Hello everyone. I don't know if I posted this to the right section, but I am a Canadian who's thinking of possibly driving a truck to earn a living.
My situation is that I'm in my late-40s, graduated college last year (2 year diploma in accounting), and have not been able to find any work, despite the government telling me there was a high demand for bookkeeping-related jobs prior to my enrollment in college. I think the fact I'm in my forties (as if that makes me some kind of invalid) and have no accounting experience automatically turns me toxic to potential employers (for what valid reason, I don't know).
I have a speeding ticket for 15 km/h over from March 2016, but an otherwise clean driving record, and no criminal record. I also have no experience driving big trucks (the biggest thing I've driven was a Grizzly armoured personnel carrier back in 1990 when I was in the military, and a few cube vans). I've never really tried to successfully back up a trailer, either (that would be the hardest part for me, I think). I do, however, enjoy learning new things.
Given the above, would I have a good chance at employment with a trucking firm if I took an approved training course? If not, I think my only option is to go on welfare when my savings run out.
Thinking about trucking for a living
Discussion in 'Canadian Truckers Forum' started by Ind0792, Oct 14, 2018.
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I would think anyone who takes a course can secure employment. My friend took course and recruiters from trucking companies made their pitch.
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You can attend trucking school. Work out the literal learning of backing etc. And challenge to fix whatever else you don't yet know before it's time to take the DMV test. Eventually you will be a young rooster in your own Tractor Trailer ready to go work.
Your accounting skills will become very valuable in time to someone within a company somewhere. Keep that in the back of your mind. Don't let that learning rust or go bad.Xeno124 Thanks this. -
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I should be able to pass a medical, since the only issue I have is a sluggish thyroid and I take meds for that. As for manual transmissions, I have experience with those, but only in cars.
I like the idea of doing a job and not having someone hanging over me all the time, so that part of trucking appeals to me. My main concern is if I would have a decent career after doling out more money for training. -
We put out something on the order of 46000 between roughly 2002 to 2006 for college the two of us. One got that 2 year then 4 year degree very easily, met the family first dream etc to hold a college degree. Well done, earned etc.
Worthless. 32000 dollars POOF.
I took a stab at IT. Found out that Coding a a form of hard prison labor. Find out a few other things I hated to go with it. Discovered my math outside of axle weights is really terrible. So no game design there. Forget it. No Java either. Just HTML. Telecomms I killed it, I ruled. Cisco routers too. All mine. Rigging data centers etc no problem. But I discovered that I am very good at designing and building desktop computers that are very powerful within limitations of 120 volt/30 amp power T socket and money.
It only took me about oh... 4000 to learn that. Among other things like forensics and so on. (THAT is fun...) Hacking and being hack was a form of war in the security IT class. I actually have feelings, Am too nice for that. But for all that I destroyed some of my classmates, some of whom are very good. Which for a 22 year old probably hurt him a little bit considering the ferocity of my attack against his machine. I wont be doing that again.
Interest took the rest. 46000 dollars. Back to uncle sam it went. Paid.
Being a 45 year old sitting between 18 somethings during a algebra lecture is not my cup of tea. I rather sit in New Jersey camden ben franklin bridge closure than that classroom. I must have aged 10 years in there I was so out of place.
YEa college was a nice experiment. But a very very expensive and ultimately worthless. -
P.S. - The students who sat and fooled around during classes on their smartphones and got grades in the 60s are now working. This is what employers seem to want (youth -- no matter how slack -- over diligence).x1Heavy Thanks this.
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