Lancaster County Career And Technology Center LCCTC
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Hey, I'm not in PA but I did get funded through my state workforce. If it's anything like yours, the funding came through, county by county. At least in Colorado, I did not necessarily have to go through my own county to get funding and in fact, I didn't. I went outside my county to another. Also, I did notice that during this process, some counties seemed to have money one minute and not the next. Then I would hear that this county or that would not have funding until such-and-such month. This seems to be normal as a county will have money and then because there's a high demand in that area, it gets distributed out more quickly than surrounding areas. This actually happened in Weld county where there was a high demand for drivers to support the growth in the oil fields and then by March, there was no funding for Weld until July. It didn't effect me because I was applying in a different county.
You can look into applying in another county, if PA allows that. Also, I didn't attend school in either the county where I live or the county from which I got funded, so you may be more free to roam than you think. Again, I'm not in the least bit familiar with how things work over there but it may be worth looking in to.
If not, you can just hang tight, not worry too much about it, and go with Lancaster's plan to be funded and allow your case-worker to present your case when the time comes.
(I will say that I grew up not far from you, just outside of Philly in Montgomery county and you do have some nice back country roads on which to practice your driving once you are in school.)
And check out Sage Truck Driving School. Their national headquarters is right there in Camp Hill! Their people will be fairly familiar with the ins and outs of PA's workforce system and may have suggestions on which direction to go for assistance or how to make the system work more efficiently for you.
In the meantime, while you're waiting, stay in touch with your case-worker, at least once a week, in case something changes or he/she needs more information or documentation from you. Also, take the time to get as many pre-hire letters (use this link) Understanding Pre-Hires as you can and study as much of the High Road Training Program as you can before school starts.
Also, RedGator is from Allentown and might know a thing or two to help you out.
Hope this helps a bit. Good luck and keep us posted.
-mountain girl
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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.
Also, 6 string rhythm is in PA. He may know a thing or two.
-mountain girl
Welcome to the forum buddy. I can't offer much for funding, wish I could, I paid out of pocket. I will say that DCS School of Driving - York, PA was a great school for me. I don't know much about LCCTC, but I can tell you that DCS will run you on pretty much all back roads and city driving (Lancaster and York cities). Apparently, they have one of the toughest courses for the skills test in the state of PA, but I graduated with a good amount of experience keeping my trailer in control on windy, back roads, and the city and town driving was invaluable. Definitely gave me more experience than any school that will just keep you on the highway - about as much experience as a student driver could get.
Bainbridge, in Nissley Wine country huh? You would be close to DCS, I commuted from HBG area. Whatever school you choose, best of luck to you! We live in a very good place for trucking - lots of opportunities. You have plenty of options. Not sure what your goals are, but don't overlook the multitude of LTL companies you have to choose from. One of my classmates hired on w/ Conway-Freight and got his local job right away to be at home w/ family. I hired on w/ another LTL company and will be making .55 cpm my first year - will probably get close to making what most veteran drivers make OTR ... in my rookie year. PM me if you want info.
LTL:
Less Than Truckload
Refers to carriers that make a lot of smaller pickups and deliveries for multiple customers as opposed to hauling one big load of freight for one customer. This type of hauling is normally done by companies with terminals scattered throughout the country where freight is sorted before being moved on to its destination.
LTL carriers include:
- FedEx Freight
- Con-way
- YRC Freight
- UPS
- Old Dominion
- Estes
- Yellow-Roadway
- ABF Freight
- R+L Carrier
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.
CPM:
Cents Per Mile
Drivers are often paid by the mile and it's given in cents per mile, or cpm.
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.
The fiscal funding year ends in June and a new one begins in July. The funding is given in small doses to the careerlink. I have to wait about 3 weeks for my funding. Your county may just be alittle backed up at the moment. I went to LCCC out of Schnecksville. It is an Allstate Career School. Do you know if LCCTC is affiliate with Sage or Allstate? Idk your school personally but yes Amish Country is really pretty.
Spent many days on school-girl field trips to the Amish Country ... world of their own and so pretty.
-mountain girl
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I am in PA. Im waiting for carrerlink to recieve funding so I can attend this school. Can anyone help me with their experience attending this truck school? But mainly whats stressing me is that I had to go take tests to show im not a idiot and worth the funding so I so all rhe stuff and im told we are waiting to get more funding when 4 5 weeka ago careerlink had funding and id be good to go but now have to stay active in the program to get funding does anyone know whats going on with rhis funding? All I hear is october at the erliest and my test scores put me in front of the line to get it they say anyone in PA arwa going through this