Driving School Info

Most companies require students to have graduated from a PDTI certified school. This insures the school has met certain criteria in training that the trucking company's insurance company requires.
One of those requirements is a minimum of 160 hours of training, half of which is classroom and half behind the wheel.
If you pick an unknown and uncertified school, you will likely find it difficult, if not impossible to be hired by most companies.
That's not because they're being difficult, but because their insurance company sets the rules.

 

The cheaper schools are not always your best choice,most mega companies required the 160 hours training and they prefer a trucking school they know of like Road Master and Sage schools.Your best bet is to call and ask,not all companies are picky.

 

I would call or go to the schools websites and see what companies send recruiters to that school. Seems this would be the easier route.

 

Which companies require that a student have attended a PDTI certified school?

I'm just starting out, but I have to say that the dozen or so companies that I've spoken with about which schools they accept drivers into their student driver programs from, I haven't had a single one even mention PDTI certification as a requirement for the school to be acceptable to them.

In fact, I haven't had a single company even mention PDTI certification to me at all.

Those that I've spoken with do require their "qualified/acceptable schools" to provide a minimum of 160 hrs of training but no mention of the requirement for PDTI certification.

So, I'm curious as to which companies do require that students have attended a PDTI certified school?

 

Forgive me here, I`m new, but what is a PDTI certified school? What does PDTI means?

 

PTDI = Professional Truck Driver Institute

http://www.ptdi.org/

 

Thank you! I`ll have to see if Western Pacific Truck School is one, so far it`s my first choice...