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What is Entry Level Driver Training (ELDT)?
The new Entry Level Driver
Training (ELDT) regulations require the ELDT requirements?
that all entry-level drivers of
commercial motor vehicles ( CMV s)
successfully complete ELDT prior to
being eligible for commercial driver
license ( CD L) skills t ELDT
includes theory and behind the
wheel instruction at a training
provider listed on the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration
(FMCSA) Training Provider
Register. For more informaiton,
please visit dds.georgia.gov.
What is an Entry Level Driver
Training provider and where
can I find one?
ELDT providers can be found at
tpr.fmcsa.dot.gov and include, but
are not limited to, training schools,
educational institutions, rural
electric cooperatives, motor carriers,
State/ local governments, school
districts, joint labor management
programs, owner operators and
individuals.
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What must drivers do to meet
Complete training with a registered
training provider.
Entry-level drivers must select a training
provider that is listed on the Training
Provider Registry. Only registered training
providers will be also to submit certification
of a drivers completion of entry-level driver
training to the Training Provider Registry.
When am I eligible to take my CDL skills
test of knowledge test?
ELDT training must be completed before
taking a CDL skills test, or if the driver is
applying for the H endorsement, the
knowledge test.
If the state driver licensing agency can not
electronically verify that these requirement
are met, the State is not permitted to
administer the CD L skills or knowledge test
to the driver.
U.S. Department
of Transportation
Federal Motor
Carrier Safety
Administration