There is a truck driver shortage out there and the pandemic has not stopped this need, it has only increased the need for delivery drivers. The owner of the Professional Driving Academy in Honolulu, Hawaii has a waitlist for new drivers and his classes are booked through next year. People…
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The St. Louis Community College in Missouri is helping fill empty big rig seats. There is a truck driver shortage out there and this college is doing its part by offering a new program. The CDL Truck Driver Training program will teach students the rules and regulations of the road…
The American Trucking Associations’ Technology and Maintenance Council, the Arkansas Department of Commerce’s Office of Skills Development, and Be Pro Be Proud have developed a new game app to help find new diesel technicians. According to TechForce foundation, there is a shortage of 25,000 diesel technicians throughout the trucking industry….
Baker Technical Institute in Baker City, Oregon is starting up a new program in March that will put more truckers on the road. Beginning March 8, the Truck Driving and Logistics School will be offering its first four-week course at the college’s main campus. The 160-hour training will include 101…
The Truck Driver Training program at Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, Illinois, is filling the empty driver seats out there. The program got its start in the Fall of 2014 and 86 percent of its graduates immediately find a job in the trucking industry. The remaining graduates go…
There is a high demand for truck drivers out there and the Bismarck State College in North Dakota is doing its part to help fill those empty seats. The college has received the Smart Restart Technical Skills training grant from the state’s Department of Commerce and every month four new…
The people at the Guilford Technical Community College near Greensboro, North Carolina are doing their part to put truckers behind the wheel of commercial vehicles. With the pandemic going on all around us and shelves being empty, there is a need out there for more truckers to help get supplies…
Surry Community College in Dobson, North Carolina is starting its next round of training truck drivers in January. Orientation will be held this coming Monday at 10 a.m. at The Yadkin Center. The Truck Driver Training classes start January 11 and go through March 16, all day, Monday through Friday….
If you are a Wyoming high school graduate and want to get into the transportation industry, the Wyoming Trucking Association is now taking applicants for their WTA Scholarship Program. To qualify, you must be a Wyoming high school graduate, plan to pursue a career in the transportation industry (this includes…
There’s a truck driver shortage out there and a group of colleges in Indiana will be doing their part to put an end to it. Conexus Indiana and Ivy Tech Community College are launching a new program to pump out new truck drivers across five campuses starting January 2021 with…