Re:How many jobs really require college?
by dsfyu404ed on Saturday April 15, 2017 @01:58PM
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They also need to keep detailed log books,
>electronic log books
> plan out routes
And then get chewed out for wasting 30min deviating from the route the GPS says even though the GPS told you to go under an over-height bridge.
>pass inspections
CDL school deals with that.
>know how to talk civilly and constructively to DOT inspectors.
If you're talking to DOT anywhere other than a weigh station you're already screwed. If you're talking at a weigh station you need to know about three sentences of english.
You seem to think every trucker is an owner operator. Most are just "steering wheel holders" for a big dry van company. You don't need a high school degree for that. English literacy would probably be beneficial but I would say it's not a hard necessity.
Education credentials don't matter much anyway since many truckers are immigrants who speak little English (it works well for them for a variety of reasons) and who's education level doesn't map well onto the US system.
Basically, if you can pass the CDL exam you can move a dry van from A to B
> plan out routes
And then get chewed out for wasting 30min deviating from the route the GPS says even though the GPS told you to go under an over-height bridge.
>pass inspections
CDL school deals with that.
>know how to talk civilly and constructively to DOT inspectors.
If you're talking to DOT anywhere other than a weigh station you're already screwed. If you're talking at a weigh station you need to know about three sentences of english.
You seem to think every trucker is an owner operator. Most are just "steering wheel holders" for a big dry van company. You don't need a high school degree for that. English literacy would probably be beneficial but I would say it's not a hard necessity.
Education credentials don't matter much anyway since many truckers are immigrants who speak little English (it works well for them for a variety of reasons) and who's education level doesn't map well onto the US system.
Basically, if you can pass the CDL exam you can move a dry van from A to B