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Commercial Driver School - Lakewood
Last updated: 06/2026
Be Home Every Night® Commercial Driver School is GI Bill Accepted at our Olympia/Lacey and Port Orchard Campuses. Click Here for Information on GI Bill Benefits Commercial Driver School™ is a privately owned, commercial driver’s license (CDL) training school with four convenient Washington-state campuses (Auburn, Lakewood, Olympia and Port Orchard, WA and Twin Falls, ID). Company’s instructors – all experienced commercial drivers – provide top-notch, easy-to-understand classroom and on-the-road training for men and women who are interested in earning or renewing their Class A, B, and/or C CDLs. In order to accommodate their students busy schedules and preferences, new classes begin most every week and they offer day (6 am – 2:30 pm) and evening (3:30 pm-midnight) classes Monday through Friday. Even better, due to their partnerships with many respected companies, Commercial Driver School™ also provides ongoing job placement assistance to its graduates, so they can take advantage of the many local and/or regional opportunities that exist in the trucking industry today. Given this, Commercial Driver School™ is one of the fastest growing and most respected truck driver training schools in the United States. Owners Victor and Petra Ratz credits this success to Commercial Driver Schools’™ outstanding team of professionals who not only deliver world-class CDL training but also embrace and demonstrate the company’s following four core principles: Nurturing authentic human relationships with customers, employees and colleagues must be every company’s number one goal. Yes, technology, streamlined systems, and other tools are also important for operational excellence, but they should never be substituted for accessible and genuine human interaction. Companies who value diverse people, cultures, and ideas are better poised to compete in today’s complex and over-crowded marketplace. In other words, businesses that use dive
11000 34th Ave South
Lakewood, WA 98499
(360) 819-4841
(253) 983-0200
Commercial Driver School - Lakewood at a glance
Private career school-cert/dipl
Academics at Commercial Driver School - Lakewood
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Program name: Hazmat Training Location: Lakewood, Online Length: 2 Days ETPL: Yes Workforce Pell: No |
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Program name: Emergency Vehicle Driver Training Location: Lakewood, Online Length: 2 Weeks ETPL: Yes Workforce Pell: No |
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Program name: Class A Truck and Cement Mixer Truck Training Location: Lakewood, Online Length: 5 Weeks ETPL: Yes Workforce Pell: No |
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Program name: Class A, Forklift Training Location: Lakewood Length: 4 Weeks ETPL: Yes Workforce Pell: No |
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Program name: Passenger/School Bus Endorsements Training Location: Lakewood Length: 4 Days ETPL: Yes Workforce Pell: No |
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Program name: Class B Truck Driver Training Location: Lakewood, Online Length: 3 Weeks ETPL: Yes Workforce Pell: No |
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Program name: Class B Truck and Passenger/School Bus Location: Lakewood Length: 4 Weeks ETPL: Yes Workforce Pell: No |
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Program name: Dump Truck Training Location: Lakewood, Online Length: 3 Days ETPL: Yes Workforce Pell: No |
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Program name: Forklift Training Location: Lakewood, Online Length: 1 Days ETPL: No Workforce Pell: No |
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Program name: Refresher Course Location: Lakewood, Online Length: 2 Weeks ETPL: Yes Workforce Pell: No |
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Program name: Class A Automated Truck Driver Training Location: Lakewood Length: 4 Weeks ETPL: Yes Workforce Pell: No |
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Program name: Class A, Bus Location: Lakewood Length: 5 Weeks ETPL: Yes Workforce Pell: No |
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Program name: Class A Truck Driver Training Location: Lakewood Length: 4 Weeks ETPL: Yes Workforce Pell: No |
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Program name: Cement Mixer Truck Training Location: Lakewood, Online Length: 3 Days ETPL: Yes Workforce Pell: No |
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Program name: Class B Bus Driver Training Location: Lakewood Length: 3 Weeks ETPL: Yes Workforce Pell: No |
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Program name: Class A, Hazmat Training Location: Lakewood Length: 4 Weeks ETPL: Yes Workforce Pell: No |
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Program name: Class A, Bus, Dump, Cement Mixer Truck, Hazmat, and Forklift Training Location: Lakewood Length: 7 Weeks ETPL: Yes Workforce Pell: No |
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Program name: Class B Truck and Hazmat Location: Lakewood Length: 3 Weeks ETPL: Yes Workforce Pell: No |
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Program name: Class A, Dump Truck Training Location: Lakewood Length: 5 Weeks ETPL: Yes Workforce Pell: No |
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