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Well day one was the dot physical and drug testing. Out of 16 of us we lost 4 before the first day was done. 12 of us received our long forms and 2 year cards
Chris, did you lose four students to drug testing or the DOT physical? I'm curious because I am trying to get the 'old BP down a bit before I go . . . got no problems with the drug test, though, but in any case let us know WHAT caused them to send home four (probably very disappointed) students the first day . . . 
Stephen E. Birch
SAP:
Substance Abuse Professional
The Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) is a person who evaluates employees who have violated a DOT drug and alcohol program regulation and makes recommendations concerning education, treatment, follow-up testing, and aftercare.
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
Could have been many reasons.
They could have been caught falsifying a drug test/ physical.
They could have simply changed their minds.
Or they lied on their application and were caught so they got sent home.
I think it was drug testing that they failed. They will not say. One guy was mad and three others just left. One other person just did not show up yesterday. And daniel b I said hi to henry for you. day 3 today.
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Well day one was the dot physical and drug testing. Out of 16 of us we lost 4 before the first day was done. 12 of us received our long forms and 2 year cards.
then it was free time until we started
airbrakes info. after going thru that we tested our knowledge. I missed 3 questions
Day 2 was today. We started out with a second airbrakes test and i killed it missing only 1
. After that it was straight to general knowledge. A break for lunch then more reviews and some training videos. Then we did a 50 question test on general knowledge. Hit that one out of the park by missing only 3 out of
50
. I will do better tomorrow and then straight to combination and then the full monty test of 150 questions. Then on to the dmv for the real deal class a permit test. I will keep updating my progress as i can.
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
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.