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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.

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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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