Company training vs Private school?

Company school not bad for what you learn per say, biggest con is your stuck with that say Company for 1 year contract. Private school your more open to go to a company to be trained once you have graduated.

 

Your best paying jobs will be tanker or flatbed. Pick a school that is 160 hours or longer and you will be OK.

 

I agree; some complain about being unemployed, then when a trucking company says, sign on the dotted line and we will train and then employ you for a year, it's like, whoa, I don't want a job that bad. 12 months is nothing in the big picture.

 

I have been searching my last semester of college. FYI, listing to Chinatown over anyone you meet on this site. He has helped me in only a couple of days. He knows his stuff and is real. RESPECT. You are going to run into a lot of A double S people on hear that you can call BS if you do your research on trucking. I have been scouting China before I even starting blogging a few days ago. Learned everything from this man. if you can afford private school it is the best way. Make sure it is PTDI certified. I checked into the only private school in my area and they had two options. Pay $5,000 up front for 4 weeks or you can pay with student loans through FASFA for 20 weeks and it is PTDI certified. Not sure about how your private school search went. I have until August 19th to make my mind up. I have done many of hours research on 20+ companies that offer the work for them school route. The only difference that I seen between private and company is contract, not really knowing the truth and the people your contracted to, and freedom of no contract with private. You will also make a little more if you go private, but unless you have the money to pay up front you are going to owe somebody anyway. I had help from China and my dad which I will be going to work for after a year anyway. They helped narrow my research down which I had a ton of. I actually see similar situations in all the companies. Here are the ones that where mentioned to me and the ones I did research on also that I have narrowed down to. If you have time check them out before you decide on private or company. Central Refrigerated, Millis Transport Inc, Roehl, Prime, and Knight. These are all company and similar in many ways. Just remember they all have there + and - factors. If you go private there is Maverick, JBS Carriers, Schneider, and many others. I deleted most of them, but you can get with China and I'm sure he will tell you more companies that hire straight from private. In my research, I found that you can't really complain about the pay because all of it is good for entry level and non-experienced careers opportunities. I want knock any of these companies because I feel that it is a pretty far pay for doing something that you love to do and that's drive. Like I stated you will have many people on here giving there negatives about all companies regardless. They will complain about not enough home time, not enough money, not enough mileage, or there co-workers like dispatcher for example, and lairs. The true point is what do you expect starting from the bottom with no experience? Truthfully, we all should feel blessed to get paid for free travel seeing the country at .26+ starting out at the bottom with 2,000 to possible 3,000 miles. Some start out more than that, but hey you can't really complain. If you don't want to be away from home though is the only thing you should worry about. Just be positive, outgoing, professional, and respectful and you will have no problem. My dad runs a saltwater trucking company called Bear Creek Environmental. He has 30 plus years experience in this business and told me the same. China will like some other good people on here. I promise if you research just the info I gave you and have the character I described you will be making it great regardless of the direction you go and any company. Check those companies out and if possible flat bed and tanker. You can't go wrong with food transporters either because people have to eat. Good luck man and add me up and keep in touch. Here to help as much as I can.

 

12 months is PLENTY because it is a one sided contract. There are many circumstances that can result in failure to comply with the contract. It could be injury or illness , minor damage to a vehicle or violation of petty company rules. Far more trainees leave before a year than make it.

 

I went through a Tech College and I am so glad I did. The training was longer, but I came out a decent backer, and it has helped me immensely. Also, my state (Georgia) paid for the whole thing through a HOPE grant funded by the lottery, so I had zero debt and my choice of companies. This is definitely the way to go if you can swing it. MA has more colleges than people I think so I imagine they must have some kind of funding for voc tech programs.