Less-than-1-year Certificate in Commercial Truck Driving at East Mississippi Community College

 

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Less-than-1-year Certificate in Commercial Truck Driving at East Mississippi Community College

East Mississippi Community College
Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate
Commercial Truck Driving

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The Commercial Truck Driving program is an eight-week program which prepares the graduate to enter the commercial truck driving industry as an over-the-road driver. This program is a combination of classroom, lab, and actual road driving for students. The course covers such areas as safety, DOT rules and regulations, proper shifting techniques, pre-trip inspections, map reading, log books, handling of paperwork, cargo handling, two-lane driving, four-lane driving, night driving, and metro driving. Students will be trained in in pulling loaded and empty vans and flatbed trailers using conventional tractors using conventional tractors.

The Commercial Vehicle Driver Training Curriculum consists of four general categories:
1. Classroom: Department of Transportation regulations, demonstrations, freight handling, defensive driving, accidents, customer relations, maintenance of equipment, etc.
2. Field Work: Using Bbasic driving skills, handling equipment, maneuvering vehicles, maneuvering combination vehicles, etc.
3. Road Driving: Actual day and night highway driving.
4. City Driving: Actual driving in city traffic.

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