Burnaby Professional Driving School - Burnaby Driving School

Industry Information

Career Planning
So you want to drive the big rigs? Commercial Truck Driving is an excellent choice and one of the 10 most rapidly growing career fields today, nationwide.

In today’s commercial truck driving industry the demand for drivers has never been higher. In the Class One truck driver-training course at BPDS, students are trained to enter the industry with not only the required skills to do the job, but also the knowledge to operate as a professional. BPDS students graduate with a class one BCDL and a great deal of pride in a job well done. At BPDS you will train in Kenworth conventional tractors with 8-speed transmissions.

One unique aspect of this career field is that a commercial truck driver with formal training and a good driving record is valuable to every trucking company throughout our nation. This includes local as well as over-the-road companies. Commercial trucking companies are competing for drivers by increasing driver pay and benefit packages, making more modern and driver friendly equipment available, and providing tuition reimbursement programs and/or generous sign-on bonuses to attract new drivers and recent class 1 graduates.

www.icbc.com
BCTA
www.teamsters-canada.org
PCVO
Pro-trucker Magazine and Highway Magazine
BC Safety Council
Driving School Association of the Americas
BC Fleet Supervisors Association

Job Opportunities
Human Resources and Work Futures -

www.workopolis.com and www.monster.ca
Province and Sun - www.careerclick.com