Below are Minimum Qualifications for jobs we directly hire for:
Our minimum qualifications cover several companies, each with different hiring standards, its possible you could meet the minimums, but due to varying factors not qualify for an individual company. We will need a complete application to put it all together. Always check hiring areas for the job you're interested in.
All Drivers:
- Valid Class A CDL or will obtain through driving school within 30 days
- Able to pass DOT physical and drug screen
- No pending criminal charges
- No DUI, DWI or OUI in a commercial vehicle ever
- No DOT drug test failure or refusal ever
Experience Requirements:
- 6 month over the road tractor trailer in the last 36 months, or
- 12 months local tractor trailer in the last 36 months, or
- graduated from a truck driving school within 12 months, or
- willing to attend a full 3 week truck driving school.
Within the prior 36 months:
- Not more than 12 months of unverified unemployment for experienced drivers, not more than 15 months unemployment for new drivers (unemployment benefits count as verified time)
- Not more than a combination of 4 moving violations and/or preventable minor accidents or incidents*
- No points suspensions and no more than 15 months of suspension for other reasons
- No more than 1 preventable accident/incident in last 6 months of driving,
- No more than 1 serious moving violation in any vehicle***
- No DUI or other alcohol related misdemeanor convictions
Within the prior 60 months:
- No license suspension exceeding 12 months
- No misdemeanor convictions for crimes against a person or theft
- Not more than 6 driving jobs
Other:
- Experienced drivers must be licensed or willing to get CDL in state of residence
- No more than 1 DUI in 10 years
- Most Felonies reviewable after 10 years
- No drug convictions including possession within 10 years
- Good work and safety record
* incidents that occurred on private property and accidents that occurred on a roadway
where the event was ruled preventable
** major accident includes damage over $5000, roll over, jackknife, rear
end, hitting overpass, fatality or significant injury, etc. where the accident was ruled preventable
*** serious moving violations includes speed 15 or over, reckless
driving, following too closely, improper lane change in commercial
vehicle, etc.
ALL QUALIFICATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO REVIEW
NOTE: The DOT requires that each applicant must undergo a thorough background check before being hired. This includes a review of your MVR in the states in which you have been licensed, a criminal check and verification of your experience and work history at prior driving and non-driving jobs. Before you try to hide an issue its best to understand how the process works. In the event you fail to disclose a material issue on your application, your application can be declined as falsified, even if the company may have hired you had you disclosed the issue. In the event your application is declined as falsified, that company will likely bar you from ever being hired with them in the future. DO NOT MAKE A BAD SITUATION WORSE, tell the truth on your application. Any questions about qualifications, send us an Email or use our Contact Form.
