FedEx Courier Looking For OTJ CDL Training
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Hiring is slow right now. Recruiting budgets have been trimmed back. If you want paid training for a CDL you need to start here...
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Hiring is slow right now. Recruiting budgets have been trimmed back. If you want paid training for a CDL you need to start here...
yeah, i signed up for this stuff but yall dont seem to offer anything in my area.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Soooooo…… Where are you located? And are you looking just for local work? Do you have to be home every night?
You may need to get into a paid training program, like was suggested, go OTR for a while before you can be too choosy. Remember, with many companies, if you go OTR, it doesn’t matter where you live.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
Windsor locks, CT. would prefer to be located a bit south and west in plainville closer to my church, or in texas with my family. so i am flexible about relocating.
dont have to be home at this point since im single but i intend to start a family within a year and i think it's a bad idea to be away. can transition that later i think
Soooooo…… Where are you located? And are you looking just for local work? Do you have to be home every night?
You may need to get into a paid training program, like was suggested, go OTR for a while before you can be too choosy. Remember, with many companies, if you go OTR, it doesn’t matter where you live.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
This is just my opinion, but Texas would be the better choice for truck driving opportunities. Texas is one of the three top states people are moving to. The three top states people are leaving are New York, California and Hawaii. Texas has no state income tax for one thing. Plus it has vast amounts of freight in and out.
I lived for 12 years in the northeast and I would never want to live there again, especially as a driver. But everybody is different. Texas would be my choice between the two.
I find it hard to believe that none of those companies in that list are hiring from Connecticut. That's really odd. I go to Connecticut all the time with Knight Transportation.
If you want to be trained locally that isn't likely to happen, but most training companies will foot the bill for your travel, lodging, and meals while training you at their chosen location.
You sound like you aren't really ready to commit to anything. Maybe you need to figure out your priorities and then work on moving into a better trucking position.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
A lot of people think they need to live near their employer in order to get hired by them. It makes it seem that their options are limited.
yeah, i signed up for this stuff but yall dont seem to offer anything in my area.
I'm not sure if you made an assumption that some of these companies are too far away and decided not to even try to apply, or if they actually contacted you and said they didnt hire drivers from your area.
Just to make it perfectly clear: It doesn't matter (for the most part) where you live in relation to your chosen company's headquarters or terminals.
You can live in Connecticut and work for a company based in California if you want. If you are an Over The Road driver you can decide where you want to spend your home time no matter how far from a terminal you may be.
Any place in the entire country (for the most part) is available to choose as your home time destination. If you want to take 4 days in Texas to visit family, that's no problem.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
Over The Road:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
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Hey im looking to leave fedex and make more money doing class B or A, im looking through job boards but i'm not seeing a lot of postings that say they will help you get your license while you work for them... is that a thing? how come i'm not seeing it offered on indeed and such?