Southwest Truck Driver Training

I was fortunate enough to pass my tests and obtain my CDL Class A using this school. But i would NOT recomend anyone to go here under any circumstances. The night time instructors/teachers are great. Very friendly and patient with their students. They gave me great tips and advice to get you ready for my pre-trip/road test. The office staff/administration/front counter workers on the other hand is a different story.

They seem like they hate their jobs/life and take out their frustration on the students. Very unorganized and ZERO communication between eachother or with the students. I never recieved the full 160 hours i was supposed to get, my test date was scheduled in the middle of the final week of schooling. they were pretty much setting me up for failure.

But thankfully the instructors were great and i was able to pass with what they were able to teach me in such limited time. I did have to retake my road test, and was able to be scheduled for a re-test WEEKS later. Eventually i was given a call a DAY before my re-test with no time to schedule a practice run with the instructors. AGAIN, setting me up for failure.

I would without a doubt NOT recomend ANYONE to go to this school. If it wasnt for their instructors, this school would be out of business. I was warned by several friends of mine about NOT going to this school, but did not take their advice just because the school was so close to my house. My assumption is they WANT you to fail so they can be paid the re-test fee after your second attempt. My experiences were based off me going here in December/January 2021/2022. It could be even WORSE now with the new rules and regulations set on Febuary 7th.

If you want to get your cdl, this may not be the school for you. Class instructor, great. Skills, could be better. You do not get very much hands on training especially for backing. If you do not pass the pre-trip the 1st time, you will probably be waiting a VERY long time to retest.over a month with the hopes that you pass the 2nd time or who knows when you'll ever be able to test again. Calls never get returned.

You may get a text thanking you for your understanding and patience but still never get a test date. They will claim that they are short staffed on trainers/testers but they will keep having additional classes although they don't have enough trainers and are backlogged on testing. If you decide this is the school for you, I wish you the best of luck but I would definitely not recommend this place to anyone.

The school is a joke. They don't teach you anything. They take your money and act like they care, but the don't. The administration that runs the school is a complete JOKEEEEEEEE! The instructors aren't bad, but they aren't great either. If you decide to go to this school be prepared to learn on your own. You will not get hardly any skills time before your test date. You'll be lucky if you get behind the wheel and get to practice. save your money and find a better school

I had a not a big move, but I have large glass table top, wooden file cabinet, few dressers and glass coffee table. Kevin and Roman professionally wrapped my furniture and moved it with no scratches! Movers were very kind and polite and I definitely recommend you this Moving Company!

Went to the Tucson location for my Class B. It was a smooth experience from the moment I called for information. I was paired with Brady as an instructor and he's the absolute best! He was SO patient with me (I wasn't that comfortable driving a manual), professional, kind, understanding, funny, listened to all my questions and explained them in a way so I could understand, if I told him I didn't understand something he would switch his training method until I got it, if I asked him to repeat something he would repeat it without issue, if I wanted to practice something several times in a row and bore the heck outta him, he was down to do whatever I felt I needed to work on.

He totally put me at ease and that's a big deal when learning something new. I had Judy for my test and she was amazing as well. Great group of knowledgeable professionals at this location. Highly recommend for CDL training!

Horrible experience, very unorganized, unprofessional, and disappointing for the amount of money paid. People who paid for the Manuel training where forced to use automatic due to broken down trucks. The trainers are impatient and disrespectful treating you as if you've been driving for years. And if you happen to not pass your test on the first try it takes forever to get a re-test. They don't care about getting STUDENTS there license. Just concerned with getting new CUSTOMERS.

I want to start by saying how disappointed I am at the level of professionalism this organization has shown me as a fully paid participant of this school for CDL training. The classroom training consists of videos and a few photocopies. The required $5000 enrollment fee for automatic transmission tractors is well above industry standards. As students we were not given any material to study.

We were advised to pick up a DMV booklet and download a free app to study test questions for the DMV learners permit test portion. (Did not need training for that.) The instructor is a retired career driver with no concept of teaching or how to teach. Students felt the first two weeks were a waste of time. No real method of teaching the pre-trip inspection. "Just do as I say" method.

There's no evaluation of the instructor at the end of the course to ensure we are learning the necessary processes to prepare us for testing. JUST A TOTAL WASTE. Then on top of that, we still have not been given a DMV test date due to over worked instructors. Still waiting a month later for a test date. HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE SCHOOL! DON"T WASTE MONEY or YOUR TIME. they just want to get paid.

Thank you Tesfaye, You definitely went above and beyond. I can not thank you enough. Lifetime friendship My Brotha. Thank you to my examiner's for their patience Tony and David. And to all the instructors. That helped along the way.

I just started with them this week. So I had to do this because the administrator people seem to keep mixing stuff up with me. I gave them a check last week and forgot to sign so had to come back up there. Last night was told I needed to take a drug test or could not come back. Came back down and learned they do not do it on sight. Went down to the company they have do it Concentra. Been here over an hour, and about to have to reschedule my online interview for a company.

My mind might change about them later own but the are really screwting up simple stuff and casunijg me misconfort. This could had been easily done last week. All the administrators had to say was you need to take one : he said it the first day but never gave me the paper work or called me. Over an hour down here and still waiting. Update : The things you need to do : Study Chapter 11, some instructors want you to do things they're way.

There is some space to solve problems, so you might get different ways to do things. Michael "Papa Smurf " is a good teacher as well as Ivain and others. I ended up passing first time. Good school that can have improvements on the administration side.

Great school, fast paced. Go in with a positive attitude and you'll be fine. If your just going to slack and crack jokes. Don't waste your time or the schools. Got my CDL, then I got my endorsements. I just started OTR with a national carrier. Been to 18 different states already. America is a country.