Western Truck School

Do not waste your hard earned money here! Go anywhere else but here. They have bad management bad instructors bad equivalent bad training and bad environment i spent 5 months there and kept failing at the dmv i went somewhere else and in one week of proper training i passed at the dmv and i am now a licenced truck driver. I wanted to give western a negative 5 stars but it did not have the option and was forced to give a one star rating!🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓 so ill give the 5 thumbs down!

I just went through the 40 hour refresher course at the Western Truck School in Bakersfield. I've read so many bad reviews of it that I wanted to write my own review.

My whole experience here was amazing! The equipment was top shape, the instructors were very helpful, and there was a lot of driving involved.

I had plenty of time to learn and practice the skills and go driving around town. Bakersfield is a good place to learn--not too much traffic (most of the time) and lots of different environments.

Phil is a good instructor, and he taught me how to shift up and down both up-hill and down-hill. The other current instructor, Matt, is very easy going and a good instructor as well. I learned how to do the skills from him.

Before I went there, I researched many schools around Bakersfield. All of them either wouldn't talk to me, or couldn't speak English, or wouldn't offer a shorter program than 160 hours.

Western is the only truck school in town that does the 40 hour refresher. They also help with job placement, which is a very important thing if you don't already have a job lined out.

I give the team at Western Truck School 5 stars. Thanks to them for giving me such a good learning experience.



....A Very Satisfied Customer