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Welcome aboard Paul!
First of all, what type of driving will you be doing for your company? Is it a class A tractor trailer? Will you be leaving the state or staying within your home state?
If you're driving a class A tractor trailer and you're leaving your home state, that is considered OTR (over the road) experience by the major companies. If you can get a year of OTR experience in a tractor trailer with your company then you should have no problem finding work with major companies after that. Some of them may require you to do a refresher course or some sort of training, but I think most of them will accept your experience instead of a certification from an approved school.
However....if you're not getting OTR experience in a tractor trailer then the major companies are not going to want to hire you. Some smaller companies or owner operators might consider it, but the majors will not. They will need to see a diploma from a legitimate truck driving school or a minimum amount of OTR experience.
Since your company is paying for it and offering you a job you might as well just go along with the training they're giving you. In the end, the worst thing that can happen is you'll have to do the training again if you want to change jobs, but you'll already know how to drive at that point so the training will be a breeze.
I'm pretty sure that third party isn't going to teach much in the way of Hours Of Service Rules (Logbook) or Weight & Balance, which will include calculating fuel burn-off, loading cargo properly, adjusting axle weights, and much more. So I would highly recommend you go through those sections of our High Road Training Program because you'll need to know those materials to do your job properly and our system is an awesome way to learn it.
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.
Logbook:
A written or electronic record of a driver's duty status which must be maintained at all times. The driver records the amount of time spent driving, on-duty not driving, in the sleeper berth, or off duty. The enforcement of the Hours Of Service Rules (HOS) are based upon the entries put in a driver's logbook.
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.
Over The Road:
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.
Owner Operator:
An owner-operator is a driver who either owns or leases the truck they are driving. A self-employed driver.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Thanks Brett that was very helpful information and to answer your question I am getting a Class A and I am staying in the state
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Hello guys i am new to this site i just got my cdl permit my job is paying for me to get my cdl license through a third party i wanted to know do you think because i am not going through a cdl school i will have a problem getting into the trucking industry
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: