Out-Of-Service Criteria Workshop

The 2025 Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) Out-of-Service (OOS) Criteria Handbook is used by enforcement officers across North America to determine when a commercial vehicle should be taken out of service. The 2025 OOS Criteria will be effective throughout North America on April 1, 2025. Though the handbook is a “must have” resource for truck and bus safety managers, fleet directors, drivers and shop professionals, this workshop provides an opportunity to learn the criteria directly from Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE).

The half-day workshop, conducted by a CVSE enforcement officer, will provide attendees with the knowledge and resources to detect commercial vehicle safety issues and violations before their vehicles become operational. In turn, this reduces expensive shipping delays, repair and towing costs and negative safety reports for the company. Topics to be discussed include changes in OOS criteria from 2024 to 2025, common roadside violations (with pictorials), and a walk through of the Level 1 procedure which defines how components are checked in relation to criteria. Attendees will also have an opportunity to ask questions at the end of the workshop.

Course outline includes:

• Commercial Vehicle Safety & Enforcement
• Introduction
• Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance – Who and what is it?
• Level I Inspection
• Out of Service Criteria
• Roadside Violations
• Q&A

Each attendee will be provided with a copy of the 2025 North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria Handbook.