East Mississippi Community College

Introduction to East Mississippi Community College

East Mississippi Community College is implementing a program to focus on a local demand for construction workers and commercial drivers. The Commercial Truck Driving program is an five-week program leading to Class A CDL, which prepares the graduate to enter the commercial truck driving industry as an intra-state (short haul) driver for the construction industry.

EMCC CDL Course Includes:

• Backing Awareness Training
• Being loaded (via front-end loaders, bucket excavators, overhead storage silos, etc)
• Safe dumping procedures and full dumping environment awareness and hazards recognition
• Ingress and egress of narrow truck weigh scales, wash pits, etc.
• Hauling 300+ degree material (hot mix asphalt)
• Dumping dirt/gravel materials that tend to shift/bulk during discharge
• Short hauls (requiring much shifting/braking)
• Driving over/through uneven and/or soft surfaces
• Rolling/unrolling trailer cover tarps
• Safe general maintenance that is specific to dump trailers/dump beds
• Following specific dumping instructions (spotter recognition and communication)
• Good recognition/understanding of many different materials (aggregates) appearances/properties, and their specific hauling characteristics/tendencies
• General “telematics” (GPS truck management) education
• Electronic logging devices (ELDs) and “Hours of Services” understanding
• Acquiring a Commercial Driving License

Admission Requirements

• A silver or better on the WorkKeys test.
• “Smart Start” Certification training.
• Proof of graduation from a high school or high school equivalency diploma.
• Possession of a valid driver’s license and social security card.
• Department of Transportation drug screen and DOT Physical.
• Application for Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) filed at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
• CDL learner’s permit or motor vehicle report.

• Paid tuition and a Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act profile completed.

The course costs $2,250. Tuition assistance is available for qualified students.

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  East Mississippi Community College
  8731 S Frontage Rd
  Mayhew, MS 39453
  662-243-1967

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