Current CDL Permit Holder Looking For A Entry Level Position That Transition Into Full Licensing

Hi. I am currently a student at a local truck driving school. The school I am attending has some draw backs.

A) the entire class up until the point of taking you CDL permit test is a mixture of test questions and actual training materials that you are supposed to be actuated on the yard once you have obtained your permit (B) The training in the school is not paid. So the entirety of the process from CDL Permit to the yard and your own self generated job placement is a period u will not be earning an income. (C) The entirety of your class up until the permit is done on a Zoom meeting. With multiple choice questions on a website

So for me my concern is being able to gain the proper training to operate heavy equipment vehicle. With this style of training I would be totally u comfortable operating an 18 wheeler, or a dump truck, or a box truck. They cram 8 hours a day on a Zoom meeting covering 17 weeks worth of education to push you into a CDL permit test at the end of ONE week.

After that you are expected to take this very technical information and actuate it behind the wheel of a semi having only seen coupling, uncoupling, cranking and hooking up the lines on you tube videos and not to mention operating the rig itself to get your license.

So I thought it would be a better option to be a dump truck operator and find an entry level position which will train me into the full licensure. Yet combination, air brakes and etc are going to be just as complicated without proper training no matter what kind of heavy equipment vehicle you are going to operate. So after reaching out to every company In Indiana and getting no response and based on Laura Kopetsky’s, with my level of experience I am easily no hitter for the companies on Indeed. I tried. Messier as they spoke of a training position into full licensure, but nothing. I am at a complete loss.

I can’t recoup the time I have wasted with this truck driving school. I can’t even get my job that I quit back. So at this point I would just like to be able to use the CDL permit and earn as close to 20-25 an hour as I can get. I will drive a Shuttle, a Sprinter Van, or even drive a trash truck. I just need to earn.

Can anyone provide me with leads, or a base productive course of action?

Should have joined here, before any "school" Company paid training is the best way to go, then you have a job, as soon as you graduate with them.

Sorry you've wasted time where you are, sounds really rinky dink. Hopefully you're not locked into some contract with this "school" I kinda did same thing when I started, with local to me school the state paid for (Calif) place was a joke, test trucks as well, 1 of 2 was always broken down. I think your home state is part of your problem as well !!

Maybe, at this point in time, driving a class B vehicle for someone can be a start just to be getting PAID, until trucking industry bounces back, sooner than later. It's not a drivers market now thanks to mostly who's in the W-House ! Hope you can figure something out sooner than later, it sucks to be broke !

Sedrick, you are describing "How To Get Your CDL" from the inside out. Free Permit study is available all over. The training can be live, or Zoom, or just study some questions until you get it right. Here's a good example of a free study program: High Road CDL Training Program.

No one pays you, you pay no one, just study until you can take the Permit test,

After that, it's a bit harder. Few trucking companies pay you while training But there's hope. Check out these companies that pay you to learn: click here

Other companies will offer you "free" (no cash out of pocket for you) training. You sign a contract for the next year or so, and you pay it back over that time. (You need to commit yourself to the contract period, but who knows - you may like that company after all!

Base productive course of action: Check out these companies that offer (not exactly) free training (See above link at "here".).

Leads: Apply for Paid CDL Training

Now just relax and wait for the phone to ring (I've heard it can be less than half an hour, but don't quote me!)