This accredited career school trains more than 21,000 students per year since1978. NTDS qualified students drive "Big Rigs" in a matter of weeks and they learn safety techniques. National Truck Drivers School also offers training on semi tractor trailers.
This school is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council of Washington, D.C. They were recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and they are licensed by the State of Florida Commission for Independent Education, and by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
National Schools offers a high quality program that has competitive courses.
They are located 20 miles south of Jacksonville in Green Cove Springs. Their staff is focused on giving high quality education and a successful placement of jobs.
The National course is designed to fill the needs of their students. The course is divided in 2 parts: the Home Study Phase and the Resident Training Phase.
Their Home Study Program is complete and useful as a back up for topics that give you trouble. Other advantages are that the study takes place at home, when they finish it NTDS will focus in critical topics, classroom classes are reduced to 32 hours, the course has excellent illustrations, is very easy to read, each lesson is defined, is the only course of this type in all the industry and it is accredited by the ACDE and TC of Washington, D.C.
Some of the benefits of the companies that employ students of NTDS are: paid vacations, paid holidays, insurance (Health, Disability and life) and retirement plans.
The companies that search for truck drivers in this school are: Arrow Trucking, Boyd Brothers, Central Refrigeration, Coastal Transportation, Commercial Carriers, CTL Distribution, deBoer, FFE Transportation, McElroy Trucking, Swift, US Express, Werner Enterprises and Youngblood Truck Lines.
NTDS has several policies. Students must no be uncooperative and insubordinate with the instructors, they must not be under drugs or alcohol influence; they will be expelled if they use drugs or alcohol in classes. National schools reserve the right of holding any final grade transcript when vandalism or damages are committed at any motel in the region.
National offers a Career Student Loan for those who do not have the money necessary to study.