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Crops/Commodities: nursery stock, including bedding plants, trees, and shrubs. Drive semi tractor-trailer truck to/from delivery or pickup destinations. Regularly climb into and out of trucks and trailers. Check vehicles to ensure that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order. Inspect loads to ensure that cargo is secure. Secure cargo for transport using ropes, blocks, chains, binders, or covers. Check all load-related documentation for completeness and accuracy. Maneuver trucks into and out of loading and unloading positions. Load-unload trailers and cargo. Handle equipment and cargo carefully to prevent damage. Interact with roadway officials. The ability to communicate in English with people outside the organization, the public, or other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person or writing. Complete pre-trip and post-trip inspection and paperwork on trucks and trailers. Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. Check all load-related documentation for completeness and accuracy. Clean/maintain lights, windows, and mirrors, and vehicle exterior. Add engine oil and fuel as needed. Perform preventative maintenance. Must be able to drive in rain, snow, and other hazardous conditions as needed. Drive in both on-road (paved) and off-road conditions. May drive other vehicle types. Use GPS and/or maps to navigate to destinations. Read/comprehend traffic signage and directions. Workers must understand and obey all highway traffic signs, signals, and road markings. Workers must read and comprehend English sufficiently to understand traffic signs necessary for safe commercial vehicle operation and compliance with all traffic laws. Workers must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer's products and property. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination. Employer uniformly conducts a post-offer DOT physical, background check and motor vehicle records check. Workers must have a verified negative drug test result. Employer-paid pre-employment, as well as post-employment random, upon suspicion and post-accident drug testing required. Drug testing conducted uniformly for all employees, both foreign and domestic, after an initial job offer has been extended and accepted by the new hire. Tests are conducted in accordance with USDOT standards after the initial employment offer has been extended and accepted. Drug test not required for prospective applicants prior to hiring decision. Workers testing positive will be immediately terminated and paid for all hours worked between the first date of employment and the date of termination, if any. In the case of a non-local or foreign worker who is terminated for failure to pass a drug test, the employer will arrange least-cost transportation to the worker's place of recruitment, at the worker's expense. The employer will also test at random. Insurable driver's license required within 30 days following hire in order to drive company vehicles, including semi-trucks. Must have and maintain a valid driver's license, Class A CDL or equivalent, and a clean driving record throughout employment and comply with applicable requirements of the United States Department of Transportation regulations. Must have no disqualifying factors under applicable law or employer's motor vehicle insurance policy. Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) must be obtained and reviewed prior to hire, in accordance with FMCSA regulations (49 CFR § 391.23). Disqualifying factors include but are not limited to: conviction for driving under the influence, driving while impaired or the occurrence of a serious at-fault accident.

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