Commercial Vehicle Driving Class B

Introduction:

The Class “B” Commercial Driver License Program equips students with the hands-on training and technical skills needed to safely operate heavy trucks and enter the Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics industry. In just 150 hours, students learn essential topics like cargo handling, recordkeeping, and safety procedures—preparing them for in-demand careers.

 

Purpose:

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Transportation, Distribution and Logistics career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Transportation, Distribution and Logistics career cluster.

The purpose of this program is to prepare students for a Class “B” Commercial Driver License.

This program focuses on broad, transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the following elements of the Commercial Vehicle Driving industry, planning, management, labor issues, community issues and health, safety, and environmental issues. The content includes but is not limited to the following: Loading and unloading cargo; reporting delays or accidents on the road; verifying load against shipping papers; and keeping records.

 

Program Structure:

This program is a planned sequence of instruction consisting of one occupational completion point.

This program is comprised of courses which have been assigned course numbers in the SCNS (Statewide Course Numbering System) in accordance with Section 1007.24 (1), F.S. Career and Technical credit shall be awarded to the student on a transcript in accordance with Section 1001.44(3)(b), F.S.

To teach the course(s) listed below, instructors must hold at least one of the teacher certifications indicated for that course.

The following table illustrates the postsecondary program structure:

OCP	COURSE NUMBER	COURSE TITLE	TEACHER CERTIFICATION	LENGTH
OCP A	TRA0084	Truck Driver Heavy Florida Class “B”	COMM DRIV @7 7G	150 Hours

Salary:

In May 2024, the median annual wages for light truck drivers in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:

• Couriers and messengers: $47,440.00
• Wholesale trade: $43,710.00
• Retail trade $33,950.00

 

Location & Course’s Schedule:

Commercial Vehicle Driving (CDL) Class “B” is available at the following school (s):

• D. A. Dorsey Technical College