Island County

Nearest training open to the public

Diamond Trucking School Inc in Mukilteo, Snohomish County — about 8 miles from the near side of Island, about 19 from the far side, straight line.

Without leaving your own workforce area: Skagit City Trucking School in Mount Vernon, Skagit County, about 14 miles. Sometimes the more practical drive where water or a pass lies on the shorter line, and your own board knows these providers. A voucher is not restricted to them.

Registered in Island

• Oak Harbor Public Schools

  Oak Harbor · Class B · passenger · school bus

Registered with the federal Training Provider Registry and not marked private, but we hold no program, tuition or enrollment record for it — which is why Island counts as having none. Most entries of this kind are school districts training their own drivers. It is worth one phone call to ask whether they will train somebody from outside.

A further 6 registered training locations are marked private — an employer training its own staff. Not open to you, but evidence that commercial driving is being taught here for somebody.

Nearest employers that train you themselves

• Everett Transit

  Everett · about 25 mi

  Paid while training: yes (paid 30-day training; rate not published)

  “If you don't have a Commercial Driver License (CDL), that's okay! Everett Transit provides CDL training!”

  Their own careers page →

• Community Transit

  Everett · about 25 mi · $33.54/hr rising to $39.31/hr

  Paid while training: yes ($32.05/hr)

  “No bus driving experience or Commercial Driver License (CDL) is required to apply.”

  Their own careers page →

• Northshore School District

  Bothell · about 35 mi · $36.22/hr

  Paid while training: yes (rate not published)

  “Northshore School District is currently hiring substitute and regular bus drivers. Hourly rates start at $36.22 with paid training! Learn how to drive a bus and prepare to obtain your CDL. Drivers must be 25 years of age”

  Their own careers page →

Every one of these is a relocation or a long commute — we hold no employer with a verified training path inside any of the 17 counties. The quote is the employer's own wording, retrieved from their own page; where they do not say whether training is paid, we say so rather than assume. The distance runs from the middle of your county to the middle of their city, so it is indicative rather than a route.