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A New DirectionTruck Driving Academy

Sending Lives Into A New Direction!

APPROVALS

A New Direction Truck Driving Academy (ANDTDA): Approved and Regulated by the Texas Workforce Commission, Career Schools and Colleges, Austin, Texas.

Reasons to Get Your CDL & Become a Truck Driver

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Truck Drivers are in VERY HIGH DEMAND!

The US has a severe driver shortage of over 60,000 drivers and this number is expected to continue to increase!  This skilled driver shortage is caused by many old CDL drivers retiring and the demand for transportation continues to grow at an all-time high due to the e-commerce boom and companies like Amazon and Ebay.Now is the best time to get your CDL. Start on your Road to Freedom!

High Paying Career Full of Adventure

Due to the huge CDL driver shortage companies are doing anything they can to attract new truck drivers. 

Many trucking companies continue to raise their pay, as well as add great perks like tuition reimbursement, sign-on bonuses and sweet employee benefit packages.

High Demand and Job Security

The trucking industry is essential to the economy, ensuring a constant demand for professional drivers.

 

This demand translates to strong job security, with trucking jobs expected to grow by 4% annually through 2031, creating over 90,000 new positions.

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A CDL License Gives You Career Options

Never feel stuck at your career again! Once you have a CDL, there are so many different things you can do. You can change the type of truck you drive. For example, with a CDL Class A you are able to drive large tractor trailers or smaller trucks such as box trucks, garbage trucks, cement trucks and dump trucks. 

You can also change the industry you are in so the opportunities are limitless! With a CDL, you have many career choices. If you want to stay local and come home daily there are many careers to choose from. If your dream is to see the country, there are many awesome jobs waiting for you.  The cool thing is you get to pick the future you are looking for!

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PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

The CDL Class A program objectives provide the preparation to reasonable diligent students to
meet entry level trucking industry standards via traditional resident training attendance format curriculum.

Our students will receive training by classroom and hands on training in operation of combination vehicles for entry level positions within the trucking industry both interstate and intrastate. Each field instructor will be assigned to students for close training. Below is a list of skills you will obtain.

ATTENDANCE POLICY AND MAKE-UP WORK

Students are expected to attend all lectures, all labs, and the driving portions and to be punctual
in attending classes. Instructors will maintain a positive record of attendance for the evening
classes and for both the morning and afternoon sessions of the day classes. A tardy is defined as
arriving in the classroom after the designated time for the beginning of the class or for the
continuation of class after breaks.

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