One of the fastest growing careers today is truck driving jobs. Although the railroads are still used extensively to get products to market, the de-regulation of the trucking industry in the early 1980’s made trucking jobs much more plentiful. The trucking industry is always hiring new drivers on a daily basis. If you look at jobs that are available in the local paper or online, there are literally thousands of trucking jobs available.
To become a truck driver in the United States, a commercial driver’s license must be obtained. One way to quickly get a commercial driver’s license is to attend one of the many trucking schools that are in many cities. They teach the student the basics of driving a big rig while also giving them over the road experience. After the student has mastered the basics, they and an instructor will drive over the road delivering products to actual clients. They will learn the procedures expect of them when they show up to load or unload their payload.
Once the student graduates from trucking school, they must take a written test and an over the road driving test in a semi truck. If both tests are passed, they are granted a commercial drivers license to operate a semi truck. Unfortunately, most trucking companies want their operators to have at least a year behind the wheel of another large vehicle before driving their semi trucks. Most people gain employed driving flat-bed trucks, concrete trucks, or a regional truck driving job.
Once they have the one year experience, there are many companies that will hire them.
