Montana Tech Offering Six-Week CDL Program

Montana Technological University will begin offering a six-week CDL Program on its Highlands Campus in October 2021. The six-week program teaches students basic truck driving skills introducing them to the field of heavy-duty trucking. The program will emphasize safety equipment knowledge and State of Montana and Federal Department of Transportation (DOT) rules and regulations. Using a comprehensive curriculum developed by the Professional Truck Driving Institute, students will receive classroom and driving instruction that meets DOT and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Entry-Level Driving Training regulation standards that address skills, theory/knowledge, tasks, and the duties required of entry-level commercial vehicle drivers. The program meets the needs of students with no prior knowledge or experience in truck driving interested in getting a Class-A CDL License.

The program has been designed and is in compliance with the new regulations and listed in the FMCSA training provider registry that will be live in February 2022.

The registration and testing deadline is October 18, 2021. The program will run from October 25, 2021 to December 10, 2021.

Highlands College will set up Pre-screening requirements at the time of registration. Students must submit results to Highlands College before the final registration deadline of October 18, 2021.

For information on costs and program details, visit www.mtech.edu.