Anyone have experience with cdldrivingacademy

Where do you plan to work? The industry is in a recession. LOTS of newbies are NOT getting hired. Miami is almost as close to a trucking black hole as one can get. So just walking around with a CDL in your pocket shouldn't be your goal. Getting hired and working after school should be your goal, I would think. If there is anything in your background that makes you not the ideal candidate for every trucking company, you really need to find the employer than can/will hire you before you give to flips about what CDL school to attend. Some trucking companies only hire from specific CDL schools or they have their own CDL school. Why go to a CDL school that doesn't allow you to work for the company you want to work for?

You may think, like 99.999999999% of newbies than any driving job is a good driving job. the 80-90% of newbies that quit a few months after starting to work as a CDL driver might disagree. CDL school is a rushed 3 week affair. It's not like 4 years of college where you have lots and lots of time to research employers. It's 3 weeks and almost every waking moment is used by you for something else. Often classes are 10-12 hours per day.

Do yourself a favor. Research the trucking companies with terminals in your area. Take as much time as necessary to find the one you want to work for and then find out from that company what CDL school is the one they recommend. NOT all employers are honest or nice places to work. If you are spending your money to go to CDL school, don't go to the wrong one. Being desperate doesn't make an employer a good place to work. LOTS of trucking company web sites advertise false or misleading information about pay and schedules. This forum has lots of info about employers and you can also give your contact info to some of their other drivers and talk to those drivers about all of the things that make a job good, bad, or in between.

 

160 Driving Academy and other schools partner with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) program to offer tuition-free CDL training for eligible unemployed or low-income individuals. The grant covers training costs, including the 160-hour course, and does not require repayment. Applicants must contact their local American Job Center to apply.

 

I haven't attended a school that didn't offer retests. No need to worry though. You'll do fine.
You can have the Pre-Trip Inspection points memorized before you start school. Now that most schools don't even require drivers to learn manual shifting, obtaining your CDL on the first shot became so much easier.

 

Call Dot Foods and ask to speak to a driver recruiter. Once you reach them, ask them if they have any schools in the Miami area they work with. If they have a partnering school, they will pay for your school and give you a job, provided Dot accepts you. They desperately need CDS drivers in the area. If you’re bilingual, that’s a huge plus. There is the potential to make $100K and regularly be home, possibly home nightly.

Dot Transportation

 

160 is the worst of the worst. Many companies won’t consider their grads for potential employment.