Shippers' Choice CDL Training

TLDR version - Shipper's Choice is an excellent school and I highly recommend it for anyone seeking to get a class A or B license. Shipper's Choice is designed to help you succeed. The instructors were instrumental to my success. I was given lots of practice time both in the yard and on the road to prepare me for the CDL driving test. The office staff was very helpful and encouraging. They have driver recruiters that hire directly from the school. If you're wanting to jump start a new career, this is definitely an excellent option. Thank you for the awesome service, professionalism, and mentorship! I'm off to my new job at Werner, and all thanks to Shipper's Choice!

They helped me too much for I can get my driving license, never am forget my instructor ( Constantine ) he was learning me everything, Romero and the lady manger they help me and my brother for select a quick appointment for the exam in dmv and the nice instructor in dmv he was friendly and very nice guy helping people a lot in dmv thanks everyone

Thanks shippers choice i graduate November 29 2015 and know I am owner operator have my own tructor and trailer working 4 days a week and I making 15,000 to 17,000 dollar a month thanks to shippers choice

The Good 1. Their staff are all very knowledgeable in all aspects of trucking. It's very rare that they can't answer your questions. The instructors all seem to have decades of experience behind the wheel. My favorite instructors are Constantine, Jose, and Carlo. I find that they have positive attitudes, are easy to get along with, patient and always willing to help you out when you need it, provided they have time. Constantine especially is very patient, I've never seen him get upset or frustrated with a struggling driver. He's generous with positive reinforcement and is very encouraging. 2. Your results may vary, but the classmates I have are all very nice and friendly, and the atmosphere of the class is geared toward helping eachother. It's a very diverse class, people come from all cultures and walks of life here, but everyone feels welcome and part of the group. You're all trying to learn the same skills and you help eachother out. When you go into this class, be as friendly as possible with your fellow students and make friends early on. You're probably going to need their help. 3. They accept GI benefits, so I was able to attend these classes for free. If you have some hangups with paperwork or dealing with the VA, they are patient and won't kick you out just because there's a delay in getting everything you need. Robin in the office seems very good at dealing with these issues and can usually help you out. The guy they have in charge of student enrollment is also very good, although I forgot his name (sorry). 4. If you don't have everything down by the time the four weeks is up, they'll let you keep coming in for practice time after your official course has ended. The students still there from older classes are usually just practicing parallel parking, and they often help the newer classes learn pre-trip and straight-back. I look at them as auxiliary instructors. If the instructors are too busy, seek out one of the senior students from the previous class. 5. When you're trying to get your learner's permit, they count time spent at the DMV as class time, so you don't have to try to go to the DMV on the weekends to take those tests. 6. There's a wide variety of recruiters that visit Shipper's Choice, and the instructors often have personal experience working for these companies. Jeff especially seems to have been all over. There are plenty of companies to choose from and all of them will train and hire you fresh out of school. The Bad 1. The class sizes are too big compared to the number of trucks and instructors. It's hard to get any private time with an instructor because they're usually busy with other students. When you're in the lot, you'll generally be learning more from the other students than from the instructors. 2. Since there are so many students, you're going to be competing with the others for seat time. You'll only get maybe five minutes of practice in the truck before you have to switch with another student, and the most times I've ever been in a truck in one day is two. So out of the three hours you spend in the lot, you might only get 10-15 minutes actually in the truck. 3. As previously stated, all of the instructors are good. But I do have a small complaint about two of them. Jeff seems to get frustrated more easily than others when a student gets stuck, and I think it flusters some people and makes it more difficult for them to learn. Charlie seems to have a bad habit of answering questions with "you tell me". If we knew the answer, we wouldn't have asked the question. It just annoys the student and gets in the way of learning. 4. They should be more up-front about how long it REALLY takes to get your CDL. While the course itself is 4 weeks, a lot of people need to spend more time practicing after their official course ends. A few of the senior students are still here from two classes ago! Don't go into this thinking you'll be done and working for a company in 4 weeks. Plan ahead for extra practice time.

It’s very bad school u wast ur money and ur time and no body will teach u anything here student teach each other no body will teach u skills you will configure how you do the skills by ur self I will explain exactly how your 4 weeks will be first week just be inside for paper work and get exams will not helping you at all in future just try to keep you inside the class as long as them can you will not touch the truck after that u will go out side do some skills be ready for long line of student waiting to practice the skills u wait at least an hour to just practice 5 to 10 minutes and the instructor will not tell you how you can do it the first week will pass and you don’t know anything about trucks just paper work , second week will let you practice about shifting it’s funny will put u on not working truck and told you practice and imaging the truck working and you shifting and again a lot of exams and paper work will never helping you in future for anything, third week u will start practicing but be sure new class join and you will be waiting more time in line to practicing and always asking you to pass the pre trip and if you are ready will make you fail to stay longer in the school I meet some students them still in the school for 4 months forget about to be ready for one month that’s impossible, last week them will put u inside class again and do a lot of exams and u not practice enough and told you that’s end of ur class u should be ready u never touch the road I touch the road one time only and skills few times 100% u going to dmv exam be sure u will fail if you pass the pre trip you will fail in skills and road test because no body teach you that and go back to school for month practicing to pass u will spent at least 3 months in the school maybe more some students here for 5 months and not ready I can’t recommend this school for everyone u will pay a lot of money and not get any services looking for anther school can give you better practice and help you to pass the exam not only paper work Lot of my friends going to anther school them make them ready in less than month and get jobs already and we are stuck here not ready yet