BOOK-KEEPING CLASS

This class is designed to teach you accounting and book keeping skills needed especially to provide a trucking business. Many students who plan on starting their own trucking business choose it after taking the Dispatch class. We work on one of the most popular and user-friendly accounting softwares. You will learn to keep track of income and expenses; generate profit and loss reports for tax and financial purposes; pay drivers; bill brokers; record owner equity, and much more. It sounds complicated, but it actually makes your life easier in a long run.

Laptop with CD-rom is required – class is taught on Windows OS only, no Macs.

SCHEDULE
 
Sunday August 13 – 10am – 1pm
Sunday August 20 – 10am – 1pm
Saturday August 26 – 1pm – 4pm
Sunday August 27 – 10am – 1pm
 
COST/PAYMENT METHODS
 
PRICE INCLUDES BOOKKEEPING SOFTWARE

$700 – split into $200 non-refundable registration fee + 2 payments $250 + $250. We receive cash, check, credit or debit cards.

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3-DAY EXPRESS ONLINE DISPATCHER CLASS

Designed for those who cannot come to our Training Center. Popular among out of state and out of country students who are planning to work in the U.S. or their home country. And all of this in the convenience of your home, in a 2 students per teacher online interactive session.
 
In this class, you will learn how to effectively cover trucks with loads. You will learn how to distinguish between types of trailers and types of loads; how to talk to brokers and book the best paying loads; how to resolve emergency situations while keeping everything and everybody under control. This class is ideal for anyone who wants to work as a dispatcher in a trucking company, or for those who want to start up their own motor carrier business.

SCHEDULE

Friday, Saturday, Sunday – August 11, 12, 13 – 10am – 4pm

COST/PAYMENT METHODS

$700 – split into $200 non-refundable registration fee + 2 payments $250 + $250. We receive cash, check, credit or debit cards

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DISPATCHER CLASS

In this class, you will learn how to effectively cover trucks with loads. You will learn how to distinguish between types of trailers and types of loads; how to talk to brokers and book the best paying loads; how to resolve emergency situations while keeping everything and everybody under control. This class is ideal for anyone who wants to work as a dispatcher in a trucking company, or for those who want to start up their own motor carrier business.

SCHEDULE

Thursday August 24 – 5.30pm – 9.30pm
Thursday August 31 – 5.30pm – 9.30pm
Thursday September 7 – 5.30pm – 9.30pm
Thursday September 14 – 5.30pm – 9.30pm

COST/PAYMENT METHODS

$700 – split into $200 non-refundable registration fee + 2 payments $250 + $250. We receive cash, check, credit or debit cards

TO REGISTER: PLEASE EMAIL TO This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

 

SAFETY MANAGER CLASS

In a trucking industry today, safety means better paying loads and lower insurance costs – which means financial stability for a company. Safety Manager Class is our unique and customized program for those who want to learn how to keep up with ever changing DOT rules. In this class, you will learn everything you need to know to be ready for a safety audit – driver qualifications, vehicle safety, logbooks, drug and alcohol policies and everything else you need to know to be compliant with DOT. Also included with the class are all the company safety policies, lease agreements, and drug and alcohol policy.  Last 2 classes are dedicated to Logbooks Audit and NEW! Reasonable Suspicion Supervisor Training on Drugs and Alcohol.

Graduates receive 3 certificates:
Safety manager for trucking company
Hours of service audit for trucking companies
Reasonable suspicion supervisor training on drugs and alcohol

SCHEDULE
 
Wednesday, August 30 – 6.30pm – 9.30pm
Wednesday, September 6 – 6.30pm – 9.30pm
Wednesday, September 13 – 6.30pm – 9.30pm
Wednesday, September 20 – 6.30pm – 9.30pm
Wednesday, September 27 – 6.30pm – 9.30pm
 
COST/PAYMENT METHODS

$700 – split into $200 non-refundable registration fee + 2 payments $250 + $250. We receive cash, check, credit or debit cards

TO REGISTER: PLEASE EMAIL TO This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 

IFTA CALCULATION CLASS

It is a 3 hour workshop where you will learn how to compute and file IFTA yourself. No need to pay anybody for IFTA calculations anymore. Have everything under your control – no mistakes or late filings. No rush – do it whenever it is convenient for you. Also in this class – Kentucky, New York, and New Mexico TAX returns.

SCHEDULE

Date and time to be decided

COST

$250 for new students, $200 if you took any of our classes before; due at the registration.

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Boston Transportation Solutions is the first and oldest dispatcher training company in Chicago - fully licensed and bonded.

In our training center, we also help with obtaining DOT & MC numbers; corporations and federal tax id; all U.S. and Canada truck permits; form 2290 Heavy Highway Vehicle Tax; IFTA Calculations; Insurance; Factoring - Invoice Financing; QuickBooks - bookkeeping; and all you need to run your trucking business.
We provide in-class or online training for the following classes in the trucking industry:

Dispatcher
Book-Keeper
Safety Manager
IFTA Calculation
Logbooks Audit
Reasonable Suspicion Supervisor Training on Drugs and Alcohol
Online classes

We will teach and train you to work as an OTR Dispatcher. We have over 17 years of experience in transportation industry. Check us out on the web www.smarttrucking.us, or on Facebook. For faster response, please email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Call for more information 331-551-8787. We speak Russian, Polish, and English.
We are not a trucking company - we are a training center, located in Downers Grove, IL. Website: www.smarttrucking.us