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…
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…
The American Trucking Associations has reported a driver shortage in our country and there is a college in Iowa that is doing its part to get drivers out there on the road. Eastern Iowa Community College in Davenport has received $100,000 from the Future Iowa’s Coronavirus Relief Employer Innovation Fund…
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…
For the past 3 years, the Central Piedmont Community College in Huntersville, North Carolina, has been helping fill the empty seats in the cabs of trucks. The class gives students hundreds of hours of behind-the-wheel training. When the college first started teaching new truckers the classes had 12 students, now…