Do I need a Trucking School Diploma to get insured/hired?

I am only typing this because I need the extra characters.... NO

Probably with a mega carrier but there are those out there that will hire. I did it and not that long ago.

 

What type trucking job are you looking for?
Most companies insurance will require some type of formal training. You can beat the bushes and probably find something, but a company is at risk by hiring someone without formal training. That's hard, if not impossible, to explain in a lawsuit.

 

Its all a numbers game if you keep asking and keep applying for driving jobs sooner or later a company will hire your services

 

As far as I know,the megas require a diploma. You might find some small 4 or 5 truck operations that would hire you without the diploma.
Mesilla Valley Transportation in El Paso is dry van and has their own school. They may finance the tuition.
Yes, you can go to school even though you already have a CDL. In fact that's a big plus for you because most students haven't done that, so you're way ahead of the class.
Don't know if they hire that far south, but Earl Henderson Trucking is a 400 truck reefer outfit that will probably fast track you through their program since you already have a CDL. They have a minimum guaranteed $798.00 weekly paycheck. You can make much more than that, but that's the minimum you will make.

 

There's some Texas based companies that will probably hire you and train you with their schooling.

FFE (Frozen Food Express)
Millis Transfer-dry van
MCT Transportation - I think they pay for school through C-1 in Dallas. C-1 will also train you for tankers with CTL Transportation. MCT and CTL are owned by Comcar in Auburndale, FL. You can contact C-1 in Dallas and ask about that.

You could work with one of these larger outfits for a year, then move to a smaller company. This way you at least have 12 months experience to show on your application plus the diploma.

Wherever you go you will need an original social security card and original birth certificate. Some companies won't accept a laminated social security card so if yours is laminated, get another one at the social security office.

 

If I remember correctly theres the need to get xx amount hrs and miles logged as training.. I don't know about a diploma, I can say I didn't get one but I did get the hrs and miles logged as training.

 

Ask the school or trucking company about that. If you were born in another country, they will want to see the birth certificate from that country. Talk to the school administrator about that.