Are you ready to start your truck driving career but are unsure where to start? Earn your Class A CDL through WEL Companies Entry Level Driver program. Our certified training instructors will guide you with the tools, resources, and skills you’ll use the rest of your career.
During training, you will learn:
- Pre and post trip inspection
- Practice 3-point stance in and out of truck
- Coupling and uncoupling
- Sliding the tandems properly Proper gear to start out and turn in
- Knowledge of shift pattern
- Turning (left, right and buttonhook turns)
- Braking and slowing
- Backing and parking Log valuable miles
- And so much more!
Take advantage of our program benefits! Paid classroom, range, behind the wheel training, pay increase after 90 days as a solo driver, and tuition reimbursement (for approved driving schools).
Program requirements:
- Must have a valid Commercial Learner’s Permit (CLP) Candidate must live in hiring area
- Must meet WEL Companies hiring qualifications
Are you ready to start your truck driving career? Gain the tools, resources and knowledge with our certified training instructors through WEL Companies Entry Level Driver Training program. Contact our Recruiting department to get started, 866-653-5868.
Dave McGowan has been a member of the WEL Family since May 1989. He is a husband and father of two children. Dave is also a U.S. Army veteran and served in Vietnam in 1971-1972, and he attended driving school soon after he was released from the military in 1974.
During his career with WEL, Phil has worked as a driver, dispatcher, terminal manager and customer service manager. He says he always was a driver first, though non-driving jobs taught him financial management that helps him as an owner-operator.