Conway driver apprentice program ?

I just completed the finger prints. TSA told me I would get a letter in a couple weeks and they would send the information to the DL bureau and the endorsement would be automatically be added..... We'll see.

 

Finally got my hazmat approved, took just a little under 2 months. Best of luck!!

 

AFAIK truckload is only taking you with 3 months OTR and a clean safety record. You team for 2 weeks and then go solo. If not you need 6 months.

 

Does Con-way have a school for people without their CDL?

 

Conway truck load did have a deal with a school IIRC. If you are in TN go get yours through TN Tech and the WIA will pay for it. $1400 you pay nothing back, 36 days of classes. I went in Nashville. They teach all over the state.

 

I don't believe so (but that's where the apprentice program comes in).
from what i hear, the way it is at my place, they have a little course set up in the back where no one ever goes, and you come in whenever you can to practice (drivers are more likely to help the people that show a little effort. so you shouldn't come in for 2 hours a week to practice the little stuff and then expect someone to take you out on the road). from the time you start you have 90-days to get your license.
Or if you can get your license first, and you're lucky enough to be hired with no experience, you go through a 2 or 3 week training period, mostly city and a couple nights of linehaul and then you're on your own.

 

Stopped at my driving school to be a "guest" speaker. One stdent told me Conway is hiring. I will stop in there in 2 weeks when I am home.

 

Are you looking at Freight or Truckload?

 

Freight. I was thinking of TL. I have almost 6 months OTR. Like that I can decline loads with Swift. Conway is forced dispatch.


I do like being home. Having a real schedule would be nice too.

 

You most likely will be hauling triples on your third week out. Yes you most likely will be unloading for customers business and residential. I know you also will have to unhook a trailer to get to the load you want.