Weekend Commercial Truck Driving Classes are now offered at Savannah Tech

Liberty Campus Info Session: 6PM * January 26 | Next Class begins February 18

SAVANNAH – Savannah Technical College is now offering its Commercial Truck Driving Certificate Course as a weekend class at the Liberty Campus in Hinesville, Ga. There will be an information session about the class at 6 p.m. on Thursday, January 26, 2012, at the Liberty Campus (100 Technology Drive, Hinesville, GA 31313, Room 113).

      According to the Georgia Department of Labor Bureau, the average salary for a commercial truck driver in Liberty County is $32,000 annually. These jobs are in high demand and require a commercial driver’s license (CDL).

     Students may enroll now for the 15-week class that will meet on Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. from February 18 through May 27, 2012. The Commercial Truck Driving certificate program provides basic training in the principles and skills of commercial truck operations. The program is based on the definition of a truck driver as one who operates a commercial motor vehicle of all different sizes and descriptions on all types of roads. At the completion of the program, the student is administered the Georgia CDL Skills Exam.

     Prospective students must be at least 18 years old; 21 years of age is required for interstate travel and some companies require drivers to be 25 years of age. Students must not have been convicted in the past seven years of a DUI, leaving the scene of an accident or more than three moving violations (no more than eight points on a license). They must also pass a Department of Transportation drug screen and physical and be able to pass COMPASS placement testing.

     Savannah Tech offers Commercial Truck Driving at its Effingham and Liberty Campuses. The weekend class is only offered at the Liberty Campus in Hinesville, Ga. For more information about the class call 912.443.5859 or visit www.savannahtech.edu.

     Savannah Technical College serves coastal Georgia with quality, market-driven technical education with campus locations in Savannah, Effingham and Liberty Counties. Serving more than 4,500 credit students each semester, Savannah Tech offers nearly 100 different instructional programs in Business and Technology, Public Service, Industrial Technology, and Health Sciences in addition to Adult Education classes, industry-specific training and continuing education. The College serves as an economic and community development partner for the region, offering corporate and customized training and assessment programs for business and industry. Savannah Technical College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the associate degree.