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  • Professional Truck Driver Training.
    94% Graduate Employment/Transfer rate
    That's right! Ninety-four percent of SCC's 2019 graduates found work or continued their education.
    Placement
    Professional Truck Driver Training.
    94% Graduate Employment/Transfer rate
    That's right! Ninety-four percent of SCC's 2019 graduates found work or continued their education.
    Placement
    Professional Truck Driver Training.
    94% Graduate Employment/Transfer rate
    That's right! Ninety-four percent of SCC's 2019 graduates found work or continued their education.
    Placement
     

Professional Truck Driver Training

  •  Estimated Cost: $1,460

    Program Length: 8 weeks 

    Locations: Milford

    Start Term(s): Fall / Spring / Summer

    Awards Offered: Cert

    Program Description

    If you enjoy being on the road, why not get paid for it? Our intensive Professional Truck Driver Training program prepares you to operate articulated vans and flatbeds on city streets, rural roads, and two-lane and interstate highways. You will obtain a Class A Commercial Driver’s License at the completion of the program.

    Our hands-on program has a fleet of nine truck tractors ranging in age from 1991 to 2018 and 11 trailers. You will train on Detroit Diesel, Caterpillar, Mack and Mercedes Benz engines with transmissions ranging from 10-speed, 9-speed, Super 10-speed, 13-speed and auto-shift models. Most of our trailers are 48 feet long and we have five 53-foot trailers. Our training includes instruction on accident procedures, daily driver’s log, trip planning, hazard perception, speed management, vehicle inspection, extreme driving conditions, defensive driving, and skills development in coupling and uncoupling, backing, shifting, and city and highway driving.

    You can start the Professional Truck Driver program in the Fall, Spring or summer terms. Our intensive, one-term program features hands-on training which includes 100 total classroom hours with lab and behind-the-wheel training which amounts to 240 hours. You will log between 2,000 to 2,500 driving miles. You will perfect your driving skills on the private SCC concourse and perimeter road before progressing to highway driving. Your schedule is from 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Due to the length of the program, financial aid is not available for this program.

    You will be successful in our Professional Truck Driving program if you:

    • are reliable and can stick to a schedule
    • can take a job from start to finish
    • have excellent communication and people skills
    • have basic mechanical skills and understand how to fix the truck if necessary
    • are able to manage stressful situations
    • follow laws and regulations
    • are alert and aware of your surroundings
    • maintain a high level of physical fitness
    • have an excellent driving record

    There is a tremendous demand for skilled drivers all across the United States. Our Professional Truck Driver Training program prepares you for both interstate and interstate commerce. Recent SCC graduates report an average starting annual salary of $46,176. Career options in the professional truck driving industry include:

    • Over-the-Road Truck Driver
    • Owner/Operator

    Michael Kuebler, Program Director/Instructor
    Commercial Drivers License, Class A with MPTX endorsements
    Third-Party Examiner, Nebraska DMV
    Related Work Experience: 12 years
    Instructional Experience: Since 2009
    402-761-8352
    mkuebler@southeast.edu

    Nichole Brandes, Truck Driving Instructor
    Commercial Drivers License, Class A with MTN endorsements
    Third-Party Examiner, Nebraska DMV
    Related work Experience: 7 years
    Instructional Experience: Since 2017 
    402-761-8395
    nbrandes@southeast.edu

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