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Welcome Mike, you should be a good canidate. I like you retired and needed something to do. I had looked into several things I had experience with for a part time thing and it wasn’t there. So I went to company sponsored school and started my driving career.
Apply to companies that offer the training. You will probably run into an employment gap issue. All you will need is 2-3 notorized letters from people that know your situation and can attest your not a terriost. It’s not a big hurdle at all.
I went to Roehl many years ago. You may check them out. They have a top notch program.
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Hello,
I retired nearly 2 years ago. Retirement is OK, but I miss being productive. I know there is not an abundance of OTR trucking jobs there used to be. At 66 years old, would I have a chance to be accepted at company sponsored training? My health & driving record is good.
Thank you, Mike
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.
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.