Comments By Diver

Well, today was my first day with my trainer. Things went pretty well. He and I hit it off pretty good. There were a few things that happened that put us behind before we got on the road for our first delivery. He says tomorrow should go smoother. First load from Newberry to Tarpon Springs, offload and then back to Newberry for another load. Second load went to Bunnell then back. Used all our on-duty 14 hours too. Back out at 5:30 in the morning to do it all over again. Doing local isn't going to be to bad and dry bulk is going to be okay too. No having to sit at loading docks for hours on end. :)

JC, training for the dry bulk is anywhere from 1 to 3 weeks and then you're out on your on. Figuring out which valves to open and when and how to adjust the flow so you don't clog up is the biggest thing to learn besides the paperwork.

I've been using a CPAP machine for close to 5 years now. The only trouble I've had stemming from apnea has been with my DOT physical. The first one I did I wasn't aware I needed the compliance report. No big deal, got the report and got my card, easy peasy. That was for my school. The company I went with out of school had me do another physical for them. No problem, I made sure to have a current compliance report before I went to orientation. But they not only wanted the compliance report, but also a statement from my Dr saying that my apnea was under control with the use of the CPAP which I didn't have. The compliance report does show if your apnea is under control, but they want the statement too. So I recommend to anyone with apnea using a CPAP make sure you take your compliance report and get a statement from your sleep Dr prior to your physical.

No problem JC. The physical agility was no big deal. They have you pick up a box from the ground properly and setting it on a shelf 2-3 times with 3 different amounts of weight. They have a table set up to simulate climbing up in the back of a trailer that you do 3 times. You climb up and down a ladder 3 times and a few other things that are no big deal. All in all, unless you are dead you should be able to pass it. lol

Driving the automatic was a little different. My left leg kept wanting to come up. It doesn't get going quite as quickly as I was used to with shifting on my own, but for slowing down and not having to worry about downshifting it was pretty nice.

The only reason I switched from the regional to the local was because by the time I finished school they didn't have any regional spots open so I took the local to get started. They did say if a regional opened up I would be able to switch over to it. As far as I know they have local available in Georgia too especially if you are doing dry bulk.

As far as the percentage pay goes I can't really say how it compares to cpm. I just know if you aren't loaded you aren't making any money. So the pay will depend on how many loads you get to run a day. They told me that I can get cross trained for flatbed so if there aren't enough loads of one I can do the other.

No problem with the questions, that's how you learn stuff. And this site has a wealth of information. Anything else, just let me know!

They also do tuition reimbursement at $150 a month.

Congratulations I hope everything goes good for you. I am just about to start training at my local technically college, and I have been looking around at different companies to start out with possibly when I graduate and CCC Transportation is one of them. So I was wondering if there was any information and tips you could give me about the company, the hiring process, orientation overall, the trucks, what made you go with them, anything really would be a great help?

Thanks JC. I did my training at a Technical College down here in Florida. Eight weeks worth and over a 1000 miles of driving. So far I'm happy with them. The pay is not the greatest, but they'll tell you up front that you won't get rich with them. Orientation wasn't to bad, 5 days worth in 4 days. :)

Orientation is paid at $76 a day. The hotel is so-so and breakfast is provided there. They also provide lunch, dinner is on you. The first day is physical agility, road test and a DOT physical. They have all automatic transmission trucks. I'll be doing dry bulk tanker which is a big part of their operation. But they also do van and some flatbed in CCC.

The nice part is that CCC is under Comcar Industries which has several different diviisions. CCC is mostly dry bulk and van. CT is flatbed. MCT is reefer and CTL is chemical tanker. After 6 months you can move to another division and your time goes with you.

In CCC I'll be getting paid a percentage (20.9%) of the load rather than cpm. I initially was looking at a regional gig with them driving FL, AL, GA and the Carolina's out 5 and home 2 for the most part, but by the time I finished school I ended up with a local position home every night. No endorsements needed with CCC by the way.

Let me know if you have any other questions about them. Good luck to you!

Orientation complete as of yesterday afternoon. I am now officially a company driver in training with CCC Transportation!

Day 3 in the books. Today was pretty much like yesterday. More video, more lecture and more written tests. We covered the Smith System today too. Had a visit from HR to go over our benefit package.

Tomorrow payroll comes in to get direct deposit paperwork. We have more videos and 2 final tests. We'll also get our driver #'s and become official company drivers! We will then be going home for the wekend and report to our respective trainers/terminals Monday morning.

It has been a long time coming, but it is finally here!

Jacob, there are several companies that will hire new grads. There are even a few that have company sponsored schools. They are all listed on this site. Plenty of jobs available for Class A drivers providing you have no major/recent driving or criminal history.

Day 2 done. It consisted of a fun filled day of company policies and written tests on them along with some very dated videos. Looking like tomorrow will be more of the same.

So far I've been impressed with everyone I've met with the company. And today was no exception. My primary care Dr said he couldn't help me out on the sleep apnea deal so I figured I was pretty much SOL. Went back to the compliance folks and told them what was going on. They said they talk with the VP of Safety and get back with me. This afternoon they told me that I would be getting a 3 month medical card, but that I had to get the statement from the Dr within that time period. So, everything is good to go. They really did me good on this and I am very appreciative. 2 more days orientation and I move on to a trainer. Woo-hoo!

Day 1 complete. It consisted of redoing our application on paper, open book DOT test, physical agility test, road test, DOT physical and some other misc paperwork.

Agility test was no big deal. The road test wasn't bad at all. It was my first time driving a big rig with an automatic transmission though. Now the DOT physical was once again a pain in the tookus for me. My first physical I didn't know I needed a CPAP compliance report so my card was delayed until I got one, no big deal. This time I was prepared! I made sure to get an updated report last Friday. My paperwork from CCC said to make sure I brought one so I figured I was set for this one. WRONG! This place not only wanted the report, but they also wanted a statement from the Dr saying my apnea was under control from the CPAP treatment. Geez! My Dr won't send the statement without seeing me and they can't see me until June 4th. Going to see if my primary care Dr can help me out before I leave Thursday. The compliance folks are going to let me stay and do everything else and all will be good if I can get it before the end of the week.

Can't wait to what tomorrow brings.