This course is the basic course required by the Illinois Secretary of State for students to be able to test and obtain a CDL. It is a combination of classroom, laboratory, observation and behind-the-wheel practice. During the classroom and laboratory sessions students learn about safe driving procedure, accident prevention, inspecting vehicle for safety. Behind-the-wheel is one on one training in the vehicle with instructors. Students learn basic handling of the tractor-trailer combination such as straight line backing, angle backing, parallel parking, safe turns, shifting 10 speed manual transmission and driving safely in various road settings.

Do you want to turn your driving skill up a notch? This course is designed to provide more than bare minimum required to complete the course. It gives more training time to make a student more job ready for an easier transition from a rookie to a professional driver. Primarily chosen by employers sending their current or future employees to school.

Got a class B CDL and ready to move on to the bigger truck for better employment opportunity and better pay? This course is for class B holders who wish to upgrade to class A license.

Got a CDL a while ago but did not drive since and feel a little rusty? Moving to Illinois and need to retake all the tests to meet Illinois requirements for CDL? This is the short course for you designed to get you back on the road as quickly as possible.