Perhaps the dawn of a new year has you resolving to take your trucking work to the next level, but you need more preparation. You can find plenty of great information online, but participating in live training can be better in that it offers opportunities to network with experts, as well as fellow drivers with common interests.
If you’d like to make some headway with an owner-operator business, either venturing out from a company driver job or advancing your operation as a leased or independent operator, there are good options for training this year. They range from one hour to two and a half days, with costs from free to almost $500.
What might be the longest-running owner-operator training program takes place every August with Overdrive’s Partners in Business seminars at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. Four free sessions held over two days present various aspects of owner-operator work.
Kevin Rutherford, a trucking radio host and former small-fleet owner, presents topics such as developing personal and business best practices, and, for those with operating authority, developing relationships with brokers and shippers.
Executives from ATBS, the nation’s largest owner-operator financial services provider, present in their seminars the latest benchmarks on key owner-operator metrics, such as revenue, net income and miles, based on their clients’ numbers. They also offer market analysis and predictions.
While the one-hour seminars are limited in what they can cover, far more depth on starting or advancing an owner-operator business is available through Overdrive’s Partners in Business manual, available for free download at the program’s website. The digital pages can be read on a screen or printed.
The program is sponsored by TBS Factoring Service.
