Originally Posted by Tankineer

My team partner and I are in our 3rd week of training at Commercial Drivers School here in Lakewood, Washington. Before we started, Schneider was the prime cantidate we were looking at applying to. I began contact with thier Military screening agent (Tara). Who has done a wonderful job in giving me information, and date/time hits to make. Applied for the Military Apprentiship program online (note: this is considered a solo application for those applying, though you can still receive it as a team) Also applied for a Team driving position. Recruiter (Cami) called back about an hour after I submitted the App and answered all the questions I had.

Now, we are waiting till Test day (Sept 6th or 7th) at the school, then the call to Cami and our "new" begining in the Schneider Family. If there are those interested, I will continue to update this thread as I continue the process, perhaps the information will help others in thier decision making process. Please feel free to give any suggestions or post any questions I should be sure to ask.

Information I gathered:
Starting pay estimate: .32 Cents (more with proof of experiance in the military for experiance)
Orientation: 18 days @ $80 day
Average time away from home: 2 weeks (estimate, more out more money to make )
Days off: 7 out 2 home, 14 out 3 home, 21 out 4 home, etc..

Hello,
I am looking at SNI also. Please let us know how it goes for you. I am looking at tankers out of Beaumont TX.
Thank you!

Thursday 6 Sept: Found out we would not be testing till the 7th. Thus, two more hours of backing, 2 more of driving, and spent 4 hours going over the Pre-trip. Even at the end, I was still nervous about being able to rattle off everything. To top it off, DOL decided that they wanted to add another 8 area's to be tested on the pre-trip. All of us were a bit agitated over that. But, like the military, expect change. So, after getting home, relaxing for an hour then heading to bed, I lay there, closed my eyes and did the pre-trip in my head from front to back. I think I fell asleep around the Tandem Axles.... Not PM and S, not BBCZzzzzzZZZZzzzzzz.......

Friday 7 Sept: 0600 report to the school, five of us are testing on one truck so the instructors take us out on a nice relaxing drive. Letting us get use to the truck. Still it was a truckfull of nerves. Here in Wash. State, DOL will charge you another $100 each time you fail on one of the test areas, so you can imagine how fast that would add up. Well, we return around 0800 and the first tester shows up, lucky me I am selected to go first.
To make 1 hour and 45 min Short:
Pre-trip/In-cab (the one I stressed over the most) I missed 3/18 allowed
Backing I missed 8/18 allowed (stupid cones jumping out at me, and forgot to put my hazards on)
Driving I missed a disappointing 15 out of 31 (Grinds, and a few mirror checks)
End result: I am now a certified CDL holder!!!! and graduated Magna Com Laude with a 3.8 GPA.

Added to this 4/5 of our team passed! KUDOS go to the Instructors at the Commercial Drivers Services in Lakewood, WA. I would recommend it to anyone that is interested in getting thier Class A, B, Passanger or Dump Truck training. (Feel free to send me a PM if you wish to hear more about the school. They are online also at: www.cdstruckschool.com . (Hope promoting a school is ok here)

Latest on Schneider: Have been pre-approved as a team, was sent paperwork to fill out, once they receive this a recruiter will contact us. Already spoke for a short time with one recruiter. With scheduling, my teammate and I should be heading down to Fontana hopefully, around the 25th of Sept. And yes, I plan on asking LOTS and LOTS of questions.

I'm in orientation for Schneider this week in Fontana. Check out my thread or pm me with questions.

I start orientation in Dallas OCT 16 then go to Beaumont TX to pull tankers OTR. I am starting late because I am moving from CA to TX. My choice. I gotta get out of this libatard state!