Depends on school. The school I went to didn't focus on hazmat,so I got it on my own.I would check with school first..good luck

The best thing to do is wait to you get your cdl in your home state and than get your hazmat endorsement.

Wait until you get your license.

Yes, it is better to wait until you get your license in the state that you live in because you have to get the approval form first for the HME in order to have the BMV put it on your license.

I started the background check phase while still in school. That way the letter came before I took my road test, and I just carried it with me to the dmv when I went to change from a learners permit to a full license. I may have even had the letter beforehand and taken it down when I got my learners permit.

Guess I'll wait, going to weigh my options for schhols this week, hopefully I'll have decided and will have a start date early next week.

Originally Posted by ChaoticWarlord

Guess I'll wait, going to weigh my options for schhols this week, hopefully I'll have decided and will have a start date early next week.

If you have the money and won't be hurting....apply for HME before getting your license. You'll get a discount on the HME (pretty sure, check where you'll be applying) background check having the TWIC if it was recent...if not it'll be straight cost.

Then when you get the letter you can test for the license and HME at the same time when you test for the CDL written test at the DMV, BMV whatever acronym you use.

Good Luck.

If you quit running to all these botttom feeder carriers you'd know a decent carrier will pay for the hazmat background check , TWIC , passport , physicals , and anything else they need you to have .