This refrigerated carrier is the biggest in the US and is over 90 years old.  Their school trains their drivers in the most updated rigs that you would be driving as an employee.  In fact, they are never older than three years.  They have three schools to choose from across the country.  One in Indiana, One in Utah, and one in Southern California.  All three schools use the same “best in the industry “ curriculum for you to use as a driver.  Since you would be driving for their company, their classroom and over the road training, guarantees that the driver is completely ready to safely drive.

For the applicants, they receive transportation and living quarters during the duration of the courses.  Students only have to pay for their meals while at the school and they have a restaurant just below the hotel.

The course is only 17 days and then you are a certified truck driver.  Then you get the on-the-road training with a top of the line trainer for 90 days, and at that point you start to get paid.  After that, you are a full CE England Driver with a career on its way.

If you are interested, call them at 1-800-421-9004 or go to http://crengland.com/truckdrivingschools/index.jsp and apply online

The “First Observer Program” is designed to have truck driving professionals act as look outs on americas roads. The training givien at the school teaches the truck drivers what to look for out on the road.

Here is the complete article from the Times-Herald:

Truckers learn to watch out for terroristsBy Rachel Raskin-ZrihenPosted: 09/10/2009 03:00:14 AM PDTTim Seymour of Falcon Truck School in Vallejo discusses students’ training in recognizing terror threats on the roadways. (Mike Jory/Times-Herald)A local truck driving school became the first on the West Coast to be trained for a new federal anti-terrorism program, the school’s owner and the instructor said.Robert Hertan, an instructor from Maryland-based Total Security Services International, Inc., led the three-hour class at Vallejo’s Falcon Truck School recently. He said the federal Transportation Security Administration hired his firm to train transportation professionals for the “First Observer” program.”This is a Department of Homeland Security program, funded by FEMA and administered by the TSA,” Hertan said.The heart of the training is to use truckers to keep an eye out for — and report — suspicious behavior that could be part of a terrorist operation or some other attack like that on the state capitol eight years ago.Timing and convenience combined to make Falcon the first school to get this training, but it’s spreading nationwide, Hertan said. Some trucking and school bus firms have been trained, and though specific results are unavailable, it’s working, he said.”We wouldn’t be doing it if it wasn’t providing some value,” Hertan said.”The TSA clearly recognizes the vital role America’s critical infrastructure plays in maintaining and preserving our American way of life and has made protecting that infrastructure a top priority,” according to the program’s literature.”First Observer engages surface transportation professionals — truck drivers, school bus operators, mass transit workers, port
workers and others — in maintaining the safety and security of
America’s bridges, tunnels and roads.”

The average truck
spends 100,000 miles on the highway a year — 10 times more than an
average car, Falcon instructor Mike Meagher said. So recruiting
truckers as extra eyes and ears on the highway makes sense, he said.

Falcon owner Tim Seymour, a former Fairfield resident now living in Palm Springs, summed it up.

“The idea is to train truckers to be able to identify suspicious activity, to assess what they observe and report it,” he said.

Hertan
told the Falcon instructors that a First Observer-type program might
have made a difference in the 2004 Madrid commuter train bombings,
Seymour said.

“Someone actually saw someone leave a
backpack on a train, but no one reported it, and we all know what
happened there,” he said.

(More than 191 people were
killed and 1,800 others injured in Madrid on March 11, 2004, when
terrorists set off a coordinated series of bombs on commuter trains.)

Transportation
professionals are given a special phone number to report suspicious
activity, said Seymour, whose parents founded Falcon in 1982. Seymour
said he and his wife Suzanne took over the operation in 2002.

“We were told not to try confronting anyone. Just if you see something a little bit off, call,” he said.

Calls go to a special center, where trained operators assess it and route it to the appropriate authorities, Hertan said.

Hertan told the Falcon instructors there is no such thing as a stupid call, the men said.

An
example of something a trucker would recognize as “a little off,” that
the average motorist might not, would be the truck that in January,
2001, was intentionally driven into the state capitol in Sacramento,
Falcon instructor Robert Richardson said.

“That truck was
too long, too big to be there, it was illegal to be there,” said
Richardson, a former CHP officer now living in Red Bluff. “If I’d seen
it, I would have known there was something wrong, and I would have
called 911.”

Certain graffiti can be a terrorist message,
the men were told. People hanging around where they don’t seem to
belong, a gas tanker parked on the Bay Bridge or downtown — anything a
trucker might recognize as unusual or out of place, should prompt a
call, the truckers learned.

“Even if one call doesn’t
amount to anything, if they put together enough seemingly random
information, they could discover evidence of a terror cell operating,”
said Meagher, a Cordelia resident. “I also tell my students to watch
out for their own equipment, to be observant. You can unwittingly
become the carrier of explosives that can do damage.”

Among
the most shocking things the men said they learned was “what five
pounds of C-4 can do to a Greyhound bus,” Richardson said.
“Disintegrates it completely. They showed that on a video.”

Falcon’s
instructors said they never expected to be on the front lines of the
nation’s war on terror. “But truckers tend to be pretty patriotic,
always have been,” Meagher said. “We’re more than willing to do this.
The threat exists and we all have to pay attention if we want to keep
our nation safe.”

First Observers is an extension of
“Highway Watchers,” a similar program launched shortly after the
terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, he said.

Seymour said
he will be developing a First Observer-based curriculum element over
the next several weeks, and include it in Falcon students’ regular
coursework starting in October.

Truckers learn to watch out for terrorists – Vallejo Times Herald

Trucking schools in Georgia are packed with folks that are looking for training to get into the truck driving industry. According to the article, DeKalb Technical College has seen a 20% enrollment increase when compared to last years numbers. The article also notes that the industry isn’t just for men, and quotes the positive opinion of a female student. Overall the article shows how truck driving school is a step towards a new begining for many.

Another very important thing to note here from the article was this statement about the employment outlook for those that get into trucking. “The school’s director says they have a 90 percent graduation rate and about 95% of their students are finding jobs in the trucking industry.” That’s right 95% are finding work. That makes the job outlook look pretty good for those students that enroll.

We also decided to post on this story because the Alive11.com article mentioned that there was a 3 month waiting list for enrollment at DeKalb. At CR England there is no waiting list at all. So if your considering trucking schools, give CR England a look over. The nice thing about CR England is that your guaranteed a trucking job when you’ve completed your cdl training.

The original article can be found at: http://www.11alive.com/rss/rss_story.aspx?storyid=133416 The article was written by Paul Crawley

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When you graduate from one of CR England’s Truck Driving Schools you get asked to fill out a survey about your experience up to that point. The surveys can be filled out with or without a name on them. They are of course, optional for the students to fill out. We use the surveys to monitor our progress. We believe the surveys paint a picture of what is really going on at our truckdrivingschools.

These are just a few of the quotes we find on our surveys. They say a lot about the talented staff we have training at our truck driving schools. You can see why we proudly say our trainers are the best in the business!

If your considering the opportunities the truck driving industry offers and would like more information about the truck driving schools that CR England operates please visit us at http://www.GoToTruckDrivingSchool.com.

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These are just a few of the quotes we find on our surveys. They say a lot about the talented staff we have training our truck driving school students. You can see why we proudly say our trainers are the best in the business!

If you or someone you know is considering the opportunities the truck driving industry offers and would like more information about the truck driving schools that CR England operates please visit us at http://www.GoToTruckDrivingSchool.com.