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Class
A License
The TRACTOR/TRAILER OPERATOR PROGRAM is a four or
eight-week
program. Field and classroom training total 160 hours.
This training includes DOT Safety Rules and
Regulations, State regulations, and proficiency
development in the skills required to obtain the
Commercial Driver's License (CDL). Western Truck
School offers day, evening, and weekend classes.
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Students
attend 40-hours of classroom training covering such
subjects as DOT, logbooks, defensive driving and job
search techniques. Also, Western Truck School has become
the first school in the State of California to use a
television-based, self-documenting safety training
system for heavy truck drivers.
The system does the following:
•Increases safety awareness;
•Provides legal documentation of safety
training; and,
•Fulfills requirements for government mandated
training.
Interactive
television with full-screen video and animation,
graphics, photography, narration, and interactivity
makes learning easier, faster and more effective. The
system was designed for use as both self-paced,
individualized learning, and as classroom instruction.
The system has been voted "Best Vocational Training
Program of 1996" by the International
CD-Interactive Association.
Field
training includes both observation and behind the wheel
time. The field training consists of driving in training
areas that include a combination of highway, city and
heavy traffic driving with emphasis on defensive
driving. Backing, safety and emergency procedures are
also practiced extensively. The training also consists
of DMV skill practice, job search training, DMV road
testing and graduation. (Some weekend attendance may
also be required.) Homework is assigned on a regular
basis and students must be prepared for an intensive
program of study.
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