Truck Driving Program | TJC

Truck Driving Program

Get Your

CDL with

TJC

Join the ranks of one of America's most important career fields by getting your CDL through TJC. Through our partnership with Career Trucking School, you'll get driving experience and instruction with some of the best teachers in East Texas. The course is given in two parts, a CDL written skills portion which provides classroom instruction on the basic operation of a commercial truck, and a professional truck driver training section where you'll get hands-on experience.

Professional Training for your CDL

CDL Written Skills

This course provides classroom instruction on the basic operation of a commercial truck, including the principles of visual search, signaling, speed management, and maneuvering in traffic; ways of recognizing hazardous situations in advance, causes of skidding, and jackknifing, and techniques for recovering from such emergencies. The course also helps students prepare for the Commercial Driver’s License written examination.

  • Cost: $1,260
  • Hours - 80
Truck driver in the cab of his truck
Woman holding her CDL license in front of a line of trucks

Professional Truck Driver Training

This course provides hands-on instruction on the basic operation of a commercial truck and gives students an opportunity to apply what they've learned in the classroom in real-world situations. Topics include visual search, terrain management; ways of recognizing hazardous situations in advance, and emergency braking techniques. 

  • Cost: $4,500
  • Hours - 160

For more information or to enroll today, call the TJC School of Continuing Studies at 903-510-2900.