Tanker company that will train

I'm in Houston and will be looking to go tanker when I finish CDL school in December so I'll share a bit of my research w/ you. Both Superior and Highway Transport have big terminals in La Porte, TX ( SE side ) literally five mins down the road from each other:

Highway - https://hytt.com/service-centers/la-porte/
Superior - The Pasadena Terminal - Trucking terminal in Texas | Superior Carriers

According to their respective sites both Superior and Highway are hiring in Houston at the moment for both regional and OTR:
Highway - Tanker Trucker Jobs in La Porte, TX Regional Drivers | Drive for Highway
Superior - Class A Driver - Tanker/Hazmat - Pasadena, TX - Superior Carriers - Superior Bulk Logistics

Keep in mind also Schneider has one of it's two tanker training facilities in Houston and they appear to be hiring as well:
Over-the-Road (OTR) Tanker Truck Driver | Up to $2,500 Sign-on Bonus | Up to $0.58 cpm | Houston, TX

Though it doesn't appear to apply to the OP I'll just add that the hiring requirements for each are as follows:
Superior - Hires new CDL grads from "approved" training facilities ( you have to call them to find out what's on their list of approved training ). You need hazmat + tanker + TWIC and you'll do six weeks of training after hire.
Schneider - Hires new CDL grads and will train for five weeks and one of the two tanker training facilities. Need hazmat + tanker and can get TWIC after hire and have it reimbursed.
Highway Transport - Requires one year clean CDL driving experience preferably tanker but not required. Need hazmat + tanker + TWIC.

 

Best of luck to you.

 

Personally, I don't think two weeks is enough. I spent four weeks. In the yard, out and backs, regional all provided different experiences. Different chemicals with different safety gear, compressor offloads, pump offloads, both, customer offloads and no touch. Yard work consisted of tank inspections, knowing how to measure tank capacity, knowing all of the different connection methods, etc., etc. And that doesn't even include sitting for all of the tests that were required.

I couldn't have done what I did in a two week period but I'm not going to question Highway Transports methods. I'm not familiar with them or what you'll be doing exactly.

Regardless, watch and learn.

 

Highway Transport has a really solid reputation much like Superior Bulk from what I've read. They are a company I would definitely consider but they have a hard one year experience requirement. I don't think you'll go wrong working for either company.

Highway Transport, I drive for them and can answer questions.

 

Groendyke will train. It seems the days of selectively hiring have passed.

 

If you have CDL driving experience, I think 2 weeks to learn the tanker is OK. You just need to change a couple of dry van/reefer habits to take a tanker on the road, IMO.