Comprehensive Truck Driving Classes Kick-start A Great Career

Oct 19
07:14

2012

Emily Smith

Emily Smith

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The Writer gives a detailed account about Truck Driving courses as a carrer option and compares various courses provided by truck driving schools in Canada.

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Truck driving is a lucrative career but it calls for high levels of alert and immaculate training and hard work. Commercial truck driving classes are available at all accredited driving schools. To start the career as a truck driver,Comprehensive Truck Driving Classes Kick-start A Great Career    Articles a person must obtain a commercial driver’s license. There are too many trucking driving programs that promise the pre-license training. But it is essential to pass a braking course before formally starting the driving program. The duration of a truck training program is 18 weeks and all truck driving courses pursue a structured curriculum with hard practice sessions. At a truck driving school a candidate can get driving lessons that deal not only with driving procedures but also on all aspects of truck driving. Class A LicenseCommercial truck driving schools offer students the facility to obtain their Class 'A' Commercial Driver's License (CDL) drive different types of trucks and tractor trailers. In the truck training program there will be 2 months of on-site and 2 months of on job driver training.  In CDL, generally 160 clock hours are spent on theory classes. The Class 1 or Class A license bestows a driver the eligibility to drive big rigs, buses, tractor trailers and heavy duty vehicles. Commercial Truck Driving Generally the following topics and subjects are taught in the training modules. They includeCDL: Combination vehicles (doubles and triples), Air brakes, General knowledge, Tank trucks and transport of hazardous materials.Basic operation: This involves shifting, vehicle and control systems, orientation, vehicle inspection, tandem axles and sliding fifth wheels, coupling and uncoupling, hours of service and backing up.Safe Procedures: Speeding; Pace management and vehicle communication Advanced Procedure: Skid control; Recovery, hard driving conditions, night driving, emergency maneuvers; hazard detection. Vehicle Systems and Malfunctions: Servicing, Preventive maintenance, recognizing malfunctions and reporting problemsThe class-room sessions also handle matters in professionalism, trucking terminology, managing family while on trips; personal management, lifestyle adjustment, relations with employer and public, documenting and handling cargo and driver motivation. ResponsibilitiesThe driving schools train the prospective truck drivers to drive “heavy trucks” and “tractor-trailers” with more than 25,000 pounds in capacity and Gross Vehicle Weight. An aspirant truck driver must learn lot of things such as checking fuel and oil levels; headlights, windshield wipers, brakes; fluid levels; emergency tools on board such as flares, fire extinguishers, toolbox, first aid kit;  spare parts etc. Selecting the Right SchoolSelecting the best truck driving schools with discretion is the first task for any student. Good reputation and track record of the driving school; success rate of the driving school; the quality of vehicles used for training and availability and the experience and education level of the instructors. Fleet Safety International (FSI) in Alberta is a big name in truck driver training with its courses run by high caliber professionals having long experience as instructors. By joining well known driving schools, students can feel assured that their skills are honed properly to help them become safe, professional, commercial drivers in the trucking industry, which is the lifeline of  a nation’s economy.