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Online ELDT training that holds up at the DMV counter and out on the road.

Federal Entry-Level Driver Training theory, taught with animated scenarios instead of pages of text, from a provider listed on FMCSA’s Training Provider Registry.

  • Class A
  • Class B
  • B to A upgrade
  • Hazmat

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Seats
Total $189

One seat, one driver

Card payments are handled by Stripe. Enrollment instructions arrive by email, and seat blocks come as one code per seat to hand out when you’re ready. Not available for drivers licensed in Washington State.

  • On the federal registryListed on FMCSA’s Training Provider Registry. Look us up before you pay.
  • 3,500+ enrollmentsOnline ELDT theory delivered to drivers and fleets since 2022.
  • A federal standardCounts toward the federal ELDT requirement in every state except Washington, which sets its own rules.
  • Reported for youWe submit your completion to the registry and email your certificate.

What ELDT is, in plain terms

Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) is the federal training standard a new commercial driver must complete before testing. It has applied since February 7, 2022 to anyone getting a first Class A or Class B CDL, upgrading from Class B to Class A, or adding a Hazmat, Passenger or School Bus endorsement for the first time.

ELDT has two parts. Theory covers the knowledge side and can be taken online. Behind-the-wheel training happens in a truck, on a range and on public roads, and is always in person. The Hazmat endorsement needs theory only.

Training counts only when the provider is listed on FMCSA’s Training Provider Registry and submits your completion to it. Your state licensing agency checks that registry before it lets you take the CDL skills test or the Hazmat knowledge test.

Who needs it
First-time Class A or B applicants, B to A upgrades, and first-time H, P or S endorsements
Passing score
80% or higher on the theory assessment
Required hours
No federal minimum for theory. Every topic must be covered.
Where it’s recorded
FMCSA’s Training Provider Registry
Reporting deadline
Midnight of the second business day after you finish
The rule
49 CFR Part 380, Subparts F and G

Checked against FMCSA guidance, October 2026.

Where theory fits on the road to your license

Theory is the part you can do online. Here is what comes after it.

Class A or B CDL, or B to A upgrade

  1. 1. Theory, online

    Self-paced, with any registered provider. This is the part we sell.

  2. 2. Behind-the-wheel, in person

    Range and public-road training with a registered provider, within a year of theory.

  3. 3. State skills test

    Your state checks the registry for both parts before it tests you.

Hazmat endorsement

  1. 1. Theory, online

    The only ELDT requirement for Hazmat, so the training part is done here.

  2. 2. Knowledge test and TSA check

    Your state’s Hazmat knowledge test, plus TSA’s background check.

  3. 3. Endorsement added

    The H goes on your CDL once both are cleared. More on Hazmat

You can find ELDT theory online for $25. Here’s why ours costs more.

Most online ELDT is sold on two promises: cheapest and fastest. You read text on a screen, take a quiz, and get a certificate. That clears the requirement. It does very little for a new driver’s first week in a truck.

We came at this from the classroom. Our program is led by a former public-school teacher who went on to drive tractor-trailers and motorcoaches for more than eight years, then built a technical college’s CDL program from the ground up: the curriculum, the lesson plans, the trucks, the backing range. He has trained more than 300 drivers in person and was trained by the State of Georgia as a third-party CDL examiner.

That background is the filter for what we sell. The course had to teach the way a good instructor does: show the situation, check that it landed, and go back over anything that didn’t.

It matters more now than it did a few years ago. FMCSA has been auditing training providers and, as of May 2026, had removed more than 9,000 training locations from its registry (J. J. Keller). Whoever you train with, look them up on the registry first. That includes us.

An instructor and a trainee talk through a coupling inspection beside a tractor on a training lot.
Taught by people who train drivers in person. More than 300 drivers trained behind the wheel, often at their employer’s own site.
An instructor coaches a trainee in the cab of an EPB work truck through a cone exercise on a range.
On-site training for EPB. The course teaches what we coach on the range: see it, practice it, check that it landed.

Animated scenarios instead of pages of text

Lessons use computer animation to walk through real situations, from coupling a trailer to managing space in traffic, so a driver sees what right looks like before trying it.

Mastery-based, so nobody slides through

Miss a question and the course takes you back through that topic until you have it. There is no failing grade and no retest fee. There is also no skipping ahead.

A person answers

Stuck on a login, a license number or what to do next? Email us and someone who knows CDL training writes back.

Your record, handled

When you finish, we submit your completion to the Training Provider Registry and email your certificate. You don’t file anything yourself.

See inside the course

Screens from our Class A and Hazmat courses.

Animated overhead view of a tractor-trailer backing toward a loading dock, with a faded replay showing its trailer swinging into a parked truck.
Backing and docking. An animated replay shows how a trailer strikes a parked truck when the driver sets up without enough space.
Animated tractor-trailer stopped across a railroad crossing as a locomotive approaches.
Railroad-highway grade crossings. What a driver must do at a crossing, including the extra rules for hazmat loads.
Animated loading dock where a pallet of blue chemical drums catches fire.
Hazmat communication rules. The course starts with why the rules matter: hazardous materials are everywhere, in homes and in industry, and dangerous when handled wrong.
Course lesson menu listing Class A lessons such as Orientation, Control Systems and Backing and Docking, each with a progress bar.
Short lessons, tracked. Each topic is its own lesson, with your progress shown as you go.
Course quiz question: True or False, a low ground clearance sign or a humped crossing sign tells you the crossing has a high profile compared to the highway.
Checks in every lesson. Miss a question and the course replays that section before you move on.

Online ELDT theory courses

Each course covers the full federal theory curriculum for its license class or endorsement. All are self-paced, and your progress is saved when you stop.

Class A theory

For a first Class A CDL: tractor-trailers and other combination vehicles. Follow it with behind-the-wheel training, then your state skills test.

About 12 to 14 hours
$189
Choose Class A

Class B theory

For a first Class B CDL: straight trucks, dump trucks, buses and other single vehicles. Follow it with behind-the-wheel training, then your state skills test.

About 12 to 14 hours
$179
Choose Class B

Class B to Class A upgrade theory

For drivers who already hold a Class B CDL and are moving up to Class A. Behind-the-wheel training in a Class A vehicle is still required.

About 10 to 12 hours
$149
Choose B to A

Hazmat (H) endorsement theory

For a first hazardous materials endorsement. Theory is the only ELDT requirement, so this one is complete online. Next come the TSA background check and your state knowledge test. What the Hazmat course covers

About 4 hours
$99
Choose Hazmat

Buy a block of seats. Hand them out as you hire.

Fleets, municipalities and contractors rarely train everyone on the same day. Pay once for a block and we email you one code per seat. When a driver is ready, give them a code and they enroll themselves.

  • Lower price per seat at 5, 10 and 25 seats
  • One receipt for accounting, one code per driver
  • Purchase orders and invoicing for 50 seats or more
Price a block of seats
Price per seat, by number of seats bought
Course151025
Class A$189$169$159$149
Class B$179$159$149$139
B to A upgrade$149$135$125$115
Hazmat$99$89$84$79

Coupon codes apply at checkout. For 50 or more seats, email support@eldttraining.com.

  1. RECEIPT Hazmat theory 5 seats × $89 Total $445

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    Buy a block of 5, 10 or 25 seats in one checkout, with one receipt for accounting.

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    Hand out a code to each driver

    The driver enters it on our enrollment form and starts training. No account to manage.

Behind-the-wheel training we’ve delivered on site

Utilities, fire departments, county agencies and contractors, in the vehicles their drivers will actually operate.

A red tractor-trailer on a gravel range set up with orange cones.
Tractor-trailer, Class A
A fire engine driving a cone course at a public-safety training center.
Fire apparatus
A Trousdale County Senior Center passenger bus parked among cones on a training lot.
Passenger bus for a county senior center
A red pickup towing a flatbed trailer on a parking-lot range with cones.
Pickup and flatbed trailer

Next: a CDL training program inside your own company

For employers in Georgia, Alabama, the Carolinas and Tennessee who would rather train their own drivers than send them away for weeks. We help you become your own registered training provider, set up the curriculum, range and records, and deliver behind-the-wheel training at your site.

Ask about it

From enrollment to the registry

  1. Enroll

    Pay online, then give us the driver’s legal name, date of birth and license or permit number exactly as printed. The registry matches on those.

  2. Learn

    Work through the animated lessons on your own schedule. Stop when you need to and pick up where you left off.

  3. Pass

    The federal standard is 80%. Because the course reviews anything you miss, you keep going until you get there.

  4. Get reported

    Within one business day we submit your completion to the Training Provider Registry and email your certificate. Then it’s on to behind-the-wheel training or, for Hazmat, your knowledge test.

What we guarantee

You will pass

Keep working until you reach the passing score. No retest fees and no charge to go back over a topic.

Reported within one business day

When you finish, we submit your completion to the Training Provider Registry within one business day, ahead of the federal two-business-day deadline, and email your certificate.

Filed right, guaranteed

If your registry record has an error on our part, we correct it at no charge.

“The format was perfect and well delivered. If you did not grasp it all and mistakenly answered a test question incorrectly, it would take you back over that subject to ensure you grasped the content.”
Jason A., completed our online ELDT theory course

Questions drivers and employers ask

Is Dedicated ELDT Training listed on FMCSA’s Training Provider Registry?

Yes. You can confirm it yourself in about a minute: go to tpr.fmcsa.dot.gov, search for the provider name shown in the footer of this page, and look under the theory listings.

FMCSA does not approve or certify individual courses. It registers providers who certify that their training meets the federal standard, and only registered providers can submit your completion.

Can ELDT be completed entirely online?

The theory portion can. For a Class A or Class B license, or a Class B to Class A upgrade, you also need behind-the-wheel training on a range and public road with a registered provider, and that part is always in person.

The Hazmat endorsement is the exception: theory is the only ELDT requirement, so it can be completed fully online.

How long does online ELDT theory take, and what score do I need?

Most drivers finish Class A or Class B theory in about 12 to 14 hours, the B to A upgrade in about 10 to 12 hours, and Hazmat in about 4 hours. The federal rule sets no minimum number of hours for theory. It requires that every topic is covered and that you score at least 80 percent on the assessment. You can stop and pick up where you left off.

Is online ELDT theory accepted in every state?

In every state except Washington. ELDT is a federal standard, so theory completed with a registered provider counts toward the federal requirement nationwide.

Washington adds its own rules: 40 hours of classroom theory for Class A or B, 16 hours for Hazmat, and no fully self-paced online courses (WAC 308-100-033). Our courses do not meet those rules, so we do not enroll drivers licensed in Washington. In any other state, if you are unsure, check with your state licensing agency before you enroll.

Do I need a commercial learner’s permit before starting ELDT theory?

No. The federal rule does not set an order for the permit and theory training, so you can start theory with a regular driver’s license. You will need a permit before any behind-the-wheel training on a public road.

When will my ELDT completion show up at the DMV?

When you finish, we submit your completion to the Training Provider Registry, which is where state licensing agencies look it up. We report within one business day; the federal deadline is midnight of the second business day after you complete training.

You can check your own record at tpr.fmcsa.dot.gov/Check. Your name, date of birth and license number must match your license exactly, so enter them carefully.

How long do I have to finish behind-the-wheel training after theory?

For a Class A or Class B license, federal rules require theory and behind-the-wheel training to be completed within one year of each other. You can take them from different registered providers.

Can an employer buy ELDT seats for several drivers?

Yes. Buy a block of 5, 10 or 25 seats at a lower price per seat and we email you one code per seat. Give a code to each driver when you are ready for them to start. For 50 or more seats, purchase orders or invoicing, email us.

Why does this cost more than a $25 ELDT course?

The least expensive courses are text you read on a screen followed by a quiz. Ours teaches with computer-animated scenarios, takes you back through any topic you miss until you have it, and comes with people who answer when you need help.

If the lowest price is the only thing that matters to you, we are not the right fit, and that is fine.

Do you offer Passenger or School Bus endorsement theory?

Passenger (P) endorsement theory is available by request: email us or call 706-892-7550 and we’ll enroll you. School Bus (S) endorsement theory isn’t offered at the moment.

ELDT guides

Plain answers to the questions we hear most, checked against FMCSA and state sources.

Hazmat ELDT theory, completed online

Who needs it, the steps to an H endorsement, and what the course covers.

Read the guide →

Do you need ELDT to renew a Hazmat endorsement?

Renewals, transfers to a new state, and endorsements that expired.

Read the guide →

ELDT requirements in Georgia

When DDS checks your training, the 14-day permit wait, Hazmat and transfers.

Read the guide →

Do the theory once, and do it properly.

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