School Refresher Promotion Creates Opportunities for Jobs

December 14th, 2010

CR England’s  truck driving school has an end of year promotion that is unreal!  For those people newly graduated truck drivers that do not have a job yet, CR England’s truck driving school is waving school refresher fees.  C.R. England Inc. is accepting students for their School Refresher course, (also called Advanced Training Program, ATP.)

In parts of the country, unemployment is in double digits and men and women are going to truck driving schools because they know there is job stability to feed their families.  Unfortunately, many of these schools are not connected to trucking companies, so there is no job at the end of the schooling.  C.R England, Inc. has a school opened up to many type of candidates with different needs.  If a driver wants to drive for C.R. England, has their CDL Class A license, but has not had the on the road experience yet, they have a program set up for just them.

It’s a 17-day course to prepare the new driver for C.R. England Inc.’s procedures and policies, as well as a safety guideline to help the driver in real world situations.  Once the drivers complete this course, they are hired by CR England , placed with a certified trainer for 30 days in which they are paid.  For 60 days, the driver is a second seat and the pay goes up.

Then, the driver chooses his career path.  He or she can be a solo driver, a team driver, a relief driver, over the road warrior, or even be an independent contractor.  The choice is up to the driver.

If your fresh out of truck driving school and are having a hard time finding a job, here is a low cost option just for you.

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Need for Truck Drivers is High

December 8th, 2010

An article from braintrack.com, called “Truck Drivers Are In Demand” talks about the latest phenomenon in this weak economy.  It’s about the high demand of good drivers all over the country.  Fernando Huizar was quoted as saying: “I heard that trucking is one of the biggest jobs hiring in the country.  You know how the economy is,” he said. “There are no jobs and it’s all minimum wage. I see this like a career. I’m thinking of staying in it as long as I can.”  Fernando was interested in truck driving due to “ready opportunities available.”

U.S. Xpress Enterprises president and co-chairman, Patrick Quinn, was also interviewed.  He was quoted as saying: “There’s an aging driver population.  There’s a shortage of qualified drivers coming, because of changing government regulations and the estimates from the American Trucking Association are that we will need up to 400,000 drivers in the next four years.  These are good jobs; they’re good paying jobs, they’re jobs that will not go to China or India or other countries. . . . They’re long-term career opportunities.”

Michael Darling, Vice President of Operations for Western Truck School as well as the national commercial Vehicles Trainers Association, was quoted in the article. “Carriers nationally are running scared to meet the demand.”

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the trucking industry will need to be hired by 2018 to meet the high need.

Mr. Quinn believes that there will be quite a few more new hires than experienced drivers for the next few years due to the aging population, but also due to the new CSA2010 safety regulations.  This will raise the wages of good drivers, but it’s not a good fit for everyone.  It’s hard work and long hours.

http://www.braintrack.com/college-and-work-news/articles/truck-drivers-are-in-demand-10110202

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Job Security at CR England

November 26th, 2010

The Jacksonville.com ran an article called “Lure of paycheck brings would-be truckers to class.”  It was written by David Baueriein and posted 11/7/2010.  David starts the article with the story of Charles Burton.  He’s a man just like others in today’s economy.  Charles worked for a concrete company called Gate Concrete for 10 years.  The economy went bad and he was laid off.  Sound familiar?

So what did Charles do?  He went and looked for a job that had more stability like most bright people do.  He did a little bit of research and discovered truck driving.  And I quote Charles,  “What really appealed to me is that none of those guys were getting laid off.  That says it all right there. I need something to keep my family going and keep my bills paid.”

The point the author was making with Charles story is that even in high unemployment, there is stability driving a truck.  Product has to move from one location to the other no matter how bad the economy.  And the truth is the freight industry is picking up contracts to move more products at this time.  This means that more drivers are needed than usual standard times.

Truck Driving Schools are all across the country for those who want to get their CDL Class A license.  If you or someone you know is looking into driving truck for stability and to support his or her family, be choosy on what school is chosen.

There is one school in particular I’m thinking of called CR England Truck Driving School.  Once accepted, drivers are assured a job.  And because the school brings in drivers for their shipments, safety is their number one concern in teaching drivers.

When it comes to getting proper training for a career in the trucking industry, it is important to look at safety records. Drivers that jump into the industry and receive poor safety training generally exit the business in a short period of time. If you’d like the best truck driving jobs with training visit our company website and apply today.

The original article can be found at: http://jacksonville.com/business/2010-11-07/story/lure-paycheck-brings-would-be-truckers-class

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Test Report of CSA Provided by Agency

November 5th, 2010

Check out this report found on Truckersnews.com.  Written on October 21, 2010 by Jill Dunn.  It’s the CSA Test Report.  Read how much more productive CSA 2010 is than its predecessor.  It is very interesting.

“AGENCY PROVIDES CSA TEST REPORT

In a report to Congress, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration disclosed the 30-month field test of its Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 yielded positive results.

Last month, the agency reported the Phase I and preliminary results for Phase II of the field testing that began in February 2008. It also updated its CSA 2010 Spend Plan, which outlines CSA’s timeline, costs and capabilities through full deployment.

Phase I indicated the test group reached 44 percent more carriers than the non-test group and 62 percent of investigations included a follow-up with the carrier to address safety deficiencies, such as a Notice of Violation, compared with 32 percent in the non-test group.

Phase II preliminary results included the following indications:
• The test group reached 37 percent more carriers than the non-test group.

• CSA 2010 has conducted carrier investigations with fewer resources, demonstrating a 52 percent increase in the number of investigations per investigator.

• Forty-eight percent of test group investigations included a follow-up with the carrier to address safety deficiencies, compared with 33 percent in the non-test group.

In December, the CSA deployment will include replacing SafeStat with the Safety Measurement System to identify high-risk carriers and form the basis for prioritizing and assigning interventions. Also that month, the agency will begin issuing warning letters to carriers nationwide.”

This shows how the progression is moving and where the next step to complete utilization is going.

http://www.truckersnews.com/agency-provides-csa-test-report/

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New Board Members for Women In Trucking

October 28th, 2010

Women in Trucking just announced recently in their board meeting that there would be three new board members, while accepting three charter directors’ resignations.

The President of the Truckload Carriers Association, is filling the empty seat that used to be Deborah Sparks, who is TCA’s vice president of development.

Parts Group of Navistar President Phyllis Cochran is now taking the seat that was H. Lenora Hardee, Ph.D., and manager of Navistar’s Human Factors and Ergonomics Group.

The last seat replaced is by Jan Hamblin, J.J. Keller & Associates’ corporate sales manager of strategic accounts.  This was the vacated seat of Jayne Gunn, the former director of Sunbury Transport, in Canada.

Leigh Foxall, the chairwoman of Women In Trucking, stated, “Our goal is to represent the trucking industry as a whole.”

I quote TruckingInfo.com’s article, “Women In Trucking Announces Board of Director Changes”,

“Women In Trucking was established to encourage the employment of women in the trucking industry, promote their accomplishments and minimize obstacles face by women working in the trucking industry.”

This is also their Mission Statement.

Their home page on their website states:

“This organization has been created for you, both men and women, who are either involved in the industry, or have a career interest in being a part of one of the largest networks of professionals in North America. Nearly one out of fourteen workers are already employed in jobs that support the transportation industry, but the need for drivers and other trucking professionals continues to increase.”

Membership dues go towards motivating the transportation industry to search for and find any obstacles preventing both men and women from considering the career path in the transportation industry.  For more information go to http://www.womenintrucking.org.

http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=72006&news_category_id=18

http://www.womenintrucking.org/

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