FFU's institutional flagship program
Small Fleet Operations & Transportation Entrepreneurship
A 60-hour, instructor-led program that teaches a learner to plan, launch, and run a small trucking business — built for technical education, workforce, and CDL programs to deliver as a cohort.
10-week reference schedule · institutional delivery only
Who this is for
Built for programs that develop small-fleet operators and entrepreneurs
This program goes beyond driving: it teaches the business decisions that determine whether a small carrier survives — formation, authority, dispatch, pricing, and growth.
- Technical and career-technical education programs
- Workforce development boards and workforce training programs
- CDL schools adding the business side of trucking to driver training
- Reentry and workforce-reentry initiatives
- Community organizations supporting small carriers and owner-operators
- Logistics employers developing future small-fleet owners and operators
The curriculum
10 weeks, one module each
60 instructional hours across 10 weeks, instructor-led throughout.
- 01
The Transportation Industry & the Small-Fleet Entrepreneur
- 02
Business Formation & Startup Planning
- 03
Operating Authority, Compliance Onboarding, Insurance & Documentation
- 04
Equipment, Maintenance & Operating Costs
- 05
Dispatch, Load Boards & Lane Strategy
- 06
Pricing, Rates, Negotiation & Profitability
- 07
Safety, Hours of Service & Operational Risk
- 08
Fleet Growth, Drivers, Systems & Customer Service
- 09
Financial Management & the Business Plan
- 10
Capstone Presentations, Final Assessment & Launch Readiness
Reference hour mix: lecture 17.5h · guided practice 13h · simulation 10.25h · assessment 7.25h · capstone 12h.
Assessment model
A practical, instructor-graded evaluation model
Progress is checked every week and demonstrated in a real business plan, not just a multiple-choice score.
10 weekly knowledge checks
One 10-item knowledge check per week, instructor-graded within the platform.
Mid-program assessment
A 30-item, instructor-administered checkpoint before the pricing and finance modules.
Final examination
A 40-item final covering the full 10-week curriculum.
Capstone: Business Launch & Operations Plan
A 12-section written business and operations plan, built progressively from Week 1, assembled in Week 9, and presented to the cohort in Week 10.
For your students
What each student receives
- An individual authenticated FFU learner account — no shared logins.
- Structured, instructor-led weekly sessions across the full 10-week curriculum.
- Embedded knowledge checks and a mid-program checkpoint before the final exam.
- A capstone project — a real Business Launch & Operations Plan for the business they design.
- Progress tracking the instructor and institution can see throughout the cohort.
For your institution
What your institution receives
- A named cohort with the seat count contracted, and full control of who occupies each seat.
- An organization record with designated institutional administrators, scoped to that organization only.
- Instructor-led delivery on a 10-week, 60-hour reference schedule.
- Cohort progress and completion reporting, plus CSV export for the institution's own records.
- Attendance and documented-activity records the institution can use under its own hours methodology.
- Implementation, instructor onboarding, and a named FFU point of contact for the engagement.
Administration
Cohort delivery, run with your institution
Sponsored seats are not shared logins. Each student gets their own account, tracked from Week 1 through the capstone.
Cohort administration
A named cohort with the seat count contracted, and full control of who occupies each seat.
Institutional reporting
Cohort progress and completion reporting, plus CSV export for your own records.
Attendance evidence
Documented attendance and activity records your institution can use under its own hours methodology.
Completion
Certificate of Completion
Institutions define and issue their own Certificate of Completion, built from FFU's documented attendance, assessment, and capstone completion records. It is not an accredited credential, not a license, not an operating authority, and not a government-issued credential of any kind.
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Important
What this program is — and is not
- Freight Flow University is not an accredited institution. This is a non-credit workforce training and professional development program.
- Completion confers no license, no operating authority, and no government approval of any kind. It is not a CDL, not a CDL preparation program, and not a substitute for any federal or state licensing requirement.
- FFU makes no guarantee of employment, placement, income, business launch, or any specific business outcome.
- FFU does not determine or guarantee funding eligibility. Institutions confirm eligibility for grant, workforce, or tuition-assistance funding under their own funding source's rules.
- Course content is educational. It is not legal, tax, financial, insurance, or mechanical-safety advice.
- The 60 hours are the program's instructional reference scope over a 10-week cohort; an institution's own attendance and completion policy governs what is recorded for its learners.