Profile For Andrew R.

Bruce I was in the same boat as you. There are private schools that work with several trucking companies that take students that graduate their program. The process typically starts with getting you pre-hired with one of these trucking companies. Once pre-hired you start training. After graduation and getting your CDL you then starting over the road (OTR) training with a company mentor. Note, these companies do tuition reimbursement but ultimately you are responsible for the tuition. Most of these schools offer tuition financing and as long as you remain with a company that does tuition reimbursement the company will make these monthly payments for you. Option A that Patrick explained is correct. I decided to go with driver solutions which recruits for Pam Transport. Driver solutions is one of the schools listed here on truckingtruth. I went with them because i didn't have to come our of pocket for anything except licensing costs at the DMV. I have to sign a one year contract with Pam and if i remain with them then tuition is covered. They do no deduct the tuition from your pay. However the pay is on the low side, but i guess that is a trade off for them paying for school. If you decide to leave prior to the year then you will be responsible for the tuition that Career Tech billed driver solutions. Based on my home work, most if not all drivers usually have a rough first year and typically do not make a lot of money. Do you own home work and take a look at the list of companies that have programs like this, the list is here on truckingtruth.com. Good luck!