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CDL Class A/B Pre-Trip Inspection
Class A CDL pre-trip inspection divided in Section A,B,C and in-cab inspection w/ Class B Passenger bus full inspection
Created byJay Zulfiqar
Last updated 11/2022
English
What you'll learn
- Identify and understand the basic components of Class A/B commercial vehicles.
- Properly inspect the tractor/trailer or passenger bus to ensure they are safe to operate before hitting the road.
- Properly perform Air Brake tests to make sure the commercial vehicle has no air leaks.
- Learn the basic pre-trip inspection that is required per FMCSA regulations to pass the CDL test.
- Understand and properly perform in-cab inspection.
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Course content
4 sections • 11 lectures • 2h 56m total length
Requirements
- Trucking industry is the backbone of the US economy and the shortage of drivers continues in the nation. A Commercial Driving License (CDL) is required to operate tractor/trailers and passenger buses. Anyone over the age of 18 is eligible for CDL.
- No prior experience is required to obtain CDL and learn the pre trip portion of the CDL exam.
- A Willingness To Learn.
Description
Are you looking for a career change or maybe a secondary source of income? Are you looking for work with job security, ease of entry, great source of primary/secondary income, excellent benefits, opportunity to travel at any point in your life, then trucking may be the right option for you.
The trucking industry is one of the fastest growing industries today as consumers continue to shop online instead of in-store. As the e-commerce industry advances, the trucking industry will follow suit, making trucking one of the best career change jobs for people discovering new interests. America's trucking industry is the lifeblood of the U.S. economy. In fact, nearly every good consumed in the U.S. is put on a truck at some point. As a result, the trucking industry hauled 72.2% of all freight transported in the United States in 2021, equating to 10.93 billion tons. Nearly every sector on the economy relies on the trucks to transport their goods.
One of the most attractive aspects of the trucking industry is the ease of entry. First step is obtaining your Commercial Driving License (CDL). In order to pass the CDL exam you must learn and master the following:
1. Pre-Trip inspection
2. Range (back up skills)
3. Road
This course is a complete pre-trip inspection guide for Class A and Class B commercial vehicles.
Pre-trip inspections allow truck drivers to ensure their tractor and trailer are safe to operate before hitting the road. Failure to take the time to complete a pre-trip could result in dangerous situations for both you the driver and the motoring public. As a truck driver, performing a CDL pre-trip inspection is one of the most common and repeated tasks you will complete, given the necessity to do one at the start of each day, every 24 hours, any time you pick up a new trailer and after all 10-hour breaks.
The course covers a complete pre-trip inspection on manual and automatic transmission trucks with quizzes after each lecture. Class B inspection is performed on a passenger bus.
You don’t have to be a professional mechanic to know how to properly inspect a tractor-trailer!
Who this course is for:
- This course is designed to help anyone looking to get their Class A or Class B commercial driving license (CDL). Pre-trip inspection is the first step and the most important step to learn and pass the CDL test. The lectures are specifically designed to help you easily understand and memorize the pre-trip inspection to pass you CDL test.
- Any student looking to obtain a commercial license can benefit from this pre-trip lectures.
- Potential truck drivers, current truck drivers, and people interested in becoming independent owner operators.
- Beginner truck drivers & students enrolled in a CDL school.