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Kilgore features Commercial Driving Academy
“Smokey and the Bandit” brought it national fame, former Utah Jazz great Karl Malone now does it as a second job and country band “ Alabama” produced a top-selling song featuring its famed 18-wheels.

“It,” in this case, is truck driving. Its intriguing American folklore has secured a place in the country’s culture and its promising future assures it will remain prevalent.

The trucking outlook is so bright, in fact, that properly schooled and licensed drivers are highly sought after obtaining their commercial driver license, or CDL.

Want to earn $60,000 a year?
Salaries for big rig drivers range to $60,000. Many East Texas-based driver openings are starting at $40,000.

Kilgore offers the latest training methods
Kilgore College is one of the nation’s most experienced driver training schools--one noted for the excellence of its graduates since 2001.

According to Martha Woodruff, Director of Kilgore College Workforce Development, “our program is based on safety, classroom instruction, and hands-on driving. With an emphasis on hands-on driving, students learn the practical application of what they have been taught.”

A focus on safety
Knowledge of safety is something that will benefit drivers down the road when obtaining extra endorsements on their licenses, like the hazardous materials endorsement.

A haz-mat endorsement shows that drivers not only have completed their CDLs, but also that they have knowledge of the materials they are hauling. In fact, drivers cannot haul certain materials unless they are haz-mat endorsed.

Kilgore College stresses that students should get all the endorsements they can, even if they don’t necessarily need them right now. For every endorsement drivers have on top of the minimum requirement, they more attractive to employers than an average driver.

Brenda Brown
Program Specialist
Phone: (903) 983-8288
bjbrown@kilgore.edu

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