Central Oregon Truck Company

Don't forget Swift as an option. The headquarters in Phoenix is a flatbed terminal, and they have terminals up the West Coast and across to the East, and I think their training was top notch, at least it was 17 years ago, before they were merged with Knight. The freight was varied, so you got to learn a lot more than just a few types of freight, instead of just steel and lumber, there were chassis, mixed freight loads, and most if not all were multi state, unless you were on a dedicated account, which might be state or regionally anchored. If flatbed dried up, you could switch to vans to keep rolling, so they had options that some of those others didn't, at least at the time.

 

On top of that 1 hour, if you didn't roll up the tarps you have no idea what's going on when you start unrolling them, have had company tarps rolled up all sorts of f'd up ways that really pisses a guy off

 

Are you tied to SoCal? Is open deck/flatbed your choice, or just what was available?

 

Well, depending on your desire and willingness to read and study, while on the job, I always recommend the books and training material of J.J.Keller, for a personal training option.
1.) This book, Cargo Securement Handbook will give you most all you need to start learning and understanding flatbed securement requirements with clear explanations and examples. This you can purchase at a truckstop that carries them. The subject also covers vans, as well which most don't know they have to comply with.
2.) Check the videos of training for flatbed securement on You Tube, or invest in the courses from J.J.Keller or others, that are meant for self training or try one of the online courses you can find by using a search engine.

Hope this helps.