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| Drive a tractor-trailer combination or a truck with a capacity of at least 26,000 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW). May be required to unload truck. Requires commercial drivers' license. | Follow appropriate safety procedures for transporting dangerous goods. | |||
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| Check vehicles to ensure that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order. | ||||
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| Maintain logs of working hours and of vehicle service and repair status, following applicable state and federal regulations. | ||||
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| Obtain receipts or signatures for delivered goods and collect payment for services when required. | ||||
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| Check all load-related documentation to ensure that it is complete and accurate. | ||||
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| Maneuver trucks into loading or unloading positions, following signals from loading crew and checking that vehicle and loading equipment are properly positioned. | ||||
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| Drive trucks with capacities greater than 3 tons, including tractor-trailer combinations, to transport and deliver products, livestock, or other materials. | ||||
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| Secure cargo for transport, using ropes, blocks, chain, binders, or covers. | ||||
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| Read bills of lading to determine assignment details. | ||||
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| Report vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations, or damage to the vehicles. | ||||
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| Read and interpret maps to determine vehicle routes. | ||||
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| Couple and uncouple trailers by changing trailer jack positions, connecting or disconnecting air and electrical lines, and manipulating fifth-wheel locks. | ||||
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| Collect delivery instructions from appropriate sources, verifying instructions and routes. | ||||
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| Drive trucks to weigh stations before and after loading and along routes to document weights and to comply with state regulations. | ||||
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| Operate equipment, such as truck cab computers, CB radios, and telephones, to exchange necessary information with bases, supervisors, or other drivers. | ||||
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| Check conditions of trailers after contents have been unloaded to ensure that there has been no damage. | ||||
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| Crank trailer landing gear up and down to safely secure vehicles. | ||||
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| Wrap goods using pads, packing paper, and containers, and secure loads to trailer walls, using straps. | ||||
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| Perform basic vehicle maintenance tasks such as adding oil, fuel, and radiator fluid, or performing minor repairs. | ||||
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| Load and unload trucks, or help others with loading and unloading, operating any special loading-related equipment on vehicles and using other equipment as necessary. | ||||
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| Inventory and inspect goods to be moved to determine quantities and conditions. | ||||
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| Remove debris from loaded trailers. | ||||
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| Climb ladders to inspect loads, ensuring that cargo is secure. | ||||
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| Follow special cargo-related procedures, such as checking refrigeration systems for frozen foods or providing food and water for livestock. | ||||
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| Give directions to laborers who are packing goods and moving them onto trailers. | ||||
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| Install and remove special equipment such as tire chains, grader blades, plow blades, and sanders. | ||||
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| Collaborate with other drivers as part of a driving team on some trips. | ||||
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| Perform emergency roadside repairs such as changing tires and installing light bulbs, tire chains, and spark plugs. | ||||
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| Place empty carts and pallets in trailers so they will be available to facilitate placement and movement of goods. | ||||
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| Operate trucks equipped with snowplows and sander attachments to maintain roads in winter weather. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Truck Drivers, Haavy and Tractor Trailer
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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- Tools and Technology
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| Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
| Transportation | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. | |||
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| Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. | |||
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| English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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| Law and Government | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. | |||
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| Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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| Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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| Geography | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. | |||
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| Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
| Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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| Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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| Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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| Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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| Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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| Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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| Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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| Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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| Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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| Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. | |||
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| Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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| Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. | |||
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| Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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| Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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| Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. | |||
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| Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
| Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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| Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |||
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| Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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| Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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| Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. | |||
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| Spatial Orientation | The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. | |||
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| Response Orientation | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. | |||
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| Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. | |||
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| Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. | |||
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| Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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| Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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| Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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| Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. | |||
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| Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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| Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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| Peripheral Vision | The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead. | |||
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| Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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| Night Vision | The ability to see under low light conditions. | |||
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| Glare Sensitivity | The ability to see objects in the presence of glare or bright lighting. | |||
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| Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. | |||
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| Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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| Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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| Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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| Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). | |||
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| Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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| Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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| Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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| Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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| Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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| Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. | |||
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| Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. | |||
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| Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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| Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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| Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. | |||
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| Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. | |||
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| Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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| Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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| Speed of Closure | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. | |||
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| Speed of Limb Movement | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. | |||
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| Dynamic Strength | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. | |||
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| Sound Localization | The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated. | |||
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| Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
| ALK Technologies PC*Miler | Route navigation software | |||
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| Computerized inventory tracking software | Inventory management software | |||
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| Easy Trucker software | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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| Fog Line Software Truckn2004 | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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| MarcoSoft Quo Vadis | Route navigation software | |||
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| Truckers Helper software | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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| 4-ranger tower trucks | Tower cranes | |||
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| Air compressors | Air compressors | |||
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| Blocks and tackle | Blocks or pulleys | |||
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| Cargo hoists | Hoists | |||
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| Cell phones | Mobile phones | |||
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| Dump trucks | Dump trucks | |||
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| Fax machines | Facsimile machines | |||
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| Flatbed trucks | Cargo trucks | |||
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| Forklifts | Forklifts | |||
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| Global positioning system GPS devices | Global positioning system receivers | |||
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| Handlifts | Lifts | |||
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| Handtrucks | Hand trucks or accessories | |||
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| Hydraulic lifts | Lifts | |||
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| Johnson bars | Lifts | |||
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| Lowboy trailers | Flatbed trailers | |||
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| Notebook computers | Notebook computers | |||
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| On-board computers | Thin client computers | |||
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| Personal digital assistants PDA | Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers | |||
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| Plow attachments | Snowplow attachments | |||
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| Pup trailers | Container trailers | |||
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| Refuse collection trucks | Sludge or sewage handling trucks | |||
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| Satellite linkup systems | Location based messaging service platforms | |||
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| Scanners | Scanners | |||
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| Sliding fifth wheels | Trailer hitches | |||
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| Sliding tandem axles | Trailer hitches | |||
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| Telescoping boom trucks | Telescoping boom lift | |||
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| Tilt trailers | Flatbed trailers | |||
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| Trucks greater than 26000 pounds | Delivery trucks | |||
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| Two way radios | Two way radios | |||
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| Wheel loaders | Wheel loaders | |||
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| Winches | Winches | |||
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| Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
| Related Work Experience | Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years | |||
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| Required Level of Education | High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) | |||
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| On-the-Job Training | Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month | |||
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| Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
| Aircraft Refueler | |||
| Armored Truck Driver | |||
| Auto Carrier Driver | |||
| Auto Crane Driver | |||
| Auto Haulaway Driver | |||
| Auto Hauler | |||
| Auto Transport Driver | |||
| Basket Operator | |||
| Batch Mixing Truck Driver | |||
| Belly Dump Driver | |||
| Bottle Hop | |||
| Bull Driver | |||
| CDL Driver (Commercial Drivers License Driver) | |||
| CDL Truck Driver (Commercial Drivers License Truck Driver) | |||
| Car Ferrier | |||
| Car Pick Up Driver | |||
| Car Pilot | |||
| Carrier Driver | |||
| Cement Mixer Driver | |||
| Cement Truck Driver | |||
| City Driver | |||
| Class A Truck Driver | |||
| Class B Driver | |||
| Co Pilot | |||
| Coal Hauler | |||
| Commercial Trailer Truck Driver | |||
| Concrete Mixer Driver | |||
| Concrete Mixer Truck Driver | |||
| Concrete Mixing Truck Driver | |||
| Concrete Truck Driver | |||
| Construction Driver | |||
| Contract Mail Carrier | |||
| Crane Operator | |||
| Cream Gatherer | |||
| Cream Hauler | |||
| Cross Country Truck Driver | |||
| Cryogenic Transport Driver | |||
| Dairy Truck Driver | |||
| Delivery Driver | |||
| Delivery Truck Driver | |||
| Diesel Truck Driver | |||
| Dray Truck Driver | |||
| Drip Pumper | |||
| Driver | |||
| Driver-Utility Worker | |||
| Dump Truck Driver | |||
| Dumpster Driver | |||
| Dumpster Operator | |||
| Explosives Truck Driver | |||
| Farm Truck Driver | |||
| Feeder Driver | |||
| Feedmobile Driver | |||
| Flatbed Truck Driver | |||
| Fuel Oil Truck Driver | |||
| Fuel Truck Driver | |||
| Furniture Mover Driver | |||
| Garbage Collector Driver | |||
| Garbage Truck Driver | |||
| Gas Truck Driver | |||
| Goat Driver | |||
| Gravel Hauler | |||
| Gravel Truck Driver | |||
| Hauler | |||
| Hazmat Materials Driver | |||
| Heavy Equipment Hauler | |||
| Heavy Truck Driver | |||
| Highway Truck Driver | |||
| Hook Up Driver | |||
| Hostler | |||
| Jockey | |||
| Jumper | |||
| Line Driver | |||
| Line Haul Driver | |||
| Livestock Trucker | |||
| Local Truck Driver | |||
| Log Truck Driver | |||
| Logging Truck Driver | |||
| Long Distance Trucker | |||
| Long Haul Truck Driver | |||
| Mail Carrier | |||
| Mail Truck Driver | |||
| Mailmaster | |||
| Maintenance Truck Driver | |||
| Mechanic Driver | |||
| Milk Collector | |||
| Milk Driver | |||
| Milk Hauler | |||
| Milk Pickup Driver | |||
| Milk Pickup Truck Driver | |||
| Milk Truck Driver | |||
| Moto Mix Operator | |||
| Moving Van Driver | |||
| OTR Truck Driver (Over the Road Truck Driver) | |||
| Oil Deliverer | |||
| Oil Spraying Machine Operator | |||
| Oil Transport Driver | |||
| Oil Truck Driver | |||
| Over the Road Commercial Truck Driver (OTR Commercial Truck Driver) | |||
| Over the Road Driver (OTR Driver) | |||
| Over the Road Tractor Trailer Driver (OTR Tractor Trailer Driver) | |||
| Over-the-Road Driver | |||
| Owner Operator | |||
| Pick Up and Delivery Driver (P & D Driver) | |||
| Pickup Driver | |||
| Powder Truck Driver | |||
| Ready Mix Truck Driver | |||
| Road Driver | |||
| Rubbish Truck Driver | |||
| Sand Hauler | |||
| Sanitation Truck Driver | |||
| Semi Truck Driver | |||
| Semi-Truck Driver | |||
| Short Haul Driver | |||
| Sprinkler Driver | |||
| Sprinkling Truck Driver | |||
| Star Route Mail Driver | |||
| Street Flusher Driver | |||
| Street Sprinkler | |||
| Tank Driver | |||
| Tank Truck Driver | |||
| Tank Truck Operator | |||
| Tank Wagon Driver | |||
| Tank Wagon Operator | |||
| Tanker Driver | |||
| Tar Distributor Operator | |||
| Tow Car Driver | |||
| Tow Truck Driver | |||
| Tow Truck Operator | |||
| Tractor Trailer Moving Van Driver | |||
| Tractor-Trailer Driver | |||
| Tractor-Trailer Truck Driver | |||
| Trailer Driver | |||
| Trailer Truck Driver | |||
| Transfer Worker | |||
| Transit Mix Operator | |||
| Transit Mixer Driver | |||
| Transit Mixer Operator | |||
| Transport Driver | |||
| Transport Heavy Equipment Driver | |||
| Transport Truck Driver | |||
| Trash Collector Truck Driver | |||
| Trash Hauler | |||
| Truck Chauffeur | |||
| Truck Driver | |||
| Truck Driver Rubbish Collector | |||
| Truck Driver Teamster | |||
| Truck Hop | |||
| Truck Hopper | |||
| Truck Jumper | |||
| Truck Switcher | |||
| Trucker | |||
| UPS Driver (United Parcel Service Driver) | |||
| Van Driver | |||
| Waste Collection Driver | |||
| Water Truck Driver | |||
| Wrecker Driver | |||
| Wrecker Operator | |||
| Wrecking Car Driver | |||
| Yard Spotter | |||
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