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Next stop: a Commercial Truck Driving career

We shadowed ChattState’s CDL training program to see how students prepare for high-demand truck driving careers.

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Photo 1: a white semi truck with Chattanooga State Community College and Commercial Truck Driving written on the side. Photo 2: A college student sitting in the drivers seat of a truck driving simulator. Photo 3: Two textbooks side by side, one titled "Commercial Driver License Manual" and the other "Entry Level Driver Training: Obtaining a CDL"

ChattState has several ways to get free tuition, like TN Reconnect or the Tennessee Promise Scholarship.

Photos by ChattState and NOOGAtoday

Did you know you can get your commercial truck driving license in less than two months? Our team recently rode along with students in ChattState’s seven-and-a-half-week program CDL certificate program to witness their hands-on training.

Aside from a 93% placement rate , prospective students can expect:

  • 222 hours of hands-on learning
  • Experience driving real semi trucks
  • Simulator sessions that allow you to practice driving in all conditions + terrain
  • Opportunities to meet recruiters face to face
  • Graduate prepared to pass the Tennessee CDL exam

Plus, ChattState is working on a new state-of-the-art training facility in Soddy-Daisy for future CDL and diesel mechanic program students.

Applications are open now for the fall session, starting Monday, Aug. 18. If you miss the August deadline, don’t worry: there’s another session coming up in October, so you can still get in the driver’s seat by the new year.

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