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Richie....Welcome to TT !! We'll help you all we can. Your first move is to APPLY...but apply at multiple companies. That way you have choices you can make, and not be tied into what the one company offers you. Theres some links here that will help you Truck Driver's Career GuideTruck Driving SchoolsHow To Choose A CompanyUnderstanding Pre-Hires Company-Sponsored Training How To Choose A School And while you wait to choose...you need to get into High Road Training Program and study study study.....the better prepared you are when you go to your school, the easier it will be for you to learn what they teach you, and you will stand out in your class !!! And thats what its all about...when you stand out, the instructors take notice, and then you will get picked to go with a trainer !!! So get those apps out, and decide where you want to go...and STUDY. We are here to help you all we can, but we can't pick the school or company for you...thats something you have to decide on your own, taking into account your own unique situation......Good Luck !!
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.
Pre-hire:
What Exactly Is A Pre-Hire Letter?
Pre-hire letters are acceptance letters from trucking companies to students, or even potential students, to verify placement. The trucking companies are saying in writing that the student, or potential student, appears to meet the company's minimum hiring requirements and is welcome to attend their orientation at the company’s expense once he or she graduates from truck driving school and has their CDL in hand.
We have an excellent article that will help you Understand The Pre-Hire Process.
A Pre-Hire Letter Is Not A Guarantee Of Employment
The people that receive a pre-hire letter are people who meet the company's minimum hiring requirements, but it is not an employment contract. It is an invitation to orientation, and the orientation itself is a prerequisite to employment.
During the orientation you will get a physical, drug screen, and background check done. These and other qualifications must be met before someone in orientation is officially hired.
Pre-hires:
What Exactly Is A Pre-Hire Letter?
Pre-hire letters are acceptance letters from trucking companies to students, or even potential students, to verify placement. The trucking companies are saying in writing that the student, or potential student, appears to meet the company's minimum hiring requirements and is welcome to attend their orientation at the company’s expense once he or she graduates from truck driving school and has their CDL in hand.
We have an excellent article that will help you Understand The Pre-Hire Process.
A Pre-Hire Letter Is Not A Guarantee Of Employment
The people that receive a pre-hire letter are people who meet the company's minimum hiring requirements, but it is not an employment contract. It is an invitation to orientation, and the orientation itself is a prerequisite to employment.
During the orientation you will get a physical, drug screen, and background check done. These and other qualifications must be met before someone in orientation is officially hired.
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
Richie....from the menu bar at the top of the page, select "Trucking Schools."
Then move your mouse over Company-Sponsored CDL Training.
Scroll down to find Knight....or any company you want to check out, and click on their logo.
There you will see much information about the company and their training program, including where their school(s) are located. When you get to the bottom of the first page you will see "Click here to learn more about Knight Transportation's Driver Training Center."
There are multiple pages with tons of info. This is how I searched the companies out and started weeding them out until I made my choice.
They are home based in Phoenix, Arizona. There's much more on there so check it out.
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.
Richie....Welcome to TT !! We'll help you all we can. Your first move is to APPLY...but apply at multiple companies. That way you have choices you can make, and not be tied into what the one company offers you. Theres some links here that will help you Truck Driver's Career GuideTruck Driving SchoolsHow To Choose A CompanyUnderstanding Pre-Hires Company-Sponsored Training How To Choose A School And while you wait to choose...you need to get into High Road Training Program and study study study.....the better prepared you are when you go to your school, the easier it will be for you to learn what they teach you, and you will stand out in your class !!! And thats what its all about...when you stand out, the instructors take notice, and then you will get picked to go with a trainer !!! So get those apps out, and decide where you want to go...and STUDY. We are here to help you all we can, but we can't pick the school or company for you...thats something you have to decide on your own, taking into account your own unique situation......Good Luck !!
Thxs and i will study harder than i should be . But right now i got knight in the first spot for my future career in trucking
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.
Pre-hire:
What Exactly Is A Pre-Hire Letter?
Pre-hire letters are acceptance letters from trucking companies to students, or even potential students, to verify placement. The trucking companies are saying in writing that the student, or potential student, appears to meet the company's minimum hiring requirements and is welcome to attend their orientation at the company’s expense once he or she graduates from truck driving school and has their CDL in hand.
We have an excellent article that will help you Understand The Pre-Hire Process.
A Pre-Hire Letter Is Not A Guarantee Of Employment
The people that receive a pre-hire letter are people who meet the company's minimum hiring requirements, but it is not an employment contract. It is an invitation to orientation, and the orientation itself is a prerequisite to employment.
During the orientation you will get a physical, drug screen, and background check done. These and other qualifications must be met before someone in orientation is officially hired.
Pre-hires:
What Exactly Is A Pre-Hire Letter?
Pre-hire letters are acceptance letters from trucking companies to students, or even potential students, to verify placement. The trucking companies are saying in writing that the student, or potential student, appears to meet the company's minimum hiring requirements and is welcome to attend their orientation at the company’s expense once he or she graduates from truck driving school and has their CDL in hand.
We have an excellent article that will help you Understand The Pre-Hire Process.
A Pre-Hire Letter Is Not A Guarantee Of Employment
The people that receive a pre-hire letter are people who meet the company's minimum hiring requirements, but it is not an employment contract. It is an invitation to orientation, and the orientation itself is a prerequisite to employment.
During the orientation you will get a physical, drug screen, and background check done. These and other qualifications must be met before someone in orientation is officially hired.
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
Richie,
For the Knight CDL training you will probably go to Olive Branch MS. And after training, drive out of the Charlotte terminal.
Call and talk with a recruiter to find out about refrigerated.
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.
Just a suggestion ... I drive for Watkins Shepard. We have a terminal and a school in Conover N.C. The Conover terminal is primarily furniture delivery so you will be moving furniture to the back of the truck at a stop, but you get paid a minimum of $20 for each time you have to do it.
I really like the company, they treat me pretty well. I do a lot of loads out of Conover and Dalton GA (mostly carpet out of Dalton). The guys that run out of those terminals are generally out six days and home one each week, but make good money due to the stops they make.
For what it's worth....
Tracy
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Just a suggestion ... I drive for Watkins Shepard. We have a terminal and a school in Conover N.C. The Conover terminal is primarily furniture delivery so you will be moving furniture to the back of the truck at a stop, but you get paid a minimum of $20 for each time you have to do it.
I really like the company, they treat me pretty well. I do a lot of loads out of Conover and Dalton GA (mostly carpet out of Dalton). The guys that run out of those terminals are generally out six days and home one each week, but make good money due to the stops they make.
For what it's worth....
Tracy
I will keep them in mind and look up info about them . thank u Tracy
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Richie,
For the Knight CDL training you will probably go to Olive Branch MS. And after training, drive out of the Charlotte terminal.
Call and talk with a recruiter to find out about refrigerated.
Thank u thank you because I was looking for the right answer to my question .
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.
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I too am looking at knight transportation and i was wondering if I did applied to them , where will i go for training ? I live in North Carolina ( go tarheels !! )Because I truly want to become a trucker and I would love to do this , but want to do this right and correct. Any help will do for me , because I wanna start living again and to be able to privide a better life .
Another question ; how do one get into their referigrated division? Saw it on their website and i put in my zipcode and i saw that they have dry van / reefer position. I am curious and want some great answers and advice . please help me with your sound advice/ insight !!
Thank u !!!
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.