After you failed the drug test what exactly happened? Was it a pre-employment or a random? Had you read/signed the company drug policy before the test? Did they offer you SAP, (Substance Abuse Professional), counseling? Did you see a SAP? All of this has a factor on future jobs. As Brett said, you should apply to verify your hiring ability but all the questions above do factor in. Almost all applications will ask if you ever failed a drug screen and if they don’t ask, they ask you to sign over permission to inquire with pass employers and trucking schools.

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Tanya

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RICARDO MUNOZ

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I don’t know if any of the company sponsored programs will hire anyone with a felony. Each company’s requirements are listed in their information at the link above. The felony would have to be a minimum of 5-10 years old before anyone would consider it though.

The best thing you can do is apply for pre-hires. The pre-hire process is where you apply for a job at a trucking company and they will tell you whether or not you will qualify to work there after graduating from a legitimate truck driving school and getting your CDL. Now this is not a guarantee of employment. It simply means that you would qualify to work there. Now I’ve seen these fall through due to policy changes or unreported problems with a person’s background, so you want to get a minimum of two or three pre-hires. If you can do that, you know you’ll be able to find work in the trucking industry after graduating from truck driving school. Now this process does not require any commitment on your part to attend truck driving school or work at a company you’re applying to. It’s a great way to find out if you will be able to land a job in the trucking industry without taking the risk of going to school and finding out the hard way. You can contact the recruiters at any of the major trucking companies to get this process started. Once you apply, make sure you call them back about every other day to see if they’re working on your application. Otherwise, it might just be set aside in a pile of applications and forgotten.

That’s the best way of finding out whether or not you’ll be able to find work in the trucking industry

If you aint turning you aint Earning!
Zippo

I just want to say thank you sir. You have rekindled a dream that has been in the back of my mind forever. This article in particular has hit it home that while i cant say being a Trucker would be the best fit for me, It seems like it was a job made for me.

Thank you
Eric W Hass

Best of luck to you!!

Great post and good on you for the insight into helping your students.

The point you made about how every little mistake is a HUGE deal to the trainee

and how you made it a point to focus on the small but positive actions of the student and

right on. You may be a natural as well … as a trainer or instructor.

Thanks

I’d be glad to talk. You can email me at paulambrose3@hotmail.com and I look forward to it. -Paul

Happened across your story and our paths were meant to cross. I’ve been looking for both inspiration and trucking truths before deciding on changing my career path. Please contact me when you see this message. We have much in common, including the P.I.

And besides, in trucking you can’t just get a truck paid for and keep it for long. With the constantly-revised emissions standards you’re going to have to put new engines in it from time to time – very expensive engines – or you’re going to have to buy a new truck and the payments start all over again and you’re making less than a company employee.

Not going bankrupt is not the same as being successful in my book. To me, you have to make way, way more than a simple company employee to consider yourself a successful business owner. You have to make enough money to make the extra work, financial risk, and the burden of being tied down to a business worth doing.

What company sponsored training is there in NY? thanks again, Cal