Profile For Bobby B.

I didn't see where someone suggested running in yelling and screaming or insulting your man hood my bad. Although giving advice on a place we know nothing about is difficult.

I didn't quote you, so that means I wasn't directly speaking to you. Some people seem to believe simple assertion gets you whatever you want in life. It was sarcasm well deserved. I'm not posting the school name until I can come to a resolution.

And it's not a scam. Some people didn't have to pay for the course because they got either scholarship through the school or some unemployment program or something. I personally paid 4,000 because I wasn't eligible for either.

Bobby, there seems to be something missing in your story.

In the first place I've never heard of anyone receiving their certificate without obtaining their CDL. What would be the point of that? That's like the school is proud to be advertising their failure rate!

If you are not assertive enough to get in there and get another chance at testing, you are going to have some serious issues with being successful in this career. Instead of asking us about Paid CDL Training Programs you ahould be putting your efforts into finding out from the school what it is that you need to do to test again. There is no way they have a standard policy of one and done. They would have a terrible failure rate, and that in itself would keep major carriers from being interested in hiring their students.

The whole purpose of the certificate is to show that you successfully passed the course.

You've never heard of it? So what, I'm sure there are plenty of things you've never heard of. What I said is how it is. I can post up my damn certificate, progress report, and signatures and things up right now if it wouldn't take so much time to blur out names and things.

Assertive enough? Running into the school screaming I want another test or my money back wouldn't do anything but get me escorted off the facility. Before you begin badgering and coming at my man-hood how about you provide some useful information to a guy that just got raped out of 4000 bucks. Isn't that the purpose of this forum...? I'm an outlier not damn outcast.

The school is through a community college and they don't brag about their passing rate. They repeat plenty times that they can't you promise you a CDL. I took my test and failed and another class began the following week. This is a high volume with many classes going about at one time. They have failures on the first try but they also have passers so it buffers.

It takes a truck to test, the trucks are full of newbies now with schedules and hours they have to accrue. Without a truck and maybe some cash for however much the dmv wants. I'm **** out of ****ing luck it seems.

Thanks alot.

That school sucks in my opinion. You payed all that money for only one chance? That sucks man. I would suggest company sponsored training. I like Primes program, and one of the higher paying companies for new drivers.

I'm pretty sure you would have to do the full training since you don't have your CDL. But if you stay a year you won't owe them for the training and getting your CDL.

I just can't believe the school only gives you one shot.

Yeah sucks, and I saved up for a while to pay that 4k. I'm depressed right now.

Would companies make me go through their training all over again even though I already fulfilled the state requirements for training and I have my certificate and everything. I just don't have the cdl because I failed the test during the skills test at the DMV.

Have you ever heard of a company providing money to just solely take the CDL test at the DMV or is the test always inclusive to the company training? I just would like to know if my class completion actually holds any value without a CDL in the companies eyes...

If you go to a company WITHOUT A CDL - you will be expected to go through the same course as EVERYONE ELSE that doesn't have one (aka: newbies) - and take on the same obligation as far as staying with the company to offset your training.

Which skill did you FAIL? How many times did you fail? Did the school you paid $4K to, not give you the opportunity to work on the skills you were weak on - and RETEST?

Going with a company - will give you the opportunity to get (or renew) your CLP - and go out for some REAL WORLD DRIVING to hone your skills before taking the DMV tests.

While most companies require a certain number of hours (160 seems to be the magic number) for RECENT GRADS WITH CDL IN HAND - there are currently not state/federal regs "on the books" that specify how many hours training is required (though FMCSA is supposed to do a rule-making on this REAL SOON).

You class completion really means little "in the company's eyes" - because you fell short by not obtaining a CDL. In the class I attended (320 hours at a County VoTech) if you didn't GET your CDL - you DIDN'T GET A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION.

Part of the "requirement" to complete a CDL school - is to ACTUALLY GET YOUR CDL.

You wouldn't care to clue us in on what school that happened to be?

While private schools can't guarantee you A JOB - they certainly should be able to stick by you, until you actually get your CDL.

There are genuinely some folks that just CANNOT MASTER THE SKILLS REQUIRED to pass the CDL Skills Tests. It's rare, but it does happen. Usually because of nervous while testing, or not getting enough quality time training and practice before testing.

Rick

Okay so It basically was just a big complete waste of time and I can burn my certificate because I failed the one and only CDL test. I failed the parallel parking part of the skills test by 1 point.

I won't name the school I attended sorry.

Okay so at least there's hope still. I'll just have to do EVERYTHING OVER AGAIN... at a company sponsored training. I still have my permit and DOT med card and everything else.

The staff at the DMV is really tough, I wasn't the only one in the class who failed... the majority of us did to be honest.

Why don't you take the test again through your school. It's common for people to take multiple tries to get their CDL.

As for training at your first company, yes you will have to go with a trainer, even with a CDL and your school. You don't have any experience yet.

I went to a private school to get my CDL and I did four weeks with a trainer at my first company.

We only got one chance to pass the CDL test. So now the class is over and I'm without a truck to test in. Also not sure how much the dmv will charge me as the expense was included in tuition for the first test I failed.

Would companies make me go through their training all over again even though I already fulfilled the state requirements for training and I have my certificate and everything. I just don't have the cdl because I failed the test during the skills test at the DMV.

Have you ever heard of a company providing money to just solely take the CDL test at the DMV or is the test always inclusive to the company training? I just would like to know if my class completion actually holds any value without a CDL in the companies eyes...

Hello everyone I've been lurking around here for a while and decided to register and participate.

I've recently been granted a scholarship through my local tech school to finish the CDL program there. I'm starting on January 9 and I'm very excited. I'm 23 years old, clean record, clean MVR, straight edge guy and I'm just hoping that I've stumbled across the career for me.

I've been narrowing down my options in regards to companies I'd want to work for. Although, I am waiting to hear the efforts of my schools job placements. I've considered TMC, Knight, and Prime. I understand that your work experience is what you make of it and I've been the knuckle head before in the army, and at previous job with ego issues and it gets you no where. I've matured and just ready to act like an adult and get my life rolling.

Thanks for reading.