Truck Driving
Program Mission
The mission of the Truck Driving program is to provide each student the opportunity to gain the technical knowledge and driving skills needed to obtain gainful employment in the truck driving industry.
Interested in Truck Driving?
Those interested in truck driving should be responsible and able to manage time efficiently, and adapt to extended travel time on the road.
Why Consider the Truck Driving field?
At NTI, you can train for a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) in only five weeks. A shortage of skilled drivers in the truck driving industry has created significant opportunity for employment. Several major companies hire NTI Truck Driving students upon completion of the program.
Job Possibilities
- Short Haul Driver
- Long Haul Driver
- Local Route Driver
- Driver for a Delivery Company
What you will learn:
Technical instruction covers written tests on general knowledge, combinations, air brakes, doubles and triples, tank trucks, hazardous materials, DOT regulations, log books, and pre-trip.
The course content for Truck Driving includes 54 class hours (theory), 150 hours of maneuvering and road skills (laboratory), and 12 hours of CDL testing, for a total of 216 hours. The course lasts for five weeks.
Truck Driving Objectives
- To train truck drivers to be competent in the performance of operating a truck for hire or in private business.
- To teach the related parts of the federal motor carrier safety regulations that pertain to the truck driving profession.
- To instruct the students so they may enter and progress in the truck driving profession.
- To teach the importance of employee-employer and employer-employee relationships.
- To teach professionalism and customer security of a load's contents pertaining to departure, route, and arrival times.
Length of Program: 5 weeks
Approximate Cost: $1,770.00(in-state), $1,970.00(out-of-state)*
*tuition subject to change without notice