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That depends on the company.I think Covenant does that.

 

Canada is not part of the training. All 5 regions, plus major mountains with and w/o the Jake. Pay is weekly - $325 or $350. I forget which.

 

You start orientation sunday morning. You complete orientation and skills evaluation after wednesday. If you qaulify, you are hired thursday and set up with a trainer. Some get out thursday, some friday, some saturday. Your time on the truck begins when you sign in on your trainer's truck. There is a minimum of 35 days with your O1 trainer. You must cover 4 regions of the country. The PNW currently is not required. You must log a minimum o 8500 miles in the driver's seat, traverse three mountain passes. One without the jake, two with. You must back in to a dock in the Northeast without trainer assistance.
You must demonstrate minimum skills required for a new driver and be passed by your trainer.
Then you return to Dallas for OR2 where you have 3 days of additional classroom and skills training. You must pass an evaluation drive test. Then you are either sent out with another trainee (Student to Student) or with a finish trainer. That is determined mostly by luck of the draw.
You will spend 21 days out with OR2, then return to Dallas for one more eval drive test, grad fleet orientation (2 days), issued your truck and then sent out as a solo driver as a grad fleet driver. This phase lasts 3 months and a minimum of 35,000 miles.
As an OR1 and OR2 driver, you are paid $350 per week. As a grad fleet driver, you are paid mileage starting at 0.26 per mile.
Driving skills evals are pretty easy and the trainers will assist you in completing them. If you are found lacking skills at any point, you will be held an extra day or two where you practice with a trainer. It is very rare a driver does not get thru the training on time.
Hope that answers all your questions.

 

Hey Honeybadger, Emulsified is a ton of help when it comes to Stevens. You wouldn't happen to be going to school out of Tampa would you. I am just finishing my first week at Roadmaster and plan on going to Stevens for the Novemaber 25th orientation.

 

Well good luck to you on wherever you may land. I'm from the Daytona area and I know they are still hiring at least as far south as Tampa. We have a Stevens recruiter stopping by the class next week. Some of the other fleets have alot shorter training time as you mentioned but I'm looking more at where I want to be for a while after the training is over. Besides with me being a Florida cracker, I'd rather have a trainer with me for the start of winter than running solo across the ice and snow. SAFETY is number one!

 

FFE has two terminals in Florida.
Check panther4me also.
Both companies will hire you.

 

The local stuff is on Craigslist and Careerbuilder.