Berks Technical Institute of Wyomissing, PA — Local services in Wyomissing

CDL A Program, DO NOT GO HERE! So here were my concerns for future students thinking about enrolling at this school & particular this program. You have Tony M. the Lead. This is the instructor that is in charge of other instructors. Since day one of class every time I asked him a question he didn’t know the answer or said let me find that out. Once again I currently have my CDL B w/ airbrakes & all my other classmates on have regular driver’s licenses. So my permit for my CDL A looked a little different from my classmates, I only had 3 exams & they had 7 exams to take to obtain our CDL A. So Tony told me that Penndot made a mistake on my permit and I had to go back and get it fixed. Well the reason Tony said that is because he never had a student in this program before that already had a CDL, so his immediate response was that someone else made a mistake. Well I wasn’t going to Penndot because I know I didn’t need airbrakes cause I already have them, so my wife contacted penndot and got the answer that I knew all along. My permit was correct & I didn’t need what all my other classmates needed. I continued to ask him to schedule me for my CDL test and he kept blowing smoke up my A* saying that he can’t until he has all his hours are in; (BTI requires 160 hours) which is a bunch of bull. This is the course breakdown: 50 hours of classroom time- that’s a lie, only in classroom four 10 hour days, where is the other 10 hours coming from? 50 hours (Range/ Backing) that gets done because the instructors don’t won’t to take us on the road; we have to tell them that we want to go on the road. And 60 hours of road time. Now what if a student misses a day or 2, leaves early, comes late? Do they have to make it up? According to Tony, yes they have to make it up. No they do not have to make it up, so how are they fulfilling their 160 hours? Reason I’m saying this cause I have classmates in my class that have missed a day or two, left during class, came in late & they are still done the same day as me & I didn’t miss any days.. HMM sounds like falsifying students records to make them have all there hours. Another reason I’m saying this is because Tony stated to us that our class was over on April 11, 2019. My wife argued with me stating that is 5 weeks and I told her that’s what Tony said. Well I received a call last night 4/3/2019 around 7ish from Tony stating that our last day of class is tomorrow 4/4/2019. Mind you this is the lead at BTI, he doesn’t even know when the program ends and is in charge of other employees, & I see a big problem there. Let’s talk about Delores, another instructor that has been there about 3 weeks, she can’t drive the truck properly or do pre-trips the right way, students have to correct her when other students miss things. She supposedly “bumped her head” on the truck a day that Tony was out getting eye surgery and no one saw her do it. Now she has a concussion, I call Bulls**! I think that is pretty shady. Oh & when we went out on the road there were seven people in the truck, some sitting on the floor of the truck while students are driving. 1st off is that legal??? RED FLAG Oh and they day she “bumped her head” she sent us home early and said SHH “we were here till 5”. RED FLAG, falsifying our student hours & properly her timesheet as well. Then there is Kevin, another worthless instructor, all I have seen him do was eat, stand with his hands in his pockets, & sit in the shed. I have not once seen him drive a truck or say a word. Now what type of instructor is that? Here is the kicker, one of my classmates got let go from the class on his 3RD wk, because he wasn’t catching on as fast as others. Now isn’t that the instructors responsibility to help the students, not everyone learns the same. WRONG & UNFAIR! There is so much misleading and false information on the website about this program. You can earn your CDL A in 4 weeks or...

Do not choose this school if you’re going for your cdl..the school just did a test run for night classes which was horrible! The teacher was absolutely horrible all he talked about was getting a better job and didn’t care because he soon will be no longer working there..He only allowed the students to drive once throughout the whole training and they got 15 mins each..All the students that was in the night class complained to the school that they had no drive time and was told they could come anytime to the range and practice and the did not honor that! The school then proceeded to schedule all 6 of the students test knowing they’re not ready oh yea they were never taught the alley dock which is the hardest parking and they will be tested on that as well. I guarantee nobody from the night class will pass because all this school did was scam this night class for their money and didn’t give the proper training ..this is something that needs to be taking serious and it will be investigated. This school have set these 6 students up for failure and there will be consequences if the school doesn’t...

Complete and utter waste of money. When I attended years ago it was owned by a company called ForeFront Education. I know it has since changed ownership but guess what? It is another for profit school system. That's all it is: for profit. These places pray on their customer's stupidity. That's what you are: a customer ($). I was stupid when I enrolled, too. Fresh out of high school. They played the sales gimmicks on me perfectly. You can get an Associate Degree from RACC for A LOT less. Very few schools accept for profit school credits if you intend on pursuing further education. Take a step back and observe how unprofessional many of the instructors are (it's like being back in middle school). Take a step back and observe your fellow classmates. Many are incapable of higher education-the school knows this and they are still pushed through the door to pad the bottom line. Don't be fooled by the student appreciation days. You are going to end up paying immensely for that .99 hot dog...