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The Truck Driving Academy starts classes every Monday for our three week program and every other Saturday for our eight week, weekend only program. Our school offers comprehensive training that encompasses any type of vehicle or truck and trailer combination on the road today. Your program will be divided between classroom and hands-on training, covering everything from paperwork to backing, turning, and shifting on our closed course to complex maneuvers through city streets, but we’ll take it all one step at a time, always making sure that you’re ready before you progress to the next level.

The course will begin with learning essential driving skills, regulations, safety, and basic mechanical systems, you’ll move into the truck for realistic exercises on a closed course, and as you gain confidence, you’ll drive on low-traffic roadways and city streets with tractor-trailer combinations. You will advance to road driving, combining your classroom instruction with driving skills, refining your knowledge, and practice on controlled courses designed to help increase your confidence on the open road.

During the last week of training, you will fine-tune your driving, routing, and paperwork skills, learn advanced shifting techniques, as well as how to handle your rig under differing road conditions. You will be able to complete runs on congested city throughways, handle common roadside mechanical repairs, and shift like the professional you have grown to be. You will then be ready for a thorough review and practice test before taking the actual Commercial Driver’s License exam.

We will be with you every step of the way!

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Southern State Community College Truck Driving Academy
800-628-7722, ext. 4560