Class A CDL Learners Permit Experience
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With a permit, you can pay to go to a private school or a community college with a CDL program.
Or, you can apply to a company for company sponsored, company paid training. If you successfully complete their program, you will have a job with that company. This is usually the best choice to gain experience.
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.
How long have you had your permit?
Are you looking to go over the road?
Are you trying to get a job that gets you home each night?
As Mr. BK mentioned, there are a few options. The most reliable way to earn your CDL and guarantee yourself a job while not having to pay for school, is to go through a Company sponsored training program. Upon successfully completing their program you are guaranteed a job. Although you must be willing to hold up your end of the bargain, which is usually a 1 year commitment to drive for the company that trains you.
You can pay your way through a private school. It's a little more risky bc you are not guaranteed a job upon earning your CDL. You will be required to find a company that is willing to hire you and complete your training. Truthfully some people find it easy to get a job after going through private school, and some people find it very difficult to find a company to hire them.
So...what are you looking for? If you aren't certain and you need more info, just ask.
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.
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.
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.
I had my permit for a few and I looking at a job like in construction as a dump truck or cement truck driver
How long have you had your permit?
Are you looking to go over the road?
Are you trying to get a job that gets you home each night?
As Mr. BK mentioned, there are a few options. The most reliable way to earn your CDL and guarantee yourself a job while not having to pay for school, is to go through a Company sponsored training program. Upon successfully completing their program you are guaranteed a job. Although you must be willing to hold up your end of the bargain, which is usually a 1 year commitment to drive for the company that trains you.
You can pay your way through a private school. It's a little more risky bc you are not guaranteed a job upon earning your CDL. You will be required to find a company that is willing to hire you and complete your training. Truthfully some people find it easy to get a job after going through private school, and some people find it very difficult to find a company to hire them.
So...what are you looking for? If you aren't certain and you need more info, just ask.
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.
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.
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.
I had my permit for a few and I looking at a job like in construction as a dump truck or cement truck driver
Dang it, Cowboy! I'm sorry. That is a part of the industry that I know nothing about.
To be honest I'm not sure what kind of experience they require or training they offer. I don't even know what kind of CDL you need for those types of trucks.
Hopefully someone here on the forum with a better understanding of that type of work will be able to offer you some answers.
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Ok, it’s my understanding that those jobs only require a class B license, but you may have to get a class A license because you will probably have to go to a private school, get your license, and then look for one of those driving jobs. Unlikely any company running class B type trucks will train you.
If I were you, I would either be calling such companies or visiting in person to find out what they are looking for. Who knows, you may stumble upon a company that will train you.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
I’d like to put my 2 cents in if I may, I have a little experience in this area.
I have a class A with no OTR experience and I went straight to dump truck, it really all depends where you apply and most places might say you need experience but when I first start the company I went too said I need 3 years but took me with none.
I really just depends on what company you go with… case by case really.
Try putting applications in man get your class B or A. I suggest an A just in case because with an A you can pretty much go anywhere.
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.
Maybe someone else can chime in here but I was told that a permit is only good for six months. So that's something to be aware of.
Now if that six months passes, I'm not sure what happens.
Maybe someone else can chime in here but I was told that a permit is only good for six months. So that's something to be aware of.
Now if that six months passes, I'm not sure what happens.
I actually I found out the extended it to a year.
We need some clarification on what it is that Cowboy wants.
It sounds to me like he wants to get hired for a driving job while only having a permit. I don't know of any situation where companies hire people who only hold a permit.
Honestly, it sounds very much like he doesn't want to follow the new rules and go through the training requirements so he can get a CDL.
Help us out Cowboy! Am I understanding what you want?
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.
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I was wondering where is the best place to get experience with a class A CDL learners permit?
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: