Southwest Truck Driver Training
842 S. 59th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85043
Southwest Truck Driver Training
Program: Professional Truck Driver Program
Length: 4 weeks
Hours of Training: 160 (Class A)
Program: CDL Commercial Truck Driver Program
Hours of Training: 120 (Class A)
Program: CDL Refresher Training Program
Hours of Training: 120
Training Equipment:
- Tractor-Trailers
- Tanker Truck
- Dump Truck
- Transit Bus
- School Bus
Job Placement Assistance: Yes
Award: Certificate of Completion
CDL Training Offered:
- Class A
- Class B
- CDL Refresher
- Tank Endorsement
- Hazmat Endorsement
- Doubles/Triples Endorsement
- Combination Vehicles Endorsement
- Air brakes Endorsement
- School Bus Endorsement
- Passenger Endorsement
Classroom Instruction:
- Safety awareness
- Trip planning
- Logging skills
- Map reading
- Time management
- Roadside inspection guidelines
- Scale operations
- Weight distribution
- DOT laws & regulations
- General Knowledge Exam prep
- Combination Vehicles Exam prep
- Hazardous Materials Exam prep
- Tank Vehicles Exam prep
- Doubles/Triples Exam prep
Skills Training:
- Pre-trip and post-trip inspections
- Cab familiarization
- Alley docking
- Proper shifting techniques
- Backing, turning & parking
- Coupling & uncoupling
- Straight line backing
- Offset driver side backing
- Offset passenger side backing
- Site side parallel parking
- Blind side parallel parking
- Loading, securing & unloading cargo
- Night time operations
- Preventative maintenance
Road Training:
- Speed management
- Proper braking
- Vehicle space management
- Inclines
- Downgrades
- Railroad crossings
- Bridges
- Underpasses
- Shifting up
- Downshifting
- Double clutching
- City driving
- Expressway driving
- Night driving
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