Learn To Drive A Celebrity Coach

With the job market just starting to rise once again, the opportunity for a unique and exciting job experience is now available! The Celebrity Bus Drivers Academy is opening opportunities for drivers to learn how to drive the motorcoaches of high-rolling entertainers and crew members. 

 

This training, found last summer by Chip Huffman and Tandy Rice, teaches the expertise via hands-on training. Prevost, the leading manufacturer of entertainer coaches since 1978, is a large supporter of the Academy.

 

The Celebrity Bus Drivers Academy will conduct a Spring and Fall class in 2011. The next class is scheduled in Nashville, Tenn., on April 20-22 at the Prevost’s Service Center. Instruction will be provided by Prevost training technicians, technicians from the coach conversion industry, professionals from the entertainer coach leasing business, veteran drivers, leasing agents and owners. In order to help students become familiar with the vehicles they may be driving, a coach conversion shell and a converted Prevost entertainer coach will be on hand.

 

After the completion of this class, drivers will be able to enlist in the Top Billing Driver Placement Service. From the inaugural class last year, as well as a second class in the fall, 15 students are currently available for placement during this summer’s touring season. Placements can be full-time or temporary, but all are within the entertainment industry. Fifteen more students are expected to be available for the summer season from the April class.

 

“The reaction of students has been overwhelmingly positive.  ‘Rave reviews,’ as they say in show business.,” Chip Huffman, CEO of the Celebrity Bus Drivers Academy, said.  “The only ‘complaint’ was that we overloaded them with valuable information!  I always point out to potential students that they need to get plenty of rest and be prepared to take notes, because we are going to have an INTENSIVE three days of training!”

 

Huffman is the former owner and founder of Nitetrain Coach, he recalls, “constantly fielding calls from drivers who hoped to ‘drive for the stars.’ There’s an overwhelming interest in this market, and a huge need for training. The Academy intends to answer that need, and we’re pleased to have the support of Prevost to help prepare drivers for this vibrant industry.”

 

For more information, scheduling and registration for the 2011 classes, visit huffman-rice.com.