The DZ Truck Driver program trains students to safely operate heavy vehicles, including dump trucks and snowplows. It combines classroom instruction with hands-on driving practice to prepare graduates for careers in municipal and commercial sectors.
Become a First-Class DZ Truck Driver, Earn Better Pay
In Thunder Bay and across Canada, commercial truck drivers are in high demand, earning above average incomes. The trucking industry has changed significantly with greater emphasis on safety, health, prevention, and accountability.
The career itself involves the operation of heavy vehicles to transport goods and materials up to 4,600 kg/10,000 lb., but not exceeding this weight. The opportunity for employment in municipal works as a driver could include dump trucks, cement mixers, street snowplows, rescue vehicles, fire trucks, tow trucks, garbage trucks and similar vehicles.
Top Highlights
Courses follow industry standards and practices so you are ready for the job market
Classroom and practical training, including driving, yard, pre-trip and observation
Hands-on training in the yard and on the road using class D vehicles while under the instruction of a qualified trainer
Drive time includes real world scenarios and trips on highways, city streets and back roads
All in-cab training and the final Road Test will be operating a manual transmission vehicle on an MTO-approved route
Strong emphasis on defensive driving
Upcoming Delivery Start Dates
Thunder Bay, ON
Northwestern Ontario Regional Locations
Contact Information
Contact Contract Training to apply to the program.
Upon graduation, you will possess the necessary skill set to seek employment as a truck driver for a variety of vehicles:
dump truck,
cement mixers,
street snowplows,
rescue vehicles,
fire trucks,
tow truck driver
and garbage trucks.
Employment Services
Free employment services for all students through the Northwest Employment Works (NEW). Services include connecting job-seekers to employers and offering one-on-one career advising, resume assistance and interview preparation and techniques.
Pathways
Confederation College offers a variety of articulation agreements designed to help you advance your education and career. Whether you're coming to us from another institution or planning your next steps after completing your program, our pathways make your transition seamless and effective.
Student Accessibility and Essential Program Requirements
Confederation College is committed to providing an accessible and inclusive learning environment and will provide reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code, the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), and College policy.
Students who require accommodations are encouraged to engage with Student Accessibility Services and are responsible for initiating and participating in the accommodation process. Accommodation is a collaborative process involving the student, Student Accessibility Services, faculty, and the Academic School. Requests for accommodation are considered on an individual basis, and the College will work with students to identify reasonable accommodations that provide equitable access to learning while maintaining the integrity of the program.
Students are expected to demonstrate the essential knowledge, skills, professional behaviours, learning outcomes, and competencies required to successfully complete their program. While the manner in which these requirements are demonstrated may be accommodated where appropriate, the essential requirements themselves must still be achieved.
For programs involving laboratories, field work, clinical placements, aviation environments, trades training, equipment operation, simulations, community placements, or other environments where health and safety are critical, accommodations must also be consistent with applicable legislation, professional standards, licensing requirements, accreditation standards, and workplace safety obligations.
In some circumstances, a requested accommodation may not be reasonable or possible where it would:
Fundamentally alter an essential program requirement, competency, or learning outcome.
Compromise the health or safety of the student or others.
Conflict with provincial or federal legislation.
Conflict with the requirements of an external regulatory, licensing, accreditation, or professional body.
Prevent the student from demonstrating competencies required for safe and effective professional practice.
Note
Where a particular accommodation cannot be provided, the College will work collaboratively with the student to identify whether an alternative accommodation can appropriately address the student’s disability-related needs while maintaining essential program requirements.
