Qualifications needed for CDL jobs
- A candidate who wants to start with entry level transportation jobs must have an A-Class commercial driver license with a clean motor vehicle record and a current DOT physical card.
- Candidate should be able to safely maneuver vehicles, in tight quarters both in forward and backward directions.
- Must be able to physically bend, stoop, sit and stand throughout the day as transportation engineering jobs cannot do without this.
- Must be able to read and write the native language
- Must have experience in tractor-trailer driving
- Candidate must have the ability to perform hooking and unhooking operations
- Must have professional communications skills
- An ability to accurately check the fluid level for the vehicle to make sure that the vehicle runs properly
- Candidate should have the capability to operate a semi-tractor/ trailer/truck/or utility van safely
- Candidate must be physically fit to lift, push and pull heavy equipments, with an ability to load and unload carts from trailers and trucks.
- To make deliveries to the customers as per the schedule as this is the first prerequisite of any transport job.
- To cover routes for the days in which there are no drivers available
- To verify that the seal number of the truck is valid before leaving for GCLS
- Make sure that the carts loaded in the trailer reconcile with the amounts on delivery tickets and seal ticket period
- Ensure that all the fuel tickets are inserted into the pouch of the forms given before departing for loading and unloading
- Any one in a CDL job must complete and maintain an accurate and legible driver’s log.
- At the end of each shift, candidate must make sure that the driver’s log has been reconciled and placed into the appropriate box in the load make up.
- To load carts of the material into the load makeup department
- To obtain required signature on the receipt of the deliveries as all the jobs in transportation work with strict delivery rules.
- To make sure that all the completed and signed weigh/delivery tickets are returned to the plant and placed in the suitable box in the office
- On a regular basis, check that the inside portion of the trailer is neat and clean
- To operate the company owned vehicles in a safe and sensible manner
- Unhook trailer at the loading and unloading docks and to hook the tractor to trailer with the material for the next scheduled delivery
- To observe established safety guidelines at all the times
- To report accidents or incidents to the supervisor immediately
- To perform the duties those are assigned by the company manner in most responsible way.
