation Training tasks:

• development of conceptions and legislation for the preparation of drivers of the armed forces;
• implementation of projects to improve road traffic safety and use of the armed forces vehicles;
• qualification preparation of the military driving examiners, teachers of automobile drivers (to attain a professional certificate) and combat vehicles;
• basic professional preparation of automobile drivers (to attain the armed forces vehicle driving license);
• obligatory instruction of drivers;
• professional specialization and purpose-built training and preparation of specialists (e.g. for coordinators of the unit driver preparation, evaluation of vehicle technical condition for the MP, safety training and defensive driving);
• preparation of foreign mission drivers with the focus on special activities (patrolling, convoy movement and escorting, driver activities during the attack);
• driver and specialist’s preparation for hazardous material transportation;
• preparation of combat vehicle operators and automobile driver trainers;
• preparation of military teachers for military traffic control service;
• development of methodology, simulation and training technologies and other education tools for driver preparation;
• experts, research and developmental activity for fielding new military equipment and training means.

Organizational Chart of the Institute of Transportation Training:

• Methodology and Occupational Capability Dept.;
  • Group of Methodology and Legislation;
  • Group of Professional Qualification;
• Military School for Drivers;
  • Group of Personal Car Drivers;
  • Group of Truck Driver Preparation;
  • Group of Combat Vehicle Driver Preparation;
  • Security Classification of Information Section;

Methodology and Professional Qualification Section.

The main task of the Methodology and Professional Qualification Section is to participate in a development of conceptions and legislation for the preparation of drivers of the armed forces, to ensure development and to carry out traffic education of the ACR personnel aimed at application of standards into the preparation of the armed forces vehicle drivers and focused on specifics of traffic within the armed forces. It also carries out professional, qualification, specialized and methodological preparation of specialists of driver preparation and traffic education. It organizes traffic safety campaigns in the field of road traffic.

The Methodology and Legislation Section participates in the creation of military legislation, prepares professional military regulations, methodology and aids for armed forces driver preparation and vehicle operation. It further takes part in research and developmental activities to introduce simulation and training technologies, new equipment and training devices for driver’s preparation, cooperates with organizations involved in road traffic legislation, development of traffic education and safety of traffic programs.

The Professional Qualification Section provides instruction and training in qualification and specialized courses of teachers and military driving examiners, teachers of military traffic control service, driver’s and specialist’s preparation for hazardous material transportation. It provides an obligatory instruction of drivers and training courses for coordinators of unit driver preparation.

Military School for Drivers

The main mission of the Military School for Drivers is full support to basic professional preparation for all categories of drivers and purpose-built and professional courses for drivers, i.e. for an attainment of civilian driver licenses in various categories as well as driving licenses of the armed forces vehicles.

The preparation of drivers working places prepare drivers of personal cars, trucks, combat vehicles to attain the armed forces vehicle driver’s license of class V-A (motorcycles), V-H (road passenger cars), V-B (road cross-country vehicles), V-C (vehicles more than 3.5ton), V-C+E (trailers more than 750 kg), V-T (tractors), V-D (buses), V-P (tracked combat vehicles), V-K (wheeled combat vehicles), V-Z (special vehicles).

Security Classification of Information Section

The main mission of the Security Classification of Information Section is to organize material and technical support for the Institute and to its performed education activities. It provides medical support instruction and training. Its responsibility is to plan, control and evaluate operation, maintenance and repair of the assigned training vehicles and teaching facilities.

Contact

Chief, The Czech Armed Forces Institute of Transportation Training: LTC Dipl. Eng. Jaroslav KRÁL

Methodology and Professional Qualification Section: MAJ Dipl. Eng. Rudolf KUBĚNKA

Military School for Drivers: MAJ Dipl. Eng. Rudolf ČERNÝ

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