In order to get a job in the trucking industry, you must be credentialed. CTA gets the credentials you need to gain employment - your class-A CDL license and certificate of completion from a truck driving training school that is licensed and certified to teach the Government's 160-hour DOT truck driving training curriculum.
No, A CDL is only required when driving vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds; any combined gross vehicle weight rating (2 units) 26,001 or more pounds; any vehicle that is required to be placarded, or carriers of 16 or more passengers including the driver.
No. 160 hours of training qualifies you to get hired, but this is not enough time to equip you to be able to go solo immediately. Once you are hired, you will go through an orientation and training period with your new employer. The typical training period for most major trucking companies is between 4 and 8 weeks.
Trucking companies pay by the mile. Starting pay for truck drivers who receive their credentials through CTA schools will typically be between $0.26 and $0.35 per mile. Some companies will increase your pay incrementally over your first few months.
Many CTA graduates hire on with various carriers at $0.32 per mile. Using this as your rate, an over the road driver, who maxes out at the 3200 miles per week limit, A regional driver, who gets home every weekend and maybe once or twice a week, will typically log 2900 miles per week (sometimes more) and would make $930 a week.
With the credentials from our schools, you will be able to drive 53 ft. cargo containers, flat beds, reefers (refrigerated cargo containers), and many other types of trucks such as low boys, etc.
With new laws in place, Homeland Security now requires truckers to have a minimum of 3 months driving experience with a major carrier before becoming eligible for hazmat training.
No. Only Owner-Operators have to pay for their costs. All costs associated with your truck, such as fuel and upkeep, are paid by the company. Many companies will even pay for you to keep the truck washed and clean.
Yes. Trucking is an industry that is currently facing a driver shortage, and all projections are for the shortage to get worse. The American economy needs trucks in order to deliver everything we depend on as a nation.
Because nearly everything is delivered by truck, truck drivers are needed throughout the country. Your family home is your base of operation and your company's dispatcher will work your routes around where you live.
Normally, over-the-road and regional drivers are not required to do heavy lifting. Their trucks tend to be unloaded by distribution center workers. Most city or pickup and delivery drivers are required to do lifting to load and unload their trucks.
This depends on a company's policy for passengers and has to do with issues of insurance and liability. Some companies will allow family members to accompany a driver in the cab, but this is not the case for every carrier.
All of our web sites are secure. We take pride in the security of your information. The only people who will have access to your information now or in the future are the companies to which you have applied. Your information is yours and we keep it that way.
You can log in daily and manually submit your application to as many companies as you like; however, EveryTruckJob only allows you to submit your application to the same company once every 7 days.
Absolutely not. Information security and your privacy are extremely important to us. Your information goes directly to and only to the carriers you select and give permission to see, period.
The most common reason is that your driving experience did not match up with the minimum hiring criteria for some of the companies you selected. They may not hire out of the state you reside in for example.
Here at CDLApps.com there are multiple ways to find trucking jobs, both generalized and specific! You can find jobs in any state or by carrier with great pay packages and sign-up bonuses.
The driver safety enforcement process provides FMCSA with
the tools to identify CMV drivers with safety performance
problems and to verify and address the issues.
SMS scores under CSA 2010 are affected by violations by drivers who are actively working for a company. The scores of trucking companies will not be affected by the violations of drivers before they worked for them or after a driver is no longer working for them.
The CSA 2010 program combines and tracks a variety of information about trucking companies, company truck drivers, and owner operators. The point system is then used to determine the protection risks associated with the company or driver and help determine what disciplinary interventions (if any) should be taken.
Being an owner-operator can have many advantages over driving for a carrier. Owner-operators can make quite a bit more money than they would driving for a company. Many successful owner-operators even go on to buy more trucks and hire their own drivers as well, creating their own fleets.
No, uniforms are not required, however, we ask our drivers to remember that they are the face of our company in our customers’ eyes. We require our drivers to look neat, clean and professional.
The law requires employers to maintain records documenting that each food handler employed by the facility has a valid food handler card/certificate and can provide those records to the local enforcement officer upon request.
A food handler is defined as an individual who is involved in the preparation, storage or service of food in a food facility. The law was intended to have all employees who are at all involved in food service undergo basic food safety training. Similar laws in other states have been interpreted to include all employees except those who have strictly administrative roles, such as a bookkeeper.
It depends. If you provide an in-house training program that meets all three requirements specified in SB 602, the training must be offered at no cost to the employee during normal working hours and employees must be paid for their time.
Food handlers who prepare, store or serve food and work in a food facility must possess a California Food Handler Card on or before July 1, 2011. Food handlers hired after June 1, 2011 will have 30 days to become compliant.
The training course has adopted the requirements described in the same version of the FDA Model Food Code that California follows. The current food facility can provide evidence satisfactory to the local enforcement officer demonstrating that the food facility training program has been approved for use in another state pursuant to above provision. Training is provided during normal work hours, at no cost to the employee.
At Action Express & Hot Shot we start our owner/operators at 70% commission on the deliveries they do. An owner/operator with us for 5 years earns 75% commission. Owner operators with an excellent knowledge of Edmonton, good organizational skills, and the ability to move quickly and safely will make more than others.
The realization that you are in control of your earnings and are not limited by a wage. Variety! Each day brings something different, although you are picking up and delivering goods we do not have regular routes so you see something different each day.
No, we are busy year 'round with a slight drop in business during spring break up when the frost leaves the ground. Depending on the season this ranges from one to two months.
No, in order to maintain the high level of customer service our clients require, we only hire full time. Also with the startup costs involved it would not be practical.
No, there are no fees to Owner Operators and Small Fleets. Our recruiting process is simple and straightforward. Any fees associated, or costs incurred are per agreement with the company we are recruiting for.
We recruit for many companies around the nation. This is dictated by company need. Sometimes we are recruiting for several companies at once and at other time for a single company.
Yes, as long as your tractor and trailer is road worthy and can pass DOT Inspection there is no defined age for your equipment. You will, however, want to discuss this prior to sign on.
Yes & No. This question is two-fold. Owner Operators with experience or former Drivers with experience who just became Owner Operators are acceptable. Someone who has no or little experience, whether a new Owner Operator or not, isn't what we are looking for. We try to be flexible with all applicants, however experience rules.
This is best discussed by phone. We try to be as flexible as possible so, depending on the severity of the mark on the record you may or may not qualify. In general an accident of felony is not a barrier to sign-on.
Yes, we have a large list of shippers in our database. We do, however, from time to time have to pull a load from a broker if there is nothing located where you dropped off your load, etc. Our goal is to keep your truck moving and making money so we DO NOT settle for cheap freight, EVER!
In general, trucks are out 10 to 14 days. Then you can have a much time as home as you like. Some prefer an overnight, some a few days. That's really up to you. We do try to get you off the road for holidays as well. We try to suit you home time to your personal need.
