You can stop by our office or give us a call today to speak with a recruiter!
* Training & Testing Team *
John Abbott – CDL 3rd party Tester
Chad Ray – (Back- Up) CDL 3rd party Tester
CLASSROOM TRAINING SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS:
MORNING 8AM-2PM W/ A 1 HOUR LUNCH FROM 11AM-1PM
EVENING 5PM-10PM W/ NO BREAK
BEHIND-THE-WHEEL TRAINING DOES NOT HAVE A SET SCHEDULE.
2023 CDL CLASS DATES:
February 20th, 2023 (CLASS B W/ PASSENGER CLASS)
March 13th, 2023 (CLASS B W/ PASSENGER CLASS)
April 10th, 2023 (CLASS B W/ PASSENGER CLASS)
May 8th, 2023 (CLASS B W/ PASSENGER CLASS)
June 5th, 2023 (CLASS B W/ PASSENGER CLASS)
July 10th, 2023 (CLASS B W/ PASSENGER CLASS)
August 14th, 2023 (CLASS B W/ PASSENGER CLASS)
September 18th, 2023 (CLASS B W/ PASSENGER CLASS)
October 23rd, 2023 (CLASS B W/ PASSENGER CLASS)
November & December: TBD due to holidays
CDL Training
Abbott Bus Lines is now offering CDL training. Our training program will help those that do not currently hold a CDL. Training will consist of 3-4 weeks of in-house classroom, range skill and road skill testing.
Candidates who wish to join our team would need to meet the following criteria.
- Valid Driver’s License
- Clean background
- Clean driving record
- Complete a DOT Drug & Alcohol screen
- Complete a DOT Physical
If you have any questions or would like more information about joining, please feel free to reach out to Ryan Lester (P) 540-769-8140 or fill out the contact form on the Career page.
FEBRUARY 7TH CDL CHANGES
ELDT Regulations
FMCSA’s Entry Level Driver Training (ELDT) regulations set the baseline for training requirements for entry-level drivers. This applies to those seeking to:
- Obtain a Class A or Class B CDL for the first time;
- Upgrade an existing Class B CDL to a Class A CDL; or
- Obtain a school bus (S), passenger (P), or hazardous materials (H) endorsement for the first time.
The ELDT regulations are not retroactive; individuals who were issued a CDL or an S, P, or H endorsement prior to February 7, 2022 are not required to complete training for the respective CDL or endorsement.
If an applicant who obtained a CLP prior to February 7, 2022, and obtains a CDL before the CLP or renewed CLP expires, the applicant is not subject to the ELDT requirements.
Any individual who meets one of the exceptions for taking a skills test in 49 CFR Part 383 is also exempt from the ELDT requirements.
About the Training Provider Registry
The FMCSA Training Provider Registry retains a record of which CDL applicants have completed the new training and certification process outlined in the Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) regulations.
For more information about the ELDT regulations and the Training Provider registry, visit https://tpr.fmcsa.dot.gov.
The ELDT regulations and the Training Provider Registry were mandated under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). The ELDT final rule was based, in part, on consensus recommendations from the Agency’s Entry-Level Driver Training Advisory Committee (ELDTAC), a negotiated rulemaking committee that held a series of meetings in 2015.