Truck Driving Program Requirements

Cost: $3,030

  • 280-hour training program (includes skills testing for Class A or B license)

The following documentation is required for enrollment:

  • Driver’s License
  • CLP Commercial Learners Permit
  • Social Security Card
  • Motor Vehicle Report (MVR)*
  • DOT Physical
  • Chain of Custody DOT Drug Screen*

*The MVR and Chain of Custody Drug Screen must be dated within 30 days of the first scheduled class day.


Additional Costs for Reports, Licenses, Physical and Drug Screen:

  • Motor Vehicle Report - $5.75
  • ALEA Office (Mobile, Fairhope, Foley)
  • Written Test: Permit License Class A Class B - $25.00
  • Retest Learner’s CLP if needed - $15.00
  • CLP - $36.25
  • CDL Class A - $66.25
  • CDL Class B - $56.25 DOT
  • Physical and Drug Screen - $100.00 (approximately, depending on facility)

The student may request training and testing using a manual or automatic vehicle. The student can, by reason of experience, training, or both, safely operate the type of commercial motor vehicles he/she drives. If the student is unskilled or unsafe to perform the training and skills test in the desired vehicle, the CDL instructor/examiner will make the final determination of the type of commercial motor vehicle used.


Scholarships/ Funding

Pathways to Prosperity

Alabama Career Center

  • 515 Springhill Plaza Court, Mobile, AL 36608
    Phone: (251) 432-0909 Ext. 147
    Email: codom@swapte.org