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Program Description for Tractor-Trailer Driver Training 160-Hour Comprehensive

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Provider U.S. Truck Driver Training - Fenton
Date of last update 6/1/2012
Description This is the most comprehensive training program that U.S. Truck Driver Training School offers. Our 160 hour training program is designed to completely train individuals with little or no previous truck driving experience to qualify for exciting and rewarding careers in the trucking industry. The program consists of 160 hours of comprehensive training covering both classroom as well as hands-on instruction. Starting in the classroom, you will learn important skills such as map reading, how to do log books, and the rules of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety code. The next phase of your training will be learning basic maneuvers and truck handling skills in our fully paved training yard. Here you will be taught all of the important manuevers as well as coupling and uncoupling and pre-trip vehicle inspection procedures. Your final phase of training will be Over-the-Road: you will be fully trained in both city and highway driving techniques. You'll learn how to properly change lanes, upshifting and downshifting, and how to do traffic checks and other safe driving skills, giving you confidence in your abilities to handle a tractor-trailer in all types of driving conditions. Upon completion of training you will be able to take your State of Michigan Road Test right here at our school. We will also assist you with Job Placement. Some of the finest trucking companies in the business hire graduates from our school. Companies such as Stevens Transport, Swift Transportation and Werner Enterprises look to our school to provide them with well trained, qualified drivers to fill their driver positions.
Contact Name Tyler LaBarg
Contact Phone Number (800) 615-4443
Contact URL www.LearnToDriveBigRigs.com
Course Length 160 Hours
Admission Requirements Minimum age 21. Ability to obtain Temporary Instruction Permit from State. Ability to pass a Department of Transportation Physical.
Credential Earned Other
Other Credential Description Certificate of completion
Sources of Financial Assistance Accepted Individual Training Accounts, Student financing is also available
Estimated Waiting Period to Enter Program 0 Weeks
License Fee for Employment No
Program Cost $4,495
Additional Costs No
Internship/Externship Required No
New Program No
Completion Rate 100.0%
Number of Graduates in the last year 74
Employment Rate 95.9%
 
Follow-up information is available for 74 out of 74 graduates:
 
Number Employed: 70
Number in Related Training: 0
Number in the Military: 0
Number Self-Employed: 1
Number not in any of these categories: 3
This training provider may have elsewhere published an employment rate that is measured in a different way. Please call the provider for further details.
Training-Related Placement Rate 95.9%
  There are several ways to measure both placement success and the degree to which this is training-related. Please call the school for further details.
Average Starting Wage $17.75
 
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