No Formal CDL Training In Illinois
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Annee says:
Manuel, I believe I went to the school you are referring to. Your description and the location is spot on.
The name of the school is really a non-issue now. But, Annee, you can Private Message Manuel to find out if you are co-alumni. click on his name to get to his profile. At the bottom of that page is a link to send a message direct to Manuel's email. (It's a good idea to post out here "I sent you a PM" so he can look for it - maybe in the spam folder.)
Thanks Errol, I didn't know I could do that. I'll send him a private message.
Hey Manuel, I just sent you a pm. Please check your email. Annee
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Now first of all, Errol and Old School are 100% correct. Regardless of whether a person goes through a Company-Sponsored Training Program or a Private Truck Driving School you really need to go through the proper schooling to have a solid foundation for your career. Most companies will not hire anyone who hasn't completed their training at a legitimate school unless they have a year or more of safe, verifiable OTR experience.
And really, if you're going to knit blankets I would say go ahead and Google it a little and figure it out yourself. But you want to figure out how to drive an 80,000 pound truck without proper guidance or a set curriculum? Because once you start down a mountain with 80,000 pounds in a snowstorm or you head into Downtown Chicago for a 7:00 a.m. delivery on a Monday morning there is no "pause" button. It's not a game. You die or you kill someone if you do one little thing wrong. It's really not the type of activity I would consider a "teach yourself" kind of thing.
Finally, it's really not difficult at all to pick the right school. We have some great resources to help out:
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CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
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.
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.
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.