Commercial Drivers License Programs

RVC CDL-A DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION SPECIALIZED SKILLS For more information on COMMERCIAL TRAINING WORKSHOPS Truck Driver Training and Workshops, • Workshops are available to improve upon and strengthen please contact Mark Sandoval, DRIVERS LICENSE a CDL-A driver’s skills set. Providing trucking companies Program Coordinator, by calling and employee drivers with a third-party solution to aid in the retention of drivers needing attention, improvements, Office (815) 921-2076 PROGRAMS and employment. Mobile (815) 222-3103 • Workshops are available on an as-needed basis, or by emailing DOT/FMCSA/Illinois & Wisconsin calculated at a rate of $200.00 per an eight-hour day [email protected]. session per driver. SOS Compliant – Hazardous materials endorsement preparation – Hours of service/log book compliance – CSA compliance – Over-the-road safety driving skills including and not limited to: • Pre-trip inspections, brake checks, and leak downs • Smoothing out upshifting and downshifting; Truck Driver Training (TDT) double clutching or floating methods Stenstrom Center for Career Education • Using the downshifting method to reduce wear and 4151 Samuelson Road | Rockford, IL 61109 repair on brake pads and brake drums (815) 921-2076 | Fax: (815) 921-2079 • Lane control and space management RockValleyCollege.edu/TDT • Mirrors use and wide turns, right and left procedures Rock Valley College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, • Backing skills; straight backing, angle backing skills national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, age, disability, marital status, (45 degree and 90 degree), blindside backing, sexual orientation, veteran status, military status, genetic information, gender docking situations, and truck-stop parking identity, or any legally protected category. Rev. 10/2018 Qty. 200 RockValleyCollege.edu/TDT RVC COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSE (CDL-A) PROGRAM 240-HOUR TRACTOR-TRAILER ENTRY RVC CDL-A DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS LEVEL TRUCK DRIVER SKILLS TRAINING BRUSH-UP REFRESHER AND CDL-A PREPARATION CERTIFICATE TRAINING PROGRAMS PROGRAM • Driver improvements programs are designed for drivers that The course is 240 hours total, training eight (8) hours per day, either have a valid CDL-A and would like to improve their Monday through Friday for a total of six (6) weeks to the course skills or for a driver that has held a CDL-A in the past and is completion. At the end of the sixth week of training the student needing to prepare and improve skills to take the CDL-A will be accompanied by their RVC Instructor Specialist and exam test with the Illinois/Wisconsin Secretary of State. provided the same RVC tractor-trailer that the student has • For these drivers, there will be a pre-requisite to a brush–up trained on in their six (6) weeks of training in order to take the program assignment. This will require the driver to subject to CDL-A test with the Illinois Secretary of State. a “Driving Skills Evaluation” with an RVC Instructor (Ask about training for Wisconsin licensed drivers.) Specialist at no charge or obligation to the prospective Rock Valley College Truck Driver Training Tuition ...... $4,920.00 48 hours of classroom student but to establish the driver’s current skills level. • DOT-FMCSA/SOS rules and regulations • In order for an RVC Instructor Specialist to conduct the Program costs that are not included in the tuition, but • CDL-A permit preparation with CDL Study Guides driving skills evaluation on the driver’s skills will require that the driver have a valid CDL-A and a current DOT physical • Written pre-testing and reviewing of: will be required costs to the driver are as follows: certificate; both hard card and long form. – Illinois/Wisconsin CDL guides, rules, and regulations 1.) Illinois Secretary of State Or that the driver have the proof of a past CDL-A Possession for a copy of the “drivers history” ...... $12.00 – Driving safely, including but not limited to: • Vehicle inspections and a current and valid Illinois/Wisconsin Driver’s license; 2.) Physicians Immediate Care Clinic for a DOT Physical • Basic control of your vehicle plus a valid CDL-A Permit and a current DOT physical and DOT Drug Screen to be done no later than • Shifting gears certificate; both hard card and long form. 15 days and no sooner than 29 days prior to a • Transporting cargo safely With the completion of the evaluation the driver can then class’ start date ...... $125.00 • Air brakes be given the option of either an 80-hour, 120-hour, or an 3.) Secretary of State for taking CDL-A Permit test ...... $50.00 • Combination vehicles 160-hour Brush-Up Refresher as determined by the RVC Instructor Specialist’s grading of the driver’s performance. • CSA FMCSA compliance safety accountability A program cost that is optional to the driver is regarding • DOT hours of service and log book compliance training The Brush-Up Refresher options are: Haz-Mat: • Trip planning: planning a dispatch run by combining map a.) 40 hours Brush-Up Refresher 4.) “IBT” for the fingerprinting and background book reading and log book compliance Training Tuition ...... $820.00 check through TSA website or a check to • Overall program protocols-safety in the trucks and b.) 80 hours Brush-Up Refresher “IBT” in amount of ...... $86.50 operations in the yard skills and over-the-road driving Training Tuition ...... $1,640.00 • Endorsements: *hazardous materials, tank vehicles, two (2) weeks training to completion and double/triple trailers classroom training and with a certificate, i.e., CDL-A testing preparation COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSE ACRONYM GUIDE c.) 120 hours Brush-Up Refresher • Trucking safety operation and practice series videos CDL-A Commercial Drivers License Training Tuition ...... $2,460.00 Class A Truck: Any combination of vehicles with a GVWR of three (3) weeks training to completion 26,001 or more pounds provided the GVWR of the vehicle(s) with a certificate, i.e., CDL-A being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds d.) 160 hours Brush-Up Refresher CSA Compliance, Safety, Accountability Training Tuition ...... $3,280.00 DOT Department of Transportation four (4) weeks training to completion FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration with a certificate, i.e., CDL-A GVM Gross Vehicle Mass GVWR Gross Vehicle Weight Rating Haz-Mat Hazardous Materials and items IBT Integrated Biometric Technology (the authorized contractor for the TSA’s Haz-Mat Threat Assessment Program) SOS Secretary of State TSA Transportation Security Administration RockValleyCollege.edu/TDT