Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Alabama, offers a Commercial Driver’s License program and those who are in wheelchairs are not being left out. Two men in wheelchairs were determined to become truck drivers and this college found a way to help them. The instructor at Wallace State Community College…
There is a demand for truck drivers out there and Marion Technical College out of Marion County, Florida is doing its part to fill the need. Students are learning the skills needed to become professional truck drivers. A simulator is used to teach students the hazards that can occur out…
South Louisiana Community College’s Corporate College will be having a career information session for its Commercial Truck Driving program. The session will be on Thursday, January 30 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the Acadian Campus in Crowley. The session is free to the public and people attending can…
College of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, is moving towards having a Commercial Driver’s License program. To further support this program the Armstrong family has established the “George P. Armstrong, Jr. Memorial Scholarship,” putting forth a $1,000 annual gift to a student enrolled in the CDL program. Armstrong…
The LSCO Workforce Education program is going to be offering a Class A Commercial Truck Driving Program at Lamar State College in Orange, Texas. The trucking companies in the area are looking for drivers and this college is ready to deliver. The program’s curriculum requires 120 hours in the classroom…
The Booster Stadium in Ocala, Florida now comes equipped with a CDL driving pad thanks to the Marion County School District and local businesses. 15 months ago the school district collaborated with Marion Technical College and launched a CDL program, trying to fill the trucker shortage in their area. This…
In Klamath Falls, the Klamath Community College and Aisling Truck Academy have teamed up to put more people behind the wheels of big trucks. The 5-week long program combines classroom instruction and hands-on driving. This program teaches students the necessary skills to earn a Class A driver’s license, the business…
To further boost the truck driving community and help recover from the driver shortage, Schneider has donated 10 gently used trucks to community or technical colleges across the U.S. The donated Freightliner Cascadias have advanced technology and automated manual transmissions so new drivers can stay up to date with what…
Trans Tech teams up with Pitt Community College to launch NEW CDL program Everyone is aware of the driver shortage in the industry. For so many years the minimum age requirements handcuffed the growth of this necessary industry in order to grow. Now you see different opportunities arising within different…