Driving Schools

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.

TransTech CDL Training in Asheville is a commercial driver's license school with a campus on Guaranteed Way in Fletcher, south of Asheville. According to its website, the campus serves students from Fletcher, Weaverville, Hendersonville and the surrounding mountain counties, and the program is offered in partnership with Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (A-B Tech). TransTech has other campuses in the Carolinas and Georgia. The school teaches Class A and Class B CDL training, including a passenger endorsement option at this campus. Full-time classes start with a week online while students complete their permit, DOT physical and drug screen, followed by three weeks of in-cab training. Part-time weekend classes are also listed. Its site says students take the North Carolina CDL skills test on site and that it works with carriers to connect graduates with driving jobs.