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THE LATEST STATE JOBS REPORT
HIGHLIGHTS A COUPLE OF THINGS...
ONE IS THAT MOBILE'S JOBLESSNESS
HAS
GROWN.
AND NURSING, RETAIL, AND
TRUCKING LEAD
THE FIELD OF VACANCIES...
OUR JACQUELINE QUYNH TAKES US
BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A BIG RIG TO
SEE WHY A
PROFESSION THOUGHT TO BE SO EASY
HAS
BEEN SO HARD TO FILL...
NAT - CAR STARTING
TRUCK DRIVING LOOKS EASY -- BUT
STEP
BEHIND THE WHEELS OF ONE...
NAT
PREMIER DRIVING ACADEMY
INSTRUCTOR
RUSSELL PILLING GAVE US A QUICK
LESSON
ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO EARN A
COMMERCIAL
DRIVER'S LICENSE -- THAT'S
REQUIRED TO
BECOME A TRUCK DRIVER. NAT
AT FIRST IT SEEMED A LITTLE LIKE
DRIVING A
CAR. SOME TRUCKS ARE AUTOMATIC.
NAT
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO TURNING,
AND BACKING
UP -- THAT WAS A CHALLENGE...
DRIVERS
BECOME MORE SKILLED OVER TIME...
" Wymonig is coming up next"
LONG TIME TRUCK DRIVERS LIKE SAM
HOFFHEIN TOLD US ABOUT SOME OF
THE
OTHER CHALLENGES...
"I'm out 3 to 4 week a month so
I don't get to see
my family."
"There are a lot of companies
that are getting
people home every week some of
our drivers leave
here and stay local and they'll
make 18-22 dollars
an hour. Now do those jobs come
in everyday? No
they don't."
NAT
ESSENTIALLY DRIVERS WORK UP TO
BETTER
HOURS, AND THAT'S OKAY WITH SOME
STUDENTS...
"I was doing construction, I was
doing fence repair..."
DRIVERS EARN AROUND 50 CENTS A
MILE, OR ON
AVERAGE THEY MAKE UP TO $50,000
A YEAR...
"Well it's very stable"
PAM WARE WITH A JOB TRAINING
SERVICE
ANTICIPATES IT WILL BE LIKE THIS
FOR QUITE
SOME TIME -- ESPECIALLY AS SOME
DRIVERS LEAVE...
" This can be a springboard to
something else."
NAT --
STUDENTS LIKE CEDRIC WILLIAMSON
ISN'T SURE
IF THIS IS IT --
"I looked at my life, career,
insurance and benefits that I
can get from truck driving, and
at my age I saw that,
that was the right course for
me."
BUT FOR NOW IT'S ONE STEP TO
HELP HIS CAREER ROLLING ALONG...