Career Path (Apprenticeship CDL Instruction)


With Prime Inc.'s paid truck driving school, you can start on the road to success with no prior driving experience! And furthermore, you're learning from the best in the business, Prime Certified CDL Instructors!

Best of all, there's NO COST IF YOU STAY FOR A FULL YEAR! Here's how it works:

Begin your Apprenticeship:

You can begin your apprenticeship without a CDL. Prime's Driver Training Program takes you through the following:

  • Obtain your CDL learner's permit on-site.
  • Once you've earned your CDL learner's permit, you will then drive over the road training with a CDL instructor (Prime has a 1-to-1 student/instructor ratio)
  • Take your CDL test.

Once you graduate from Prime's student driver program and obtain your Commercial Driver's License (CDL), you will then be scheduled for Prime's new-hire orientation. At this point, you will be considered a "B" seat driver and credited 10,000 miles towards your training mileage requirements.

"B" Class

  • Continue Team training until you complete approximately 60,000 total miles
  • Attend Classroom instruction at Prime's Training Center
  • Earn the greater of 12 cents per mile or $600 per week*

"A" Transition

The next stage you must complete another 20,000 miles to polish the skills that you have learned in the previous stages. You may complete this in a company truck running solo* earning .30 cents per mile or you may elect to complete this with your trainer at the B seat wage scale until you have completed a total of 80,000 miles.

"A" Seat

Once you reach this point, you will be eligible to run your own company assigned truck or you may elect to lease a truck from the lease company and run it in the Prime network as an Independent Contractor in Reefer, Tanker, or Flatbed.

Note: If you have driving experience, you may transition into our career path with less training needed. This is specified by our safety department, please ask a recruiter where you qualify.

Qualifications

To enter either program, you must have:

  • A valid driver's license and be at least 21 years old.
  • Proof of U.S. residency or Green Card.
  • No reckless driving convictions in the last 3 years.
  • No DWI's or any alcohol convictions in the last 5 years.
  • No more than 4 moving violations in the last 3 years.

* = if available to work 7 days a week.

Start your career with Prime Inc. today and you'll be on the road to success before you know it! Don't settle for less, earn money while you learn from the best!

Click here to apply or call 1-877-PRIME-JOB!

(To view all qualifications needed in order to become a Prime Driver Associate, Click here.)

 

 

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