New Texas Commercial Trucker Training Site Opens
After receiving $4.3 million from a federal grant, Lamar State College Port Arthur (LSCPA) has opened a 20-acre truck driving center that is estimated to be able to process up to 20,000 students annually, once all the required staff has been hired.
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Texas is one of the most populous states in the nation, and as such its demand for truck drivers is notably expansive; some reports indicate drivers-in-training needing to wait up to five months for their driving exams. LSCPA’s vice president of workforce training and continuing education Dr. Ben Stafford says that this new training site is just what the doctor (not him–metaphorical doctor) ordered, especially if drivers are local to the greater Houston area as LSCPA is.
There are strong regional runs to be had. Since we have access to multiple interstate highways, our area has many regional runs where drivers are making two-a-day runs from local warehouses into Austin or Dallas, or four-a-day runs between Jefferson County and Houston. We are well located for companies like Dollar General, whose Texas warehouses service their stores in Louisiana and Arkansas so that Texas-based operators make regional runs into those states weekly” Stafford said in a statement.
LSCPA takes pride not only in the number of drivers it will be able to put into the workforce each year, but also how well they will be able to drive, touting some of the highest safety standards for CDL training in the nation. While most class A CDL training programs range from 200 to 240 hours, LSCPA’s clocks in at about 300.
Conclusion
Currently the expanded truck driver training site is looking to partner with businesses in order to make arrangements for students. If your fleet does business in the greater Houston area and is in need for more drivers to expand business operations, it may not be that bad of an idea to get in contact with them to work out something.
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