Our Commitment
The focus of PTI is to deliver a more in-depth, personalized student learning experience, as the first step to increasing safety and retention in the trucking industry. To accomplish this, PTI was created with a commitment to providing 1-on-1 CDL training….and nothing less.
1-ON-1 | Our mission
To accentuate the truck driver training experience. By giving students the best learning environment to excel in their careers. To graduate students more prepared than from any other program. By delivering an exceptional service with the best equipment and instructors.
We are a member of the Training Provider Registry (TPR).
We are pending accreditation from the Missouri Board of Higher Education
No standing in line waiting to learn!
With our 1-on-1 behind-the-wheel training, your instruction will be tailored to your style of learning.
Professional Trucking Institute proudly uses a FMCSA approved training curriculum. We believe learning from the leaders in the industry, gives our students an added advantage.
We selected our curriculum to not only meet the Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) course requirements but to better prepare our students as trucking professionals.
Your Career Starts Here!
Without trucks America stops!
Currently, we are in the midst of a major truck driver shortage. The shortage currently stands at around 50,000 drivers now, but that number is expected to grow to 174,000 drivers by 2026. With the amount of freight that is transported by truck, it’s vital to the economy that we have enough truck drivers.
The American Trucking Association notes that it takes 3.5 million truck drivers to transport the amount of freight necessary for the economy to continue to move. Simply put, the country does not function without truck drivers.
If you choose to become a commercial driver, you will not only have a rewarding career, but a profession you'll be passionate about.
The average salary for a truck driver is $78,132 per year in the United States. 500.8k salaries reported.
BMO Harris Bank Partnership
BMO Bank proudly supports our students on their journey to financial freedom. BMO can help you start your own business, optimize cash flow, increase efficiencies, access financing, and help you meet your personal and business financial goals.
Looking for business funding but unsure where to start? We’re committed to supporting and championing Black, Latinx, and Women owned businesses to help you accelerate growth in three ways:
- Providing better access to working capital
- Creating educational resources to inform better business decisions
- Partnering with organizations that support Black, Latinx, and Women business owners
We help business owners achieve real financial progress through practical tools, templates, webinars, and coaching.
Our Training Model
Realizing an immediate unmet need, Professional Trucking Institute was created to make a difference for prospective students in the trucking industry. With innovative thinking, intuitive instructional design, and selective collaboration PTI was founded.
Our program was created to be 1-on-1 CDL training, with 1-on-1 observation. This allows the instruction to be tailored to the student’s style of learning. The student will be actively learning with their instructor during observation, as we feel this is a critical part of the learning process.
To increase safety and better prepare students for the road, we realize it's important for students to learn and test in the vehicles they will be driving. Therefore, our program is designed to train students in vehicles that best suit their needs, not ours. In addition, we ensure there is no lag time between the students' training and their test date.
Our online training is structured for flexibility and requires student interaction. Participation in all online training can be done with a cell phone, tablet or home computer.
Students can utilize our job placement assistance and learn about exciting career opportunities.
Compliance, Safety & Accountability
At PTI we believe, to increase safety and retention in the commercial driving industry, providing proper training from day one is essential. With our 1-on-1 training program, students receive individualized instruction geared toward their style of learning. By design, PTI students experience more time behind-the-wheel, to accelerate confidence and preparation for the road.
With us, Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) is taught from day one. We understand how important it is for a carrier to maintain a good CSA rating. Therefore, we make sure our graduates know how their safety performance and compliance can impact CSA ratings.
Without a doubt, we graduate drivers who will help their carrier lower insurance premiums, experience fewer DOT audits and roadside inspections, to ultimately maintain a better CSA rating.
We Have the Best Experienced Instructors
Come learn to drive with us! At Professional Trucking Institute in just 3 weeks, you'll earn your CDL and will be driving your new career!
Striving For Excellence
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
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