Questions From A Newbie
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Welcome Noah.
We'll do our best to guide you in the right direction. The best place to start is to read Brett's Book. A 15 year veteran driver, Brett is the creator/founder of trucking truth and wrote the aforementioned book to help potential student drivers establish a base of understanding and a reasonable expectation level. Truck Driver's Career Guide is another excellent informational piece designed to summarize the best path to a successful career.
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If you have a specific school in mind, type the name of the school in the search bar (upper left), press enter and you will see if there are any hits on the search argument.
Trucking Truth has also compiled a summary of trucking companies and how best to choose one that fits your needs. Links as follows:
As previously suggested on school name, type WIA Grant in the search bar, press enter and t will return threads specific to the WIA topic. I know there have been several posts on that topic.
Good luck and let us know how else we can assist you.
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.
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.
Hello my name is Noah and tomorrow I have my interview for the wia grant. I'm hoping to go to school at the local allstate trucking academy by my house. I have my permit and medical card already from when my work was going to pay for us to get our cdl but they then laid us off. I guess allstate makes you retake the medical card which isnt a big deal. If I don't get the wia grant I'm planning on doing a company sponsored training. When the counselor called me about the interview for the wia grant it sounded promising because im laid off and before that i was on injury relieved and i was underemployed. I was in the oil and gas industry but with this last lay off I need to find a job that is more steady for my family and I.
Does anyone have any recommendations on the best place to start working after my schooling if I get my wia grant? If I don't get my wia grant anyone have any recommendations on the best sponsored companies? Does anyone know how the wia grant works? Like i said I am unemployed and on government assistant now because im out of work and there is no jobs in my area besides truck driving. Any advise for a new truck driving looking to get into the trucking industry?
Thank you Noah
I'm TOTALLY biased, but I've been very happy with Schneider and recommend them highly. You can check my other posts for details or pm me.
Biggest reason I like driving for SNI is they made good on every promise. Add to that there is Van truckload, intermodal , dedicated, tanker and you have lots of options in one company.
Good luck!
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.
Intermodal:
Transporting freight using two or more transportation modes. An example would be freight that is moved by truck from the shipper's dock to the rail yard, then placed on a train to the next rail yard, and finally returned to a truck for delivery to the receiving customer.
In trucking when you hear someone refer to an intermodal job they're normally talking about hauling shipping containers to and from the shipyards and railyards.
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.
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Hello my name is Noah and tomorrow I have my interview for the wia grant. I'm hoping to go to school at the local allstate trucking academy by my house. I have my permit and medical card already from when my work was going to pay for us to get our cdl but they then laid us off. I guess allstate makes you retake the medical card which isnt a big deal. If I don't get the wia grant I'm planning on doing a company sponsored training. When the counselor called me about the interview for the wia grant it sounded promising because im laid off and before that i was on injury relieved and i was underemployed. I was in the oil and gas industry but with this last lay off I need to find a job that is more steady for my family and I.
Does anyone have any recommendations on the best place to start working after my schooling if I get my wia grant? If I don't get my wia grant anyone have any recommendations on the best sponsored companies? Does anyone know how the wia grant works? Like i said I am unemployed and on government assistant now because im out of work and there is no jobs in my area besides truck driving. Any advise for a new truck driving looking to get into the trucking industry?
Thank you Noah
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.