Already have Class A need info on CRE refresher course?

Warning to all newbies that go to central refridgerated school. It is a crash course to get your cdl. Halve of your class will fail the cdl road test. Halve of you will get a trainer that only wants to get miles on his truck and not teach you. When you take the upgrade to get your own truck you will have to shift good and you will have to back between two trailers doing a 90 degree. The backing is the harder one. Halve will fail the backing because driving for 10 hours on the highway and practice backing between two white lines aint the same. Most importantly when you are terminated for failing the upgrade the second time, they will ruin your career by putting terminated on your dac report. When that happens otr trucking companies will require you to have 6 months of experience to hire you. You will have the problem of not getting the 6 months of experience because no one will hire you. And you are no longer a recent school grad because you were with a trainer for longer than 30 days. You will see that most companies dont recognize central school as accredited. You will ask central for your school records, they will tell you that you must pay for your tuition in full before they sennd them to you. Your whole last pay check will be taken away from you for school. You will get fed up getting turned down from jobs that you will go do a refresher course so that someone will hire you. But know one will because you have terminated on your dac report. You will contact dac fix services to get it removed. They will take your money and tell you that they were unsuccesfull.

How ever there is hope you can got to your dmv and give up your cdl a for a regular driver liscense. And start over and you will be a recent school grad. I suggest watkins and shephard because they have good training and you get to pratice backing after class on your own. Also werner because they dont have a road test for recent graduates. Your trainer will just pass you. Just remember to sign the darn pass sheet or you will take a road test.

Other line of hope is to keep your cdl and apply for swift. Swift will take centrals training up to two years. They are able to hire you because they are so big that they own the insurance company that wrights them.

Oh and if all else fails there is cr england refresher course. Pay for it upfront or they will jack you worst than central by putting breech of contract on your dac if you quit. And you will quit with them because your not dumb enough to do thier lease and they will tell you we dont have any company trucks available. Give them 90 days and go to shaffer.

One more plan. You can join the national guard or reserve as a mos 88m truck driver and then work for con-way, schnider, prime, maverick

 

all of that is from my post. thought it would help u out

 

borrow the money from your parents. or spouse. sell something you have. pay for your own refresher. if you go to cr england , after u do your 60 days with the lease trainer. tell them you need 2 weeks off to see family then u will lease with them. make sure u count 90days on a truck with them first. when u get home apply for shaffer. or any company that will take you with 90 days recent. go through their orientation and get on a truck then call england and tell them you quit. if you had paid cash for there school you are fine. if you financed they will put breech of contract on your dac.

 

another thing u can do is get lucky and become a solo company driver for cr england save up money on your comdata card call them up tell them to deduct the refresher course full amount owed. then quit. make sure u are not under a load when you quit. and use the qualcom to resign. a week in advance

 

now if you are a recent cdl school grad. you dont need a refresher course. you need to apply for a real good starter company, like shaffer, crete, maverick, tmc, roehl, watkins and shepard

 

FFE hires from oregon

 

Try May Trucking. Their home office is Salem, OR. You may not need a refresher course if you went to school in Jan, 2010.