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You must be a U.S. citizen, speak English, and have a valid driver's license from the state in which you reside. In addition, you must be at least 21 years old to drive across state lines. Some trucking companies will hire 18 year olds to drive within a state.

Second option is to join a Truck driving school run by any trucking company. These schools offer you free truck driving courses but they usually make you sign one year contract that you will work for the company. At this duration they will pay a little lower wage as they try and compensate what they spent for your truck driver graduation. The disadvantage of this option is that you get stuck for one year with one trucking company and in case you intend to leave they will charge you what they have spent on your course. The advantage is you have the job security as soon as you complete your lessons and you do not have to pay any upfront fees from your side.

Yeah I went to a good trucking school. But honestly, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. When I was a kid I accidentally backed my pick-up right into my dads house. My dad said to me you can do anything you put your heart into. So I did it and made that first step to being a trucker.

JD Truck Training Centre How many hours driving are required in the course? Make sure this does not include sitting in the passenger seat! You need plenty of experience driving and handling a big rig.

HR Truck Licence Once you successfully pass the driving course then you will go to work for the company that hired you during your training period as a driver trainee. You will be coupled up with a more seasoned driver for a certain amount of time, probably not less than a month and longer in some cases.

Before any truck driver starts driving down the road, they need to know where they are going and the route to be used. A check of traffic conditions and even weather should be considered. You can save time, money and fuel by having a proper route selected, especially avoiding traffic congestion.

You have finally made it through school, and now have been hired with a company. You report to the company for orientation which will last for up to 5 days, and most company's will only give you maybe $25.00 per day for this. Some company's won't even do this. Of course the feed you lunch, and put you in a cheap motel, and provide you with a van to take you to the terminal and back to the motel.

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Pub: 01 Oct 2024 10:36 UTC
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