CDL Driver Training
Driving Academy offers affordable, state-approved classroom and behind-the-wheel lessons for aspiring truck drivers. Driving Academy helps drivers earn their Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). Our founder and lead instructor comes from a family of teachers and professional CDL drivers. With a lifetime of driver education experience, we take driving very seriously. Learn more about CDL driver training at Driving Academy.
Getting Your CDL Is as Simple as 1-2-3
Getting your commercial driver’s license at Driving Academy is not a long and painful process. With our tried-and-true training method, we make it simple to start on the road to freedom today. Learn more about the simple steps to getting started.
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Step 1
Pick the Type of CDL You’re Looking to Earn
Driving Academy offers its students three types of CDL training courses, depending on which vehicle students want to drive:
A CDL Class A is for tractor-trailers or vehicles that weigh more than 26,000 pounds and have a trailer that weighs more than 10,000 pounds. Once you have a Class A CDL, you can also drive a Class B vehicle.
CDL Class B is for box trucks and delivery trucks. A Class B vehicle is described as any vehicle weighing over 26,000 pounds and has no trailer, or, if there is a trailer, it weighs less than 10,000 pounds. Examples of Class B vehicles are dump trucks, box trucks, garbage trucks, and cement trucks.
A CDL Class B+ P is for vehicles that weigh more than 26,000 pounds and have a carrier with 16 or more passengers. A passenger bus is an example of a Class B vehicle. Once you have a CDL Class B+P license, you can also drive any other Class B vehicle.
Step 2
Pick Your Course
Potential driving students in Linden, New Jersey, and the surrounding communities have options when it comes to choosing a CDL driving training course.
Guaranteed Training Courses
Driving Academy’s guaranteed training courses are the most extensive courses that we offer. These courses usually include over 100 hours of training in and out of the classroom. They are built for people who take their future CDL career very seriously.
The guaranteed training courses offer classroom training to prepare students to pass the written tests and get their CDL permits. They also come with yard and road training to prepare them to pass the CDL road test.
We are so confident in the success of this course that anyone who enrolls will have unlimited road test attempts and vehicle rentals. This means students enrolled in this program have unlimited tries to pass all CDL testing, both written and road exams. As long as the student shows up and participates in all our scheduled training and re-training, we will stick with them until they earn their CDL.
Full Courses
Driving Academy’s full CDL truck driving school courses are designed to take students from zero to hero in driving. The full courses start with classroom training to help students pass the written exams, which will earn them a valid CDL permit. We then bring students to the yard and train them to pass the CDL road test.
Our full courses also include a limited number of truck rentals for the CDL road test, as well as our lifetime job placement program. However, they do not come with unlimited road test attempts like the guaranteed training course does.
Half Courses
If a student already has a CDL permit, the half courses at Driving Academy are designed with them in mind. If a student already possesses a valid CDL permit, there is no need to start with classroom training – we will move you right into our yard training. In the Driving Academy yard, we will train you to pass the very difficult two-and-a-half-hour CDL road test.
Our yard training can be split into three main categories:
- Pre-drive inspection training
- Basic skills and parking maneuvers
- Proper road driving
These courses also come with a limited number of road test rentals.
Refresher Courses
Do you already have your CDL but haven’t used it in a while? Driving Academy offers refresher training courses.
An employer might require the refresher course if you do not have any recent over-the-road trucking experience. We help you brush off the cobwebs and get back to the driver’s seat with the skills you need for success.
During our refresher course, we will train you on how to inspect your truck inside and out and park your tractor-trailer. You’ll learn road driving either with a manual or automatic transmission.
Custom Corporate Training Courses
Driving Academy offers group or corporate training options, as well. If your employees need commercial driver’s licenses, we are here to help. We can set up a time for your team to come to us. Or, if your team is big enough, we might be able to come to you. Give our office a call for more info at 908-525-3609.
Step 3
Pass Your Road Test and Start on Your Road to Freedom
Pass Your Road Test
After you have completed truck driving school, you’re now ready to take your CDL road test. At Driving Academy, you can take your road test at our third-party testing site in Levittown, Pennsylvania.
Our students are lucky because they can avoid the DMV when it comes to taking the CDL road test. We are approved to offer the CDL road test to all our students using our own trucks and team members. If you consider that we will be both training you and testing you, how can you fail?
Lifetime Job Placement
Start your road to freedom with our lifetime job placement program. All our courses come with our free lifetime job placement program, which means we are here to help you find a job until the day you die.
We can help you find the following placement opportunities:
- Local
- Regional
- Over the Road
- Become and Owner Operator
Choose Driving Academy for CDL Training
Seek CDL truck driver training at Driving Academy, serving students in and around Linden, New Jersey. Driving Academy provides students with advanced training and the knowledge and skills they need to pursue either a Class A, Class B, or Class B+P CDL. Other benefits of Driving Academy include:
- Affordable payment plans that start at just $500 down
- State-of-the-art simulator training
- Lifetime job placement for graduates
- Flexible training schedules
- Certified third-party testing site available
- Training for students from anywhere in the United States
If you’re ready to hit the road on the path toward earning a CDL, contact us today to learn more about our CDL driver training.
