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(Describer) Beside four different-size different-color circles connected by lines, title: Career Connections.
(Describer) Titles: Commercial Truck Driving. Michael Moscinski – Vice-President, Trainco:
Trainco Truck Driving Schools
was established in 1996.
We've been teaching
for 20 years.
We provide truck driver
training education
for people wanting to drive
a commercial motor vehicle.
An average day is long
for a truck driver.
A driver can legally work
14 hours and drive 11 of them.
That's longer than
your typical eight-hour day
at a factory or office.
But you're out and about.
You're seeing the country,
so it's relaxing.
You mingle with people.
If you're
an independent person
(Describer) Kenneth Howell:
that doesn't like somebody
looking over your shoulder
and you can manage yourself
and your time,
you won't like this,
you'll love this.
(Moscinski)
An individual needs
to get some book knowledge.
That's where they learn
their book skills,
and they earn
a CDL learner's permit.
With a permit, they can drive
with a licensed CDL driver.
That's what we use to teach
them how to drive a truck.
They earn their certificate
to finish the program.
That's the certificate from
Trainco Truck Driving Schools.
When they finish
the training part,
they have to take
the CDL driving exam
with the state of Ohio
to earn their driver's license.
(Describer) Title: What is the job demand for commercial truck driving?
There's various segments
of trucking.
There's over the road,
and those are dying breed
of truck drivers.
The big category
still is regional.
A regional driver will be gone
four, five, six days at a time.
There's many jobs
in that sector.
The third category is local.
Those people are home every day
and drive every night,
or home every night
and drive every day.
There's becoming
more local jobs
because our industry
needs drivers desperately.
It pays so well.
Starting drivers are leaving
out of truck driving school
earning 40,000 and 50,000 a year
and on up from there.
(Describer) Title: What can I do now to prepare for my career?
Just having that high school
diploma should be sufficient.
When it comes to trucking,
being able to read
and understand the language
is important.
Doing some basic math
and science is important.
Get your driver's license
and drive safe.
Try and keep your record
accident-free, violation-free,
so drive safe.
Stay out of trouble
with the law.
And also get a job.
Any job is important.
What we look for
in the trucking industry
is a work history.
If you can find it
in transportation,
that's awesome.
If schooling or college
is not your game,
this should be your game.
(Howell)
Not everybody's
college material.
We get people who attended
a four-year college,
they can't find a job
and say,
"I'm making more money
than in my chosen field."
Truck driving is not--
It's a much better--
We're a licensed profession,
just like nursing and the rest.
Since '92, the pay
has gone up considerably.
They need to consider this.
The benefits for truck drivers
are wonderful.
I hope there's more
graduates from high school
that will think, "I never
thought about truck driving,
"but I could be graduating
from high school
and two months later
be making $50,000 a year."
(Describer) A student driver maneouvers between pylons.
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