What Company's That Offer Sponsored Training Recruit In Florida?
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I have been exploring companies and talking to different recruiters for about a month. From what I have been told, they almost all HATE south Florida. I think if you are up near the state line, it is ok. I am not sure but I think it is hard to get you on hometime if you live way south in Florida. The best way to find out is to call recruiters and tell them where you live. They will tell you if they hire from that area. An example for me, I have been talking with Roehl. They will not hire from where I currently live (east of I-95). I told the recruiter I was able to relocate once hired. She let me use my aunt's address in SC until I get relocated and settled in a address that is acceptable. The down side to that, once I get to work, if I ask for hometime, they are going to route me to my aunts house.
From what I understand, most companies don't care where you actually request your home time to be. When I request home time the system asks me what zip code I want to get to for it.
From what I understand, most companies don't care where you actually request your home time to be.
That varies quite a bit from company to company. But in this case, a lot of companies won't go South of I-10 in Florida at all so in that case it would matter.
I can't remember but I think Swift Transportation hires from Florida and sometimes Prime Inc does too depending on their demand. Prime I believe limits the total number of drivers they have from Florida.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Ok, thanks guys I'll call around. Let me know if you find anything different
Knight Transportation and CRST both hire and offer company sponsored training in Southwest Florida. Knight has a new terminal in Lakeland just east of Tampa on I 4.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
Company Sponsored Training:
A Company-Sponsored Training Program is a school that is owned and operated by a trucking company.
The schooling often requires little or no money up front. Instead of paying up-front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.
If you choose to quit working for the company before your year is up, they will normally require you to pay back a prorated amount of money for the schooling. The amount you pay back will be comparable to what you would have paid if you went to an independently owned school.
Company-sponsored training can be an excellent way to get your career underway if you can't afford the tuition up front for private schooling.
So I found Knight Transportation Company Sponsored training. What can you guys tell me about them,are they any good
Company Sponsored Training:
A Company-Sponsored Training Program is a school that is owned and operated by a trucking company.
The schooling often requires little or no money up front. Instead of paying up-front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.
If you choose to quit working for the company before your year is up, they will normally require you to pay back a prorated amount of money for the schooling. The amount you pay back will be comparable to what you would have paid if you went to an independently owned school.
Company-sponsored training can be an excellent way to get your career underway if you can't afford the tuition up front for private schooling.
So I found Knight Transportation Company Sponsored training. What can you guys tell me about them,are they any good
Trucking is a preformance Based business model and the same goes for the schools...
So the question should be are you any good? I mean do you work hard and have a good work ethic? If so then you will be fine.
Company Sponsored Training:
A Company-Sponsored Training Program is a school that is owned and operated by a trucking company.
The schooling often requires little or no money up front. Instead of paying up-front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.
If you choose to quit working for the company before your year is up, they will normally require you to pay back a prorated amount of money for the schooling. The amount you pay back will be comparable to what you would have paid if you went to an independently owned school.
Company-sponsored training can be an excellent way to get your career underway if you can't afford the tuition up front for private schooling.
Thanks and yea I'm a really hard worker it's hard for me to be lazy. I just alot of bad reviews on them that's why I asked
Thanks and yea I'm a really hard worker it's hard for me to be lazy. I just alot of bad reviews on them that's why I asked
Bad reviews like....They just want your money? Or They teach you just enough to pass the test and nothing else? ...Or they are fast paced and its hard to learn anything cause you have to share training time with 5 to 6 other people at the same time?.....
I know you have read these or something close to these. Guess what? They are all true. Lol. But that is what school is for . they only teach you enough to pass the CDL test and get your cdl. That is what they are paid to do. Learning to actual drive a truck does not start until you are in training with your first company.
If you want to learn to drive a truck while in school you will need to pay for a private school and spend a lot more time in school. Its slower paced in private school but will run you close to $7,000 to 10,0000 and then you still have to go into training once you are with your first company.
It all depends on how you learn personally as to which kind of trading would be best for you.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
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I live in sw florida (fort Myers). I've always had a huge interest in otr driving but don't know what companies recruit in sw florida. I'm looking to participate in company sponsored cdl training. Please someone help me out, looking for this to be a career
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Wil-Trans:
Darrel Wilson bought his first tractor in 1980 at age 20, but, being too young to meet OTR age requirements, he leased the truck out and hired a driver.
Through growth and acquisition, Wil-Trans now employs over 200 drivers, and has a long-standing partnership with Prime, Inc. to haul their refrigerated freight. The family of businesses also includes Jim Palmer Trucking and O & S Trucking.