Swift Orientation/Mentor Phase
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Congrats on getting your cdl! I actually just went through Swift orientation in Denver this week, so if you're wondering exactly how it goes here check out my description of it under the "cdl training journals" section of the forum. Mine should be near the top. Did you go to school in Arizona or at USTDS in Colorado?
Wow, thanks and congrats to you, too! I attended USTDS. I moved back to Colorado because I had better luck with trucking companies, so I decided I didn't want to travel to Phoenix when I just got here. Plus the recruiter told me USTDS has waaaaayyyyy smaller classes, so there's more one-on-one time with instructors, which I find to be important when learning how to operate giant 18-wheeled, 80,000 lb missiles that are a million times my size and could kill me and anyone else in a heartbeat.
USTDS was a great school with amazing instructors. I learned tons. Did you go to Phoenix or USTDS? And I am about to go read your training journal right now. Thanks!
Dang that's awesome! Yeah I went to USTDS and liked it a lot, but I went to the one in Pueblo...I'm guessing you probably went to the one in Denver? I saw you're staying at a hotel--you don't happen to be in the one just down the street from the Swift terminal?
I went to the US TDS in Wheat Ridge, which is close to Arvada. Also, as we speak I'm staying in the hotel close to the school in Arvada. HOWEVER, on Sunday I will be moving to the hotel right down the street from the Swift terminal. Crazy how things work out!
Dang that's so crazy! I won't be here by then. I just got off the phone with my mentor who says we should be leaving in the morning. Good luck at orientation!
Good luck on the road! That was quick. You just finished orientation! It's good to know Swift moves fast!!
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.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
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Dang that's so crazy! I won't be here by then. I just got off the phone with my mentor who says we should be leaving in the morning. Good luck at orientation!
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.