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<p>[QUOTE="CV66GMG3, post: 12374910, member: 332502"]I will divulge that information when I have finished school and received my certicate of training. The review will be epic. I broke down the cost per hour for advertised hours of training and came up with $14.49 each student pays per hour to be there. Three hours of pad time per day and get maybe 15-20 minutes in the truck each day doing maneuvers. Then we have to spend another three hours in a classroom. I spent two months tuning out instructor led conspiracy theories while doing the bookworm, and another two months in a classroom in which the instructor rarely even spoke to us. The whole place is a scam. I hate to say it, but everything I learned is from YouTube and discussion and practice with other students. Pad instructors are paid under $40k a year and there is zero consistency in day-to-day operations. Some of the instructors were surprised when I showed them that FMCSA mandates Entry Level Driver Training from an a training facility on the FMCSA list. I have that from ELDT.com and it was actually better than what I am going through. The school told me I couldn't take the CDL skills test until I finished THEIR program.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have pre-trip, in-cab, and air brakes down solid. I can straight back and offset with no problem. Test day won't come fast enough. I feel I can pass and get my cdl. The skills test won't be perfect, but I have 12 points to play with. All I can say that I am going to be behind the curve when I get out in the real world of trucking, but I will prevail.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CV66GMG3, post: 12374910, member: 332502"]I will divulge that information when I have finished school and received my certicate of training. The review will be epic. I broke down the cost per hour for advertised hours of training and came up with $14.49 each student pays per hour to be there. Three hours of pad time per day and get maybe 15-20 minutes in the truck each day doing maneuvers. Then we have to spend another three hours in a classroom. I spent two months tuning out instructor led conspiracy theories while doing the bookworm, and another two months in a classroom in which the instructor rarely even spoke to us. The whole place is a scam. I hate to say it, but everything I learned is from YouTube and discussion and practice with other students. Pad instructors are paid under $40k a year and there is zero consistency in day-to-day operations. Some of the instructors were surprised when I showed them that FMCSA mandates Entry Level Driver Training from an a training facility on the FMCSA list. I have that from ELDT.com and it was actually better than what I am going through. The school told me I couldn't take the CDL skills test until I finished THEIR program. I have pre-trip, in-cab, and air brakes down solid. I can straight back and offset with no problem. Test day won't come fast enough. I feel I can pass and get my cdl. The skills test won't be perfect, but I have 12 points to play with. All I can say that I am going to be behind the curve when I get out in the real world of trucking, but I will prevail.[/QUOTE]
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