Carolina CDL Training Center

Carolina CDL Training Center teaches commercial truck driving from its training yard on Smokey Park Highway in Candler. It offers Class A and Class B CDL programs, plus third-party skills testing for drivers who have already trained. According to its website, the Class A course runs 160 hours over about four weeks, split among classroom instruction, range work and highway driving, and the Class B program is 80 hours over two weeks. The site says its curriculum meets the federal Entry-Level Driver Training standard and that students train on the school's own tractor-trailers. Students need a Commercial Learner's Permit, and the site says the school provides study material after enrollment. It also lists financing through CREDEE and help connecting graduates with carriers through a partner network.