AIT Trucking Refresher wk 1

First of all, taking a bus anywhere is the least desirable thing I’ve done in quite a while. I trip that would have taken me less than 30 minutes, has in fact taken me between 1.5 and 3 hours one way.

It’s a very fast pace course, but it’s much easier for me than the rest of my class as they are getting this for the first time. I did not have classroom material the first time I took my CDL training in San Jose, CA, but AIT (http://www.ait-schools.com/), located up on Lone Mountain near the Pilot truck stop, has a very good curriculum and adequately experience instructors.

I truly wish I had this type of program 5 years ago prior to when I first went on the road driving for Swift. I truly would have made far fewer mistakes the first time around. But I did learn a great amount from being on the road, and most of the class were keen to ask me many questions about what it was like.

I choked on a couple of test at the beginning and this caused my GPA to drop enough that I ended the week with slightly under a B average. I was not studying the right way at the beginning, and made a few too many mistakes when taking the test. There was an online class A CDL practice test located at http://www.roadwars.com/otc/ which I should have taken right at the beginning, but didn’t bother and it proved costly to my class GPA. I highly advise anyone who needs to take a refresher to take this online exam first.

Although every state DMV has their own test questions, most of these are very simular. If you what to know exactly what will be on your particular state’s exam, then you need to consult that states handbook. The one for Nevada is online at www.dmvnv.com/pdfforms/dlbookcomm.pdf

I have one more week of classroom study, then it on to range instruction, which includes the backing practice, on the road driving, and pre and post inspections.