Category: General

Professional truck driving is expected to grow by 6% over the next eight years, making it a stable, rewarding career path. If you’ve ever considered becoming a truck driver, you may have questioned whether you’re cut out for the job. Likewise, if you just finished CDL training, you might be wondering what skills to emphasize on your resume. Below, our instructors tackle both dilemmas and discuss what makes a good truck driver. 4 Traits That Successful Truck Drivers Share Competent Truck drivers must be capable behind the wheel. Therefore, they should not only receive a commercial driver’s license (CDL) but…

When you drive a truck professionally, you do a lot of sitting. To the uninitiated, a sitting-related health warning may seem a step removed from “it’s not healthy for you to nap too much,” but there are real health issues that can arise from sitting in a big rig, burning down the highways day after day. Sitting upright puts a lot of pressure on your back. Sitting upright in an enormous vibrating, bouncing vehicle for hours at a time can be downright destructive. And once you begin developing back pain, every day you only make it worse if you don’t…

Brandon Swain is enrolled in the 600 Master Truck Driver Training Program and is on his externship with May Trucking Company. He is very happy with his new career and recently stopped by with his new truck. Thank you for stopping by and drive safely!