Southern Careers Institute
1500 N. Jackson Road
Pharr, TX 78577
Southern Careers Institute Reviews
Program: Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator
Full-Time Length: 4 to 6 weeks
Part-Time Length: 16 weeks
Total Clock Hours: 160
Classroom Instruction: 50 hours
Skills Training: 60 hours
Road Training: 50 hours
Flexible Scheduling: Yes
CDL Training Offered:
- Class A
- Air Brakes
- Combination Vehicles
Training Equipment:
- Full-Size Tractor-Trailers (53 ft)
Award: Undergraduate Certificate
Job Placement Assistance: Yes
Admission Requirements:
- Must be at least 18 years old for intrastate driving
- Must be at least 21 years old for interstate driving
- Must have a current & valid Texas driver’s license
- Must show your Social Security card
- Must bring a copy of your current Motor Vehicle Record
- No vehicular convictions in the past 3 years, including DUI
- Must pass a DOT physical exam
- Must pass a DOT drug test
- Must undergo the school Admissions Process
- Must meet the school’s Entrance Requirements
This campus also offers the following skilled trades program:
- Automotive Service Tech
- Welding
Classroom Instruction:
- Orientation
- Driver safety
- DOT regulations
- Trip planning
- Cargo handling
- Size & weight laws
- Maintenance procedures
- Hours of service
- Accident prevention
- CDL Written Exam prep
Skills Training:
- Pre-trip inspection
- Vehicle systems
- Maintenance & inspection
- Controlling
- Shifting
- Straight-line backing
- Parallel parking
- Alley docking
- Serpentine driving
- Basic Vehicle Skills Test prep
Road Training:
- Observing the instructor
- Visual search
- Space management
- Speed management
- Inclines & downgrades
- Defensive driving
- Rural road driving
- City street driving
- Highway driving
- Road Skills Test prep
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