Western Truck School - Santee, California

Luis C.

Just obtained my CDL Class A today thanks to this school. Big shoutout to Albert and Chad, they are great instructors. Best advice I can give you is to trust the process and listen to the instructors.

Richard S.

Don't go to this school. EVEN if you're going to renew your cdl. The admin is poorly run. The first week is nothing but watching videos. It's completely a waste of time.The trucks are always in need of repairs and are not available for driving. The instructors are former drivers and are not real teachers. They will take your money and will not help if you are struggling to pass certain parts of the training. A refund will not happen. They ban a lot of students for no reason. So they can keep your money. It's a very shady program and should be shut down./////////////////////////////////////

I see that you said that I left. When I was actually not allowed to continue training because Loki told me that I was dropped and not able to return to the school.The reason was not even explained to me and couldn't give me or to my va counselor a reason why I was not allowed to continue training and not to return. I didn't do anything to anyone. I didn't disrespect anyone or violence to anyone. I didn't steal anything or call anyone to report anything. I don't know what I did. The only person that I know that lied about me was George told Loki that I was trying to convince him to let me drive on the road.When I told him that I was driving the day before with another instructor. I was not trying to pull one over on him. I got my cdl before from your school when it was in Spring Valley without any problems. As of recently, some of the staff at your school are not real teachers and are just grumpy truck drivers with a chip on their shoulders.Loki lied to me about why I needed to leave the school. She said that it was the VA doing, but it wasn't. It was her doing. She couldn't even tell me the truth. It was her who told my va counselor that I couldn't return and had to leave the school immediately. There was no warning. I am just being myself, and they were judging me. I was treated unfairly. They were not nice or friendly, but I continued to school, but I could tell that they did not like me for whatever reason.
I overheard staff talking about other past students who were banned often. They were bragging about it. I didn't even know that your school did that.

Jay T.

Western is a great school to train at to become a truck driver . I had so many doubts about being able to get my CDL but they never gave up on me, they continued to encourage me and continued to train me until I got my license . Thank you so much Albert and Chad. Now I’m able to move forward in my life to better things

Omar A. Q.

I sign up for 160 hours training hours which is at least 5 hours every day, but in reality they give me 30 minutes only to drive. Also at the 30 minutes there are students doesn’t pass the driving test, so they came and practicing in my truck at my time the time I paid for it. I give them chance for three days, but they still kept did it with me, so I decided to took my money back.

Update: MICHELLE great awesome person she gives me my money backwith out the $250 for class registration. Instructors Karl great guy. The office saying something way different at the yard

Recommendation: DO NOT SIGN UP WITH
WESTERN TRUCK SCHOOL SAN DIEGO LOCATION OFFICE YOU GOING TO WASTE YOUR TIME.

Finally: THANK YOU for taking $250 for nothing you guys Lied to me and broke the contract with me

David F.

After reading and researching truck driving schools I decided to go with Western Truck Driving. Loki with Admissions and Career Services was very helpful getting me signed up for the course and answered all my questions leading up to starting the program. They have new instructors, Dakarai, George, and Jim, who have worked in the industry for 20-30+ years each. They assessed how well I drove behind the wheel at the beginning and instructed me as needed. They gave me pointers/suggestions to help master my skills. By the time I completed the course I was very competent maneuvering a truck and trailer through the docking skills and road tests that's required to pass the DMV Class A examination. I now have my CDL license and now applying for work! Thank you Western Truck School for preparing me for the trucking industry!

thomas F.

When I went to Western, I received the class room and drivers training time required to take my DMV tests. What I got from Western was: 30 year old videos to watch, a print out to memorize on brake tests and inspection, CDL prep test app, that taught me all the answers to the DMV questions and a night instructor that played on his phone 4 hrs a night. Mark and Karl taught me more in 3 days...
The school was back logged with driving test dates, so I didn't get to take my driver's test for 8 weeks after I finished school. They didn't have enough trucks and blamed the DMV, a total lie. I passed my driver's test on the first try, got all of my endorsements and went right to work. Thank God I got a great Leader(trainer) at Werner, I was totally unprepared to drive a 53' trailer with 40k lbs of cargo.

Mex M.

Instructors were great...Karl and Billy do their best to train the students with the equipment they have. Was started training on a freightliner then was not able to drive because it broke down. They also had a volvo that was not in operation...half way thru my course they finally brought in a penske rental with a day cab which was shared with multiple students. Was able to get on the road driving only a week after my courses were over(5 days before my DMV appointment); I payed for day classes and the only way was to go to the night class after the rest of the students went home, only then was i able to get some street training after 10pm!...Come on western step it up...i really wouldn't recommend this school...Very poor business management from corporate...if i could get my money back i would!

Msshh H.

The school is such a disappointment. They love to take ur money.They blacklist students sometimes for no reason. So they don't have to pay back the money.my teacher wouldn't even do his job and would sleep while I was doing my parking skills. George was his name.they don't have the trucks in working order to train on.The training yard is disgusting no running water and it's in the middle of nowhere.Trash is everywhere.A lovely portable bathroom.I was yelled at for my mistakes. Loki was the admin who looks like a biker who acts like a child and is loud during class You can hear her Laughing And watching YouTube videos all day. Highly recommen Not to Western truck school. I don't even know how they are even in operation as a school. Many people have to re try try to pass because they don't even give you the correct training hours they say they do.