Greenbean looking for advise for training school

Well truthfully, the only school that your talking about is the school of hard knocks. Any company you go to is going to have some kind of training, because A. You need to know how to do the job and I don't mean the job as in driving the truck I mean the job as in doing paper work, dealing with customers, solving problems with shippers and recievers etc etc etc that's all a really big part of it. Also knowing what the paper work that accompanies the load means and how that all works.

B. Well then they will teach how to drive and what to do. Most companies have guys who are trainers or like low grade supervisors who are in charge of training and breaking in new guys, usually the better companies the guys who do the training are the higher seniority guys or like I said actually members of management them selves guys who have been around some.

C. Really just doing the work is the only way to really get broken in. When I stated at the beer company the transportation manager said to me "It just takes time." Meaning there really is no short cut it just takes time to get a feel for things.

I don't know how much searching on this forum you do, but if you ever look around, we had a discussion about "truck and trailer" combinations which are real popular out in California and the west coast especially Los Angeles area when it comes to fuel haulers and sometimes with trucking and it came up in that thread, things are just not ideal and you have to make it work anyhow.

There aren't to many companies that are going to throw you out "alone" I know you hear stories of big fleets doing that when it comes to bad trainers, however I'm not 100% sure those stories are the norm, yes I'm sure there are bad students and trainers working for the big fleets no doubt, but there are also a lot of decent trainers as well and no company is going to take the liability of sending someone who isn't vetted properly out there fully on there own.

I know where I work now that were not really all that short on help anymore, when ever they hire someone new the training is like 4-6 weeks sometimes and that's for experienced guys and trust me with training especially when you quit jobs or are brand brand new it gets nerve racking at first, but after 4-6 weeks once you really start to get the feel of it you'll be ready to go on your own.

 

Good luck

 

Does he want a private school or trucking company school?
Don't let this worry you; there's plenty of good schools around. Private or community college cdl school should be 160 hrs. minimum. Don't need more than 160 hrs. because most companies hire from those schools.
Here's a few that hire from 160 hr. schools:
Magnum Ltd.
Freymiller
Tyson Foods
Abilene Motor Express
The best deal going right now for trucking company school is Roehl Transport. This is the only company that puts the students on salary from day one. $500.00 weekly while attending their school, then full driver pay at graduation.
He should get all endorsements before graduating from any school. Even refrigerated companies sometimes haul a hazmat load. For example, if no refrigerated loads available, the company may want him to haul a load of spray paint or fingernail polish, which falls under the hazmat category.

 

Sorry, I just got stuck staring at your picture.

Anyway, The point of schools is just to get you the license. You do not learn to drive in the school. It is all on the job training. Remember your experience as a married couple. You get the license and then learn how to be a couple. Lots of bumps in the road before you finally get the hang of it. You can ask others all the questions you want to but the only thing that makes it work is having problems and figuring out how to overcome them. If he takes his time and is very observant he will make both a good driver and a good husband.

It is also important that he takes the trash out.

 

Doing the job is how you learn the job. Some schools teach more than others but few if any schools teach you all you need to know. The school's purpose is to make you safe enough to ride with an experienced driver. As a general rule Community Colleges/Vo-Techs are better than 3 week CDL schools. However, you will learn far more in the weeks you ride with a trainer at your first company than you will learn in any CDL school.

My rule is focus on a good place to work for you/your family. The schools is more like an afterthought you accomplish to wind up at the company your want to work at. You really need to be comfortable with that first company, so comfortable you see yourself working there for 1 year. Most newbies ignore this advice, flcok to the companies giving 'free training" than try to weasel out of the 1 year contract they signed that gave them "free CDL." DON"T DO THAT. It might work out for you but you are making your life hard and stacking the deck against you. Find a company then find a school. IMO.

 

And....POOOF....she's gone! LoL~

 

seems like you are back on line, ma'am.... why don't you stop by your thread?!?

 

And the creeping begins....