Seprate Over The Road Mentor Progrmas?
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Hey Jon,
you can goto a local school for cdl training and get hired by a company and get more training. The best this to do is while going through the school, work on getting pre-hires from companies. Understanding Pre-Hires check this page for more info on Pre-Hires.
you may also want to look into Company-Sponsored Training . A Company Sponsored school is a company that will get you your CDL by training you, Hire you and put you with a trainer. Generally you can get this all complete in 2-3 months depending on company.
If you set on doing a local company, Truck Driving Jobs is a good way to get your apps out to company's quickly. It use's one app and sends it to multiple company's.
David
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.
Yes you can.. a lot of schools are connected with different companies that will hire them right out of school. Talk with your school and see if they have someone in charge of "placement" or something along those lines.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
I found a school in downtown LA I like but they only take you as far as getting your license. I need the experience of a being mentored with a trainer on the road.
Hello John - you bring up a great point which causes confusion for many.
The truck driving schools do exactly what you said - they exist to help people obtain their CDL. That is their main purpose. Were they to teach you how to be a professional driver who knows how to handle all the many situations you will encounter during your career they would have to spend so much time with you that the cost would be so exorbitant that only the wealthiest of people would be trying to become truck drivers.
Where ever you get hired, you will go out with a trainer - usually for a minimum of four weeks. Even that is not enough time to really cover everything you need to know, but it will help you have some sort of a foundation to build upon. I still learn something everyday. A life on the road is challenging and rewarding. If you face each new day out here as a lesson in both life and career you will do just fine.
Training is only a stepping stone to get you started out safely, you will continue to be trained by your experiences all along the way.
Good luck my friend - it is a daily adventure, and worth every minute of it.
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.
Hey John....I think the guys answered your question pretty well so I'm going to recommend you go through our Truck Driver's Career Guide. It covers soooo many different aspects of getting your trucking career underway and many of them are things most people would never consider before entering the industry. Go through it thoroughly and follow all of the links you come across. That will help you out tremendously.
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I found a school in downtown LA I like but they only take you as far as getting your license. I need the experience of a being mentored with a trainer on the road.
My question is this: can I get my CDL license from a school then get into a training program with a carrier after I have my licenses. Can you break it up like that or do you have to school and train with a company from start to end? thanks
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: