Another Great Reason For Company Sponsored Training
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Almost happened to me. I was all set up to pay for school. It seemed perfect. They were willing to work around my work schedule and it was an hour away.
One day at home the news is on in the background and I hear them mention the schools name. Hundreds of students had to retest because the DMV found evidence of foul play. That's all they said. No details on what kind of foul play, just foul play.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.DMV:
Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.
I despise dishonest people.
While I know this site really pushes the company sponsored training , there are a lot of good well qualified schools out there for drivers. Just remember there are disreputable people and companies in all walks of life. I went to a program I paid for but with a company I knew to be reputable and I also knew the owners of the company and had my work lined up before hand. I would venture to guess more drivers get there CDL in ways other than company sponsored far more than the other way around.
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.
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.
EPU:
Electric Auxiliary Power Units
Electric APUs have started gaining acceptance. These electric APUs use battery packs instead of the diesel engine on traditional APUs as a source of power. The APU's battery pack is charged when the truck is in motion. When the truck is idle, the stored energy in the battery pack is then used to power an air conditioner, heater, and other devices
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What happened in this story happens way to often. Go with a big company and lose this worry. Hundreds of drivers lose their CDL.
We can't stress the importance of Paid CDL Training Programs enough. Here you will be trained with little or no money out of your pocket and have a much better chance of success.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: