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Professional Truck Driver

EARN YOUR COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE AND BUILD A REWARDING CAREER IN CONSTRUCTION! 

Why become a professional truck driver? Four reasons: money, job security, opportunities to travel, and the relatively easy-to-earn Class A or B Commercial Driver’s License! A construction truck driver primarily hauls equipment, materials and supplies from one location to another. They operate and perform general maintenance on trucks, maintain logs of driving times and jump in to help when needed on the jobsite.


AVERAGE STARTING HOURLY WAGE: $18.00 – $22.00 + Benefits

AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE WITH EXPERIENCE: $22.00 – $31.00 + Benefits

EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES: Short-term Technical Education or On-The-Job Training

Professional Truck Driving Career Paths

Lake Area Technical College

CDL Information

Here’s your chance to learn to drive the big rigs and cash in on the nationwide shortage of qualified drivers! Carriers are hiring and wages are very attractive. Let us help you earn your Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) and take advantage of this great career opportunity! Our professional instructors use the latest equipment and techniques to give you the best training available. Click here for more information!

Mitchell Technical College

Professional Truck Driving

Mitchell Technical Institute can provide the proper training to ensure an adequate pool of qualified drivers in South Dakota and surrounding states. This program has been developed using standards set by the Professional Truck Driving Institute, the only certification recognized by the trucking industry. Click here for more informaton!

Southeast Technical College

Commercial Driver's License Training

Southeast Tech’s Commercial Driver’s License Training helps you get on the road driving such vehicles as a tractor-trailer, commercial bus, livestock hauler, box trucks or a flatbed truck. Driving a commercial motor vehicle requires knowledge of rural driving, operating large vehicles in reverse, and vehicle inspections. Click here for more information!

Western Dakota Technical College

Professional Truck Driving

What You Will Learn

  • Road Skills – Highway & Interstate
  • Yard Exercises - Backing, Parking
  • Vehicle Control Training
  • Vehicle Inspection
  • DOT Regulations
  • Logbook Training
  • Heavy Traffic Operations
  • Trip Planning - Map Reading
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