Looking Into Schools, Price Difference, What Companies Will Hire?
Topic 12304 | Page 2
Errol interjects :
I haven't priced them out, but community colleges might be closer to the $1,000 price tag, since they're partiy of the school system. Then the course is over several months.
Errol, my class is 7.5 weeks. Guess I did get lucky
I feel obligated to chime in here. The school I'm attending cost me about 80 bucks out of pocket. I was awarded a workforce and hope grant which covered everything. Out of pocket would have been 1200 bucks. We don't have an advanced facility with simulators and brand new tractors, our classroom is a small building beside the range and is run by 2 guys with decades of experience. I feel that we ( only 8 of us) will do just fine. And as an added bonus or 2, he is certified by the state to administer the cdl test so we will be prepared for test day, its also 30 min from my house. This was the best option for me, I'm sure everyone else will have different situations. So all in all yea you probably get what you pay for, but all the mega companies and a few smaller ones send recruiters to this school starting Monday actually.
Thanks!
Yeah, lots of people will talk like they know everything, but people can really only speak from their experiences. I trust people who say, "Well, this is what I went through" or "I saw this posted" or " (so and so) on the forums here said this was their experience" "Check the CDL diary portion of the forums" etc. and talk about the facts as they are presented.
I saw a video on YouTube of a guy who went to Toro (one of the $1,500 or less schools I was talking about) and on his channel he's got videos of him soon after looking like he's working.
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.
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.New Reply:
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CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
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.