Course Overview
Dispatching 101 teaches you how to launch and run a profitable truck dispatching business from the comfort of your home. Learn to master load boards, negotiate rates, manage carrier relationships, and build a sustainable business in the multi-trillion dollar trucking industry — all without needing a CDL.
What You'll Learn
Start a dispatching business with zero experience
Master DAT, Truckstop, and other major load boards
Learn rate negotiation and profit maximization
Build and manage carrier relationships
Understand broker-dispatcher dynamics
No CDL or trucking experience required
Who Is This Course For?
People looking for a work-from-home career
Aspiring entrepreneurs with no trucking background
Anyone wanting to enter the logistics industry
Side hustlers looking for scalable income
Start Learning Today
Enroll in Dispatching 101 and take the first step toward your transportation career.
Course Features
- Lectures 69
- Quizzes 63
- Duration 3 weeks
- Skill level Beginner
- Language English
- Students 165
- Certificate Yes
- Assessments Self
- 8 Sections
- 69 Lessons
- 3 Weeks
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- Module 1 - IntroductionThis introductory module provides the essential background needed to understand the transportation and trucking industry. Through orientation materials and business setup information, you will build awareness of key concepts, operational workflows, and the role dispatchers play within a commercial trucking environment.36
- 1.1Orientation/Ebooks5 Minutes
- 1.2Business Setup Information10 Minutes
- 1.3SEATBELT SAFETY IN TRUCKING10 Minutes
- 1.4SEATBELT SAFETY IN TRUCKING10 Minutes10 Questions
- 1.5SKID CONTROL
- 1.6SKID CONTROL10 Questions
- 1.7REAR END COLLISION
- 1.8REAR END COLLISION10 Questions
- 1.9BASIC VEHICLE CONTROLS
- 1.10BASIC VEHICLE CONTROLS10 Questions
- 1.11CARGO HANDING
- 1.12CARGO HANDING10 Questions
- 1.13DRUG AND ALCOHOL AWARENESS
- 1.14DRUG AND ALCOHOL AWARENESS10 Questions
- 1.15DRIVER DISTRACTIONS
- 1.16DRIVER DISTRACTIONS10 Questions
- 1.17FIRE PREVENTION
- 1.18FIRE PREVENTION10 Questions
- 1.19NIGHT-TIME DRIVING
- 1.20NIGHT-TIME DRIVING10 Questions
- 1.21DRIVING IN SNOW/WINTER
- 1.22DRIVING IN SNOW/WINTER10 Questions
- 1.23SAFE LIFTING
- 1.24SAFE LIFTING10 Questions
- 1.25SPEED MANAGEMENT
- 1.26SPEED MANAGEMENT10 Questions
- 1.27HAZARD AWARENESS
- 1.28HAZARD AWARENESS10 Questions
- 1.29DRIVER WELLNESS
- 1.30DRIVER WELLNESS10 Questions
- 1.31NAVIGATING HAZARDS
- 1.32NAVIGATING HAZARDS10 Questions
- 1.33SUMMER AND MOUNTAIN DRIVING
- 1.34SUMMER AND MOUNTAIN DRIVING10 Questions
- 1.35WHISTLE BLOWER
- 1.36WHISTLE BLOWER10 Questions
- Module 2 - Trucking Basics24
- 2.1DRIVER SAFETY MANAGEMENT
- 2.2DRIVER SAFETY MANAGEMENT10 Questions
- 2.3YARD DRIVING SKILLS
- 2.4YARD DRIVING SKILLS10 Questions
- 2.5CSA OVERVIEW
- 2.6CSA OVERVIEW10 Questions
- 2.7SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
- 2.8SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM10 Questions
- 2.9PRE-TRIP INSPECTION
- 2.10PRE-TRIP INSPECTION10 Questions
- 2.11POST-TRIP INSPECTION
- 2.12POST-TRIP INSPECTION10 Questions
- 2.13DIAGNOSIS OF VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONS
- 2.14DIAGNOSIS OF VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONS10 Questions
- 2.15TRAILER LOADING AND UNLOADING PROCEDURE
- 2.16TRAILER LOADING AND UNLOADING PROCEDURE10 Questions
- 2.17SAFE OPERATIONS OF TRAILER DOOR
- 2.18SAFE OPERATIONS OF TRAILER DOOR10 Questions
- 2.19ROADSIDE INSPECTION
- 2.20ROADSIDE INSPECTION10 Questions
- 2.21FUEL MANAGEMENT
- 2.22FUEL MANAGEMENT10 Questions
- 2.23BACKING AND DOCKING
- 2.24BACKING AND DOCKING10 Questions
- Module 324
- 3.1WHAT IS CDL (COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE)
- 3.2WHAT IS CDL (COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE)10 Questions
- 3.3TYPES OF CDL
- 3.4TYPES OF CDL10 Questions
- 3.5ROAD SIGNS AND RULES AND REGULATIONS
- 3.6ROAD SIGNS AND RULES AND REGULATIONS10 Questions
- 3.7ABILITY TO MANEUVER A LARGER CAPACITY AND WEIGHT LOAD
- 3.8ABILITY TO MANEUVER A LARGER CAPACITY AND WEIGHT LOAD10 Questions
- 3.9LEARNING PROPER SIGNALS ON THE ROAD
- 3.10LEARNING PROPER SIGNALS ON THE ROAD10 Questions
- 3.11ABILITY TO WORK WITH THE DIFFERENT SIGNALS IN THE TRUCKS YOU ARE DRIVING
- 3.12ABILITY TO WORK WITH THE DIFFERENT SIGNALS IN THE TRUCKS YOU ARE DRIVING10 Questions
- 3.13MAP READING AND TRIP PLANNING LOGS
- 3.14MAP READING AND TRIP PLANNING LOGS10 Questions
- 3.15MANAGING LOG BOOKS FOR HOURS DRIVEN, DELIVERIES MADE, AND HOURS PER FLEET
- 3.16MANAGING LOG BOOKS FOR HOURS DRIVEN, DELIVERIES MADE, AND HOURS PER FLEET10 Questions
- 3.17TURNING, BACKING UP, AND DIFFERENT MANEUVERS WITH THE TRUCK
- 3.18TURNING, BACKING UP, AND DIFFERENT MANEUVERS WITH THE TRUCK10 Questions
- 3.19COUPLING AND UNCOUPLING A TRAILER
- 3.20COUPLING AND UNCOUPLING A TRAILER10 Questions
- 3.21DOT REGULATIONS AND COMPLIANCE
- 3.22DOT REGULATIONS AND COMPLIANCE10 Questions
- 3.23SAFETY PROCEDURES FOR COMMERCIAL DRIVERS
- 3.24SAFETY PROCEDURES FOR COMMERCIAL DRIVERS10 Questions
- Module 412
- 4.1WHAT IS PRE-TRIP INSPECTION
- 4.2WHAT IS PRE-TRIP INSPECTION10 Questions
- 4.3WHAT IS POST-TRIP INSPECTION
- 4.4WHAT IS POST-TRIP INSPECTION10 Questions
- 4.5HOW TO COMPLETE A DVIR
- 4.6HOW TO COMPLETE A DVIR10 Questions
- 4.7AREA TO BE COVERED IN POST TRIP
- 4.8AREA TO BE COVERED IN POST TRIP10 Questions
- 4.9AREAS TO BE COVERED IN PRE-TRIP
- 4.10AREAS TO BE COVERED IN PRE-TRIP10 Questions
- 4.11BENEFITS IN DOING PRE, POST TRIP INSPECTIONS
- 4.12BENEFITS IN DOING PRE, POST TRIP INSPECTIONS10 Questions
- Module 514
- 5.1DISPATCH1 Minute
- 5.2DISPATCH10 Questions
- 5.3HOW TO BE A DISPATCHER
- 5.4HOW TO BE A DISPATCHER10 Questions
- 5.5HOW DOES A DAY IN A LIFE OF DISPATCHER LOOKS LIKE
- 5.6HOW DOES A DAY IN A LIFE OF DISPATCHER LOOKS LIKE10 Questions
- 5.7WHAT ARE THE DELAYS AND HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM
- 5.8WHAT ARE THE DELAYS AND HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM10 Questions
- 5.9WHAT ARE DISPUTES AND HOW TO REPORT THEM
- 5.10WHAT ARE DISPUTES AND HOW TO REPORT THEM10 Questions
- 5.11TYPES OF ISSUES DRIVER FACE ON A DAILY BASIS
- 5.12TYPES OF ISSUES DRIVER FACE ON A DAILY BASIS10 Questions
- 5.13HOW TO RESOLVE ISSUES THAT DRIVERS FACE
- 5.14HOW TO RESOLVE ISSUES THAT DRIVERS FACE10 Questions
- Module 68
- Strategies and Tips for Dispatchers10
- 7.1How to check the upcoming schedules
- 7.2How to check the upcoming schedules10 Questions
- 7.3CRM Systems
- 7.4CRM Systems10 Questions
- 7.5Triangle Method
- 7.6Triangle Method10 Questions
- 7.7Transportation Management System
- 7.8Transportation Management System10 Questions
- 7.9Transportation Hirarchy
- 7.10Transportation Hirarchy10 Questions
- Value Added Services4
