Finding A Intrastate Job With No Experience
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Hey gang, I know it has been over 2yrs. since I have posted, but I finanlly got my cdl w/hazmat, tanker , dbles endorsments. I graduated in december 2016, but I have put applications everywhere I know, interviewed at coke, pepsi, r.h. barringer, cookout, and nobody seems to want to hire me due to the fact I cant drive out of state for 3yrs due to a vision exemption. FMCSA has proposed to reduce it to 1yr. or to drop the requirement altogether, but that was back in 2013, I am hoping with all the changes going on in the DOT that maybe they have not gotten to it yet. I am so frustrated, I finally got my cdls and now it seems I am not meant to drive. Places like sysco, mclane, gsf, or pate dawson require experience, which is what Im trying to get. I would be willing to take a pay cut to what I am currently making and work a parttime job to get the experience but I am almost to the point of giving up. Anybody has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it. I have looked into all the previous suggestions and most required experience. All I want to do is provide choices for my 2 daughters.
Phil what was the vision impairment. If it was in your past post I missed it
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.
HAZMAT:
Hazardous Materials
Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations
CSA:
Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA)
The CSA is a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) initiative to improve large truck and bus safety and ultimately reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities that are related to commercial motor vehicle
FMCSA:
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
The FMCSA was established within the Department of Transportation on January 1, 2000. Their primary mission is to prevent commercial motor vehicle-related fatalities and injuries.
What Does The FMCSA Do?
- Commercial Drivers' Licenses
- Data and Analysis
- Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement
- Research and Technology
- Safety Assistance
- Support and Information Sharing
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
Fm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.
I am blind in my left eye, but have been driving a car for over 2o years with no accidents. The exemption, right now requires me to drive intrastate for 3yrs. then apply for a federal exemption that will allow me to drive interstate.
Interstate:
Commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another, regulated by the Federal Department Of Transportation (DOT).
Intrastate:
The act of purchasers and sellers transacting business while keeping all transactions in a single state, without crossing state lines to do so.
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Hey gang, I know it has been over 2yrs. since I have posted, but I finanlly got my cdl w/hazmat, tanker , dbles endorsments. I graduated in december 2016, but I have put applications everywhere I know, interviewed at coke, pepsi, r.h. barringer, cookout, and nobody seems to want to hire me due to the fact I cant drive out of state for 3yrs due to a vision exemption. FMCSA has proposed to reduce it to 1yr. or to drop the requirement altogether, but that was back in 2013, I am hoping with all the changes going on in the DOT that maybe they have not gotten to it yet. I am so frustrated, I finally got my cdls and now it seems I am not meant to drive. Places like sysco, mclane, gsf, or pate dawson require experience, which is what Im trying to get. I would be willing to take a pay cut to what I am currently making and work a parttime job to get the experience but I am almost to the point of giving up. Anybody has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it. I have looked into all the previous suggestions and most required experience. All I want to do is provide choices for my 2 daughters.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
HAZMAT:
Hazardous Materials
Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations
CSA:
Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA)
The CSA is a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) initiative to improve large truck and bus safety and ultimately reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities that are related to commercial motor vehicle
FMCSA:
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
The FMCSA was established within the Department of Transportation on January 1, 2000. Their primary mission is to prevent commercial motor vehicle-related fatalities and injuries.
What Does The FMCSA Do?
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
Fm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.