There is a big demand for professional drivers who have their CDLs. Many trucking companies and other businesses are now paying for employees to get CDL training and provide a salary while the employee is going through training.

Tuition at truck driving school can cost thousands of dollars. When your employer covers the cost of your training, that is beneficial. That is also ensuring you have a job – and a source of income – after training has been completed.

There are many trucking companies that will cover the cost of CDL training. Some of the better-known companies that will pay for CDL training include:

• SWIFT Transportation
• Prime Transportation
• Knight Transportation
• PAM Transport
• FFE Transportation

These companies require an employment contract. If you do not fulfill the contract and leave the place of employment earlier than the contract indicates, you will most likely have to repay your employer for the cost of the training.

Some trucking companies also contract with specific truck driver training schools and CDL programs. While some trucking companies allow you to choose your own school just so long as it meets the requirements and needs of their trucking company.

Professional truck driving is a career that is in demand, and the average salary for a trucker is $50,000. State averages range from a low annual salary of $39,177 in North Carolina to a high annual salary of $56,434 in New Jersey.

Associated Training Services offers heavy equipment training as well as CDL and truck training programs. To learn more about our programs, call (800) 383-7364.

As of February 7, 2022, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulations require all entry level commercial drivers to be trained by an FMCSA approved and registered entry-level driver Training Provider in order to be eligible to obtain a Commercial Drivers License (CDL).

Associated Training Services (ATS) is an FMCSA approved and registered entry level driver Training Provider. If you are interested in training your current personnel to qualify for a CDL, let ATS take care of it for you!

What Can ATS Do For You?

• Online theory/classroom training for your trainees. This can be done on their own time if needed.
• Behind The Wheel (BTW) range training at your location with your equipment.
• Behind The Wheel (BTW) road training at your location with your equipment.
• Registration of the trainees training records (theory and BTW) with the FMCSA Training Provider Registry.

Please contact Associated Training Services today for more information on Entry Level Driver Training.

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For many years, it has seemed like for many people, the only way to succeed was with a college degree, and of course, the huge debt that goes with it. But while this has become accepted as the only route to a valued career, vocational schools have been helping people acquire the job-specific skills they need to launch a rewarding, valued career in a given profession.

There are advantages to this, firstly it takes much less time than a college degree, with 2-year courses being the average but for some industries even less. Tied to that, a 2-year or less course at a vocational school not only gets your career started and earning money sooner, but it also costs much less, to begin with, avoiding those long-term student debts that so many people end up struggling with for years.

In fact, with so much focus on academic colleges, many areas of the industry are struggling to meet the demand for skilled employees, and even the government is now rightly pointing out that we need more of the skills that vocational schools produce, but how do you know if it’s for you? The cost difference is important, but when it is your career path being chosen, that is your future and should be the main focus of the decision.

One of the biggest challenges over the next two decades is job security, so with vocational schools providing very specific skill training for chosen careers, looking at examples such as the healthcare or construction industry, we can see that here, automation is unlikely to cause as many problems as in other areas. For on-site work, operating heavy machinery, and so on, or working directly caring for patients, those skills will be in demand for a long time to come. Contrast this with the reports that many managerial and administrative jobs could disappear by 2030 through automation, and the idea of a vocational college is even more attractive.

With lower overall costs and a faster path into earning, vocational schools provide a more economical route to acquiring valuable skills, and as we have seen, with many career paths to choose from that offer sustainable and rewarding careers, they provide students with another approach that has much to offer. The mindset of ‘college or bust’ really is meaningless today, and vocational schools are a valid choice for anyone if that is the best way to acquire the skills for their chosen career path.

While social pressure may push towards college, this is changing, as society is recognizing the value of the practical skills that many vocational schools deliver, and for anyone that is thinking about their future career, a vocational school that delivers those valuable practical skills should be a choice to consider.

There’s no law that limits you to how much career training or jobs you can receive. A general rule of thumb is this: The more you know and the more you can do, the more valuable you’ll be to potential employers. For that reason, we recommend training on as many different types of heavy equipment as possible.

In the Heavy Equipment School basic course, you’ll be trained to operate the following equipment as a matter of course:

• Backhoes
• Front end loaders
• Wheel Loaders
• Skid steers
• Scrapers
• Bulldozers
• Road graders
• Excavators
• All-terrain forklifts
• Articulated haul trucks

You’ll also learn valuable and useful skills such as grade reading, soil identification, laser levels, worksite safety, reading site layouts, and basic heavy equipment maintenance. We won’t leave anything to chance. Your education will set the course of your heavy equipment career, so we take it seriously.

How to Get a Leg Up With Employers

Learning how to operate the basic heavy equipment you’ll see on most construction sites is the best way to get a foot in the door of a heavy equipment career, but going beyond that will enhance your career prospects and make you more employable. You’ll also earn more once you are on the payroll. That’s why we recommend the following training courses, as well:

• Mobile crane operations
• Truck Driving
• Rigging/Signalpersons training

With each of these specialized training courses, you’ll be certified to work in the heavy equipment industry as you learn important skills from the best instructors in the business. The sooner you enroll in training, the sooner you’ll be employable and make good money in a heavy equipment career.

You don’t have to scan the heavy equipment job listings to know that job opportunities are opening up all over the country. Our aging population means many members of the Baby Boomer generation are retiring. It’s going to be that way for the next 20 years. Younger people looking for work in the heavy equipment industry have had no better time to find work than right now. Here are this week’s job listings in heavy equipment:

• JOHNSON CREEK, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
• WAUSAU, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
• NETT LAKE, MN hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
• LIVONIA, MI hiring mobile crane operators.
• JANESVILLE, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
• GREEN BAY, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
• FLINT, MI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
• WHITEWATER, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
• ARTESIA, NM, hiring mobile crane operators.

If you’re wondering why there are so many Class-A CDL truck driver jobs listed, it’s because there are a lot of truck drivers who have reached retirement age. They are now ending their careers and moving on to a life of leisure. This is your big opportunity to learn a new skill and develop a career that you will enjoy for the rest of your life. It starts, of course, with the proper training.

Truck drivers can be men or women. Race is no issue either. All you need to do is enroll in a truck driver training course, get the proper qualifications, take your state driving test, and secure a Class-A CDL driver’s license. After that, you’ll be eligible to start your truck driving career.

This is the time of year when employers are looking at their human resources and deciding if they have enough personnel to carry them through the next year. As a result of this self-inspection, you are likely to see more job ads. It’s actually a pretty decent time to look for work as a truck driver or heavy equipment operator. Here are some of the job leads we’ve been acquiring recently.

1. PADUCAH, KY needs NCCO crane operators.
2. TOMAHAWK, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
3. SAUK CITY, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
4. GREEN BAY, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
5. BURLINGTON, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
6. DE PERE, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
7. MARSHFIELD, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
8. REEDSBURG, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
9. ALMOND, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
10. TOMAH, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
11. COLUMBIA, TN hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
12. JANESVILLE, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
13. FRANKSVILLE, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.

So, as it looks, if you are a trained Class-A CDL truck driver, then you have the pick of the litter. If you want to become a Class-A CDL truck driver, then now is the time to get your training. You’ll be graduated and ready to find your first job right after the first of the year.

Enter 2016 with a bang and get your Class-A CDL training now.

Next Wednesday is Veterans Day. On behalf of Associated Training Services, we’d like to wish all veterans a Happy Veterans Day. And just for serving our country, we want to make you an offer that will benefit you for the rest of your life. Feel free to take advantage of either of our two specials for veterans from now until the end of the year.

1. Free Housing – Yes, until December 31, 2015, all veterans can get double room housing when they enroll and attend one of our heavy equipment training classes in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.
2. Travel Allowance – We realize that you might have to travel a good distance to join our classes. That’s why we’ve decided to offer all U.S. vets a $500 travel allowance. No matter where you are coming from, you can get your travel paid for in full or in part. That $500 should cover most of your travel expenses to get to our Sun Prairie, Wisconsin training center.

We’re a company that likes to honor veterans. We appreciate the sacrifice you’ve made for our country and want to give you something back to appreciate that sacrifice. Veterans are valuable members of the workforce and deserve all the support they can to enter the workforce, stay employed, and benefit from the efforts that made their sacrifices worthy in the first place.

So, on behalf of truck drivers and their employers, and we and our trainers, Happy Veterans Day!

Training to be a heavy equipment operator is not something you could take lightly. As Baby Boomers begin to retire, more positions for operators will open up. Now is the time to start your equipment training if you want a lucrative career in heavy equipment.

But you should know that there are different types of heavy equipment and, therefore, different types of heavy equipment training.

Here are 4 types of heavy equipment training. Pick the one that is right for you.

1. Heavy equipment – First off, let’s define what we mean by heavy equipment. On the typical job site, you’ll run into these types of big machines — Backhoes, wheel loaders, scrapers, excavators, bulldozers, road graders, dump trucks, skid steers, and forklifts. At Heavy Equipment School, you’ll learn how to operate them all.
2. Mobile crane – Mobile crane operators are a different breed. You’ll learn how to operate fixed and swing cab hydraulic cranes, lattice booms, articulated booms, and get your rigger/signalperson certification.
3. Rigging – If you desire to become a rigger or a signalperson, then you can take training and receive certification just for that career position. Riggers make darn good money and enjoy a long, fulfilling career–especially if they excel at the job.
4. Truck driver – Finally, if you have any desire to be a long haul truck driver or a construction site driver, then you can get your CDL license and be a huge asset to any work crew. No construction site can do without a truck driver, and these positions require special certification so they pay more.

You can start your career as a heavy equipment operator on the right foot with the right training.

Heavy Equipment School has a good list of available jobs this week. We hope you find something you can sink your teeth into. Take a look at these:

• Paw Paw, MI hiring heavy equipment operators.
• Marshfield, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
• Green Bay, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
• Prior Lake, MN hiring heavy equipment operators.
• Superior, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
• Lowell, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
• Covington, LA hiring mobile crane operators.
• Greenville, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
• La Crosse, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
• Wausau, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
• AMHERST, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
• OSHKOSH, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
• SAN ANTONIO, TX hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
• OMAHA, NE hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
• San Antonio, TX hiring mobile crane operators.
• Coldwater, MI hiring heavy equipment operators.
• Mt Vernon, IA hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
• Royersford, PA hiring heavy equipment operators.
• Riverdale, IL hiring heavy equipment operators.
• Ignacio, CO hiring mobile crane operators.
• Marshall, MO hiring heavy equipment operators.
• Wyocena, WI hiring heavy equipment operators.
• Columbia, SC hiring heavy equipment operators.
• Evans City, PA hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.

Do you see a trend here? All across the country truck driving jobs are opening up. Now is the time to get your truck driver training and set your career on the right path.

If you’ve been contemplating heavy equipment training, truck driver training, or crane operator training and you’re wondering how you’re going to pay for the training, then you might look into financial aid or financial options to help you pay for it. The important thing is that you get your career off the ground seamlessly and without obstacles.

When it comes to financial aid for career training, there are different levels of assistance you may qualify for.

• There are quite a few state and federal grants, which amounts to free money that you don’t have to pay back.
• You might also qualify for an educational scholarship.
• If all else fails, you can take out a career loan.

Concerning grants, you could qualify for several types of grants from a variety of organizations. The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) is a federal program enacted by President Bill Clinton while in office. It is designed to provide funding for educational purposes for people pursuing certain types of careers.

Other financial assistance programs include:

• Department of Workforce Development
• Trade Adjustment Act (TAA)
• Displaced Workers
• Displaced Farmers
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Tribal Education (BIA
• Veterans Benefits (VA)

Don’t let lack of education funds hold you up on your career plans. If you need money for training, seek out financial aid from one of the programs for which you might qualify.