What Are Steps When Starting Company Paid Trucking School?
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You need to obtain a permit through your local dmv. They will provide the study material which will vary on the state.
After acquiring your permit, contact a company that you favor. You will most likely go through a pre-hire process where they will collect various information about yourself including work history, criminal background, etc. You will also need a medical card declaring that you are healthy enough to drive for extended periods of time. This can be done at participating clinics.
After you've been approved, they'll either set you up with the loan or offer transportation to their academy, whichever comes first. As for the actual training courses, the completion time will vary. Some schools are better than others, offering more equipment and time to hone your skills which will consist of basic knowledge and operation of a tractor-trailer, parking, and navigating the roads/highways.
When the school has decided(or has hopefully not pushed you into it) that you are fit for testing, you will graduate from them. You will be taken to their local dmv where you will complete a set course. This course varies on the state. For Texas, I was asked to do a quick inspection, explain the operation of the vehicle, drove around the highway and then on it, and finally asked to parallel park.
This is mostly what happens for a lot of the training schools out there.
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.
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.
You need to obtain a permit through your local dmv. They will provide the study material which will vary on the state.
After acquiring your permit, contact a company that you favor. You will most likely go through a pre-hire process where they will collect various information about yourself including work history, criminal background, etc. You will also need a medical card declaring that you are healthy enough to drive for extended periods of time. This can be done at participating clinics.
After you've been approved, they'll either set you up with the loan or offer transportation to their academy, whichever comes first. As for the actual training courses, the completion time will vary. Some schools are better than others, offering more equipment and time to hone your skills which will consist of basic knowledge and operation of a tractor-trailer, parking, and navigating the roads/highways.
When the school has decided(or has hopefully not pushed you into it) that you are fit for testing, you will graduate from them. You will be taken to their local dmv where you will complete a set course. This course varies on the state. For Texas, I was asked to do a quick inspection, explain the operation of the vehicle, drove around the highway and then on it, and finally asked to parallel park.
This is mostly what happens for a lot of the training schools out there.
Chris thanks for the info. I actually start a school in 2weeks. The said I didn't need my permit bc I'll get it there. Thanks for responding.
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.
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.
Andre, what you want to do is work through our High Road Training Program. It has the actual CDL manual built right in and will prepare you for the written CDL permit exam, all of the endorsement exams, and life on the road. Here's how the program breaks down:
To Get Your CDL Permit:
- Rules & Regulations
- Driving Safely
- Transporting Cargo Safely
- Air Brakes
- Combination Vehicles
- Pre-Trip Inspection
- Driving Exam
To get your CDL endorsements which are optional but we highly recommend you get:
- Transporting Passengers
- Doubles And Triples
- Tankers
- Hazardous Materials
And two sections we've built ourselves with info you'll need for everyday life on the road but the manual doesn't really cover it:
- Logbook
- Weight & Balance
Get through that course before you start school. In fact, get your permit before you start school and you'll be way ahead of the game. There is a massive information overload for new drivers that don't prepare ahead of time.
Pre-trip Inspection:
A pre-trip inspection is a thorough inspection of the truck completed before driving for the first time each day.
Federal and state laws require that drivers inspect their vehicles. Federal and state inspectors also may inspect your vehicles. If they judge a vehicle to be unsafe, they will put it “out of service” until it is repaired.
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.
Logbook:
A written or electronic record of a driver's duty status which must be maintained at all times. The driver records the amount of time spent driving, on-duty not driving, in the sleeper berth, or off duty. The enforcement of the Hours Of Service Rules (HOS) are based upon the entries put in a driver's logbook.
Combination Vehicle:
A vehicle with two separate parts - the power unit (tractor) and the trailer. Tractor-trailers are considered combination vehicles.
Doubles:
Refers to pulling two trailers at the same time, otherwise known as "pups" or "pup trailers" because they're only about 28 feet long. However there are some states that allow doubles that are each 48 feet in length.
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I'm wondering how this works? When you report do you take the knowledge & skills test to obtain your permit?
When you go out on the road for 6 weeks do you get your actual CDL license upon return? Do you go back to dmv? I'm in Texas
Thanks.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
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.