A little help, please.

Hi everyone. I am trying to get into truck driving. I have passed my DOT physical and gotten my CLP. Someone on the forum mentioned that state unemployment agencies might help with CDL school. So I went and asked and they do indeed help, but they have some hoops I have to jump through first. One of them is some forms they gave me to investigate truck driving. They want me to ask truck drivers questions about their job. Since I don't know any truckers yet and creeping around truck stops seems weird to me, I thought I would see if any of you fine folks would like to help me with this form. Thankfully it isn't too long.





Company Name



Address



Phone number



Person Interviewed



Title



Date



Does the person interviewed hire and fire for the job?



Does the person interviewed perform the job?



What are the entry level requirements?



What is the entry level wage range?



What are typical benefits?



Describe the job.



What is the best way to gain skills for the job?



What specific school is recommended?



What are the growth and advancement opportunities?



What are the potential drawbacks to the job?



Comments





Thank you to anyone that can help me with this. If you don't want to give out personal information I completely understand. I'm sure it will be fine.

 

South west of Indianapolis near Bloomington Indiana.

I believe the woman at the unemployment office said they train through Truck Driver Institute. I could be mistaken. I know it was in Indianapolis. I'm not sure whether I should keep dealing with the unemployment office or try one of the places that will train you and put you on contract for a while.

 

Do they lower your pay if they train you? Most of the truck driving jobs I see come in two varieties; the ones that will train you and the ones that want 2+ years experience. If you are going to end up working for them anyways, and probably need to keep working for them until you get the experience to go to a different job, does the contract make a difference?

Mostly what is worrying me about the unemployment office is the job search log they gave me. While I am going through all these workshops and assessments and such they want me to look for other jobs I can get. One of the things you have to do to qualify for truck driving training through the unemployment office is not have a job that makes more than $10 an hour. I just worry I am going to get a job offer half way through the process to get into truck driver school and they are going to kick me to the curb because I got a job offer making 20k a year.