Questions from cast0r

I got a passport card in case I go into Canada or Mex. My school paid for that. Not planing on going south, but north a posibility.

Not sure if Swift goes north. I think they own a Mex outfit that sends up to the border and they swap there. at lest thats what there rep told us. Talk to the Swift guys they will let you know.

 

if you need practice test go to : www.cristcdl.com


The more things you have in your favor whether it be endorsements, a Passport or a TWIC card, they can only help you get a job. Since you live wayyy down in FL, your going to need all the help you can get! lol



Good luck on monday!





American Trucker

 

not entirely true...

at BOTH schools i have worked with, if a student comes in with a permit in hand, he/she STILL gets the CDL manual and tests from the school. that student does NOT get a discount, or go out to the yard just because he/she already has the permit. that is a disruption to the other students to put someone "in line" waiting for a truck....

this is not the way it is or should be done...your tuition PAID for the books and other training materials. the state CDL manual is given to the schools for FREE and the school GIVES THEM TO YOU FOR FREE......

any trucking company can "approve" a school for thier training, if the company pays the school a fee....then there is always an attachment to that, and the school MUST grantee X number of students to a company...we DO NOT operate like that, because once you do (as a school) you fall under the trucking company rules.....and that ain't about to happen at my place.

all trucking companies can provide posters, booklets, pamphlets, to a school, it's just a recruiting process and an "awareness" to various companies out there....however, not ALL companies supply to schools, especially the ones that simply DO NOT recruit on a daily basis...


getting a passport might come in handy, but NOT required...they (the company) just won't be able to send you.

your school "paid for that"..... actually YOU DID...out of your tuition.....

 

What school is this if I may ask. As for the passport question, you only need it if you plan on driving in Canada.

 

it don't matter what school this is...as I SAID, the schools i worked for DO NOT discount prices for a student that shows up with a permit in hand..they HAVE TO go through the entire course like anyone else..they DO NOT go to the yard ahead of anyone else either..

they pay the course fee's they get put into a classroom like anyone else...

if OTHER SCHOOLS DISCOUNT, hooray for them.....

 

your school "paid for that"..... actually YOU DID...out of your tuition.

True sorry. Should have said wasn part of expences (hazmat fingrprint, permit, ext )included in cost.

 

If you go to Canada you'll need a passport. AFAIK you need to have a bus to drive to get that endorsement.

You may as well get the doubles/triples and tanker while you're there, you never know what the future may hold.

I let my HazMat go after they started doing the background checks and I'd never needed it anyway...if I can make money with it I'll go back and get it but I'm not spending the money and jumping through Govt hoops for nothing.