Prime Student Driver Help
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Prime does urine only
I'm not. .but I have been thinking about it.
Oh okay, how long have you been with them? Did you go through the student driver program?
I got there Seot 19th 2015. Went through the PSD and got my CDL Oct 30. Went Tnt and went out solo Feb 14th. As a matter of fact, today is one year of safety for me. Yes I had an accident that freaked me out.
My intention was to stay the year and get a local job....but i Iove it. Great company, great dispatcher , great owner of company who is readily available every day at the terminal.and plays basketball with the employees. Every Fri there is a safety meeting that gets transmitted to our phones,..all the bigwigs and owner are there for comments and questions.
I've had offers from other companies to leave. Better home time....but with my awesome dispatcher. Its not worth me leaving.
NO company is perfect. Training is GRUELING. Get through it and its awesome. With Prime. They want to hear about your problems and to help fix it.
I get great miles and decent pay.
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.
Dispatcher:
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.PSD:
Prime Student Driver
Prime Inc has a CDL training program and the first phase is referred to as PSD. You'll get your permit and then 10,000 miles of on the road instruction.
The following is from Prime's website:
Prime’s PSD begins with you obtaining your CDL permit. Then you’ll go on the road with a certified CDL instructor for no less than 75 hours of one-on-one behind the wheel training. After training, you’ll return to Prime’s corporate headquarters in Springfield, Missouri, for final CDL state testing and your CDL license.
Obtain CDL Permit / 4 Days
- Enter program, study and test for Missouri CDL permit.
- Start driving/training at Prime Training Center in Springfield, Missouri.
- Work toward 40,000 training dispatched miles (minimum) with food allowance while without CDL (Food allowance is paid back with future earnings).
On-the-Road Instruction / 10,000 Miles
- Train with experienced certified CDL instructor for 3-4 weeks in a real world environment.
- Get 75 hours of behind-the-wheel time with one-on-one student/instructor ratio.
- Earn 10,000 miles toward total 40,000 miles needed.
TNT:
Trainer-N-Trainee
Prime Inc has their own CDL training program and it's divided into two phases - PSD and TNT.
The PSD (Prime Student Driver) phase is where you'll get your permit and then go on the road for 10,000 miles with a trainer. When you come back you'll get your CDL license and enter the TNT phase.
The TNT phase is the second phase of training where you'll go on the road with an experienced driver for 30,000 miles of team driving. You'll receive 14¢ per mile ($700 per week guaranteed) during this phase. Once you're finished with TNT training you will be assigned a truck to run solo.
Here's a link of my pay first year
Thank yoy so much for all of your input, all of the research and advice I have received so far reaalllly makes me so excited to be a part of the the prime company. The only thing that had me worried was the hair test, I was hoping they didn't change thier drug testing policy lol. Other than that everyone I have spoken to has been awsome and I am sooo excited, I'd be devastated if smoking once ealier in the year ruined my opportunity. Thank you so much for all of your feedback!! I appreciate you!
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I want to attend the Prime Inc student driver program. I was wondering if they do hair follicle testing?? My mom was very sick a couple months ago and I smoked once, please recent grads let me know.