Will I Be With A Trainer After CDL School?

If you run local, you will have a trainer till they are reasonably sure you wont do something stupid. Otr companys have policys that range from 3 weeks to 4 months

 

tell us what company you're considering then we can better answer your questions.every companies have different training policies.

 

TransAm is 12 days.
Watkins-Shepard is 10 days.

 

You will most likely have a trainer for a few weeks, but I know people both local and otr that never had a trainer. It is rare, but it does happen

 

If your fresh out of school, you should go with a trainer to learn the ropes. School just teach you how to get a cdl, never teaches you about the job. After a year of experience, you usually don't have to

 

Schneider is 18 days of training all together including 7 days out with a trainer OTR. Most of it is classroom and computer stuff. Thats for the van side. Pretty sure Bulk is 21 days all together.

 

What ever you do, don't go to Werner. They will keep you running as a team and paying you student pay while your "instructor" is asleep in the bunk. Had lots of students report that back to us after they graduated our CDL program. Thoroughly checkout all offers before you take the leap and don't take the recruiters as being factual. ask ask ask others

 

Which CDL program are you with?

 

I was with Baker College in Michigan. They have a great program. Not cheap or short but you can qualify for student loans since it is a real college. Taught with them for five years and moved on, back to part time driving, much easier on my nerves.