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malaekat
Joined: 19 May 2007
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Location: Alberta Canada
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:10 pm Post subject: Job in Alberta |
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| Any females interested in a good job in Alberta. Byers Transport is hiring Class one, need TDG but they will help you get it, Unionized, new contract expires in 2009, benefits, regular wage increases, hourly pay, home everynight and weekends off for those who drive body jobs, but they are also in need of long haul tractor trailer ops service area is BC AB NWT and Yukon. Small enough company still cares about its staff. |
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Shebear
Joined: 12 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:56 am Post subject: Good to hear this! |
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Hi!
I have printed out a Byers application, but before I fax it in, can you give me any advice?
Also, what is "TDG"?
And, do you have the name of a recruiter I should speak to on Monday morning?
Thanks a lot!
Cheryl Shebear |
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wildkat
Joined: 19 Feb 2007
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Location: Somewhere on the Alaska Highway, Canada
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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TDG= Transportation of Dangerous Goods... They MUST help you get it...in Canada TDG is Company specific...in other words every time you change companies you MUST get new TDG certification!
Also Shebear...in order to work at Byers or any other company that hauls LCV...Long Combination Vehicles... Extended Length...you MUST have 2 years documented OTR...that is the LAW! So if you do not have this experience you will be SEVERLY limited in what you can do. Unfortunately, most regional carriers in Alberta have this requirement. Byers, Grimshaw, Rainbow, Northwest, etc ALL have this requirement. Sorry...
They MAY hire someone without that now...as Alberta is DESPERATE for drivers, but, being they are unionized, the rules be the rules.... |
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wildkat
Joined: 19 Feb 2007
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Location: Somewhere on the Alaska Highway, Canada
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| Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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Just an update:
LCV...Long Combination Vehicle....My truck Company trailers...overall length 31 metres:
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LadyNorthStar
Joined: 08 Jun 2006
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Location: Whitehorse, Yukon
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 1:58 am Post subject: |
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| Gosh I dunno, the company I worked for until recently was putting guys through the LCV program to get their card and lots of them didn't have 2 years. |
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wildkat
Joined: 19 Feb 2007
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Location: Somewhere on the Alaska Highway, Canada
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:32 am Post subject: |
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| I know Lady...but believe me I KNOW the rules...I TEACH LCV. The law states you must have 2 years VERIFIABLE experience to get your LCV. BUT, many companies (I know a couple) are doing it, BUT if they ever get caught or the person has an accident.... well I don't think I have to tell you what will happen...But realistically would you want a green driver pulling this stuff? I know I sure wouldn't! |
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LadyNorthStar
Joined: 08 Jun 2006
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Location: Whitehorse, Yukon
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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I guess I'm not really one to talk. My first job straight out of driving school was pulling Super B's. I'd never pulled anything but an empty 45'....about 15 hours worth.
Crazy? Probably, but man did it ever work out awesome for me.
Note I am acknowleging that it was crazy, it still amazes me sometimes. |
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LadyNorthStar
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Location: Whitehorse, Yukon
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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| shebear, did you go to a driving school? Did they not teach you about things like TDG? |
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wildkat
Joined: 19 Feb 2007
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Location: Somewhere on the Alaska Highway, Canada
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| Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 7:42 am Post subject: |
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LadyNorthStar wrote: I guess I'm not really one to talk. My first job straight out of driving school was pulling Super B's. I'd never pulled anything but an empty 45'....about 15 hours worth.
Crazy? Probably, but man did it ever work out awesome for me.
Note I am acknowleging that it was crazy, it still amazes me sometimes.
I know what you mean LN...there were no driving schools when I started...I started with my dad's single axle farm truck when I was 15. My first job also was pulling Super B's...but there wasn't near the traffic OR rules there is now. :sad: :sad: |
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jnk2001
Joined: 01 Dec 2006
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Location: Lynden, WA
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LadyNorthStar wrote: Gosh I dunno, the company I worked for until recently was putting guys through the LCV program to get their card and lots of them didn't have 2 years.
In Alberta, you can do it with 150,000km. you can get that in a year or a little longer. |
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jnk2001
Joined: 01 Dec 2006
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Location: Lynden, WA
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:57 am Post subject: |
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wildkat wrote: I know Lady...but believe me I KNOW the rules...I TEACH LCV. The law states you must have 2 years VERIFIABLE experience to get your LCV. BUT, many companies (I know a couple) are doing it, BUT if they ever get caught or the person has an accident.... well I don't think I have to tell you what will happen...But realistically would you want a green driver pulling this stuff? I know I sure wouldn't!
It's 2 yrs OR 150,000km. It's an Alberta rule. |
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LadyNorthStar
Joined: 08 Jun 2006
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Location: Whitehorse, Yukon
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:41 am Post subject: |
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jnk2001 wrote:
It's 2 yrs OR 150,000km. It's an Alberta rule.
Hey now that woul make sence, they wanted me to have 150,000 km's in order to be hired. I didn't, but I have no need for an LCV running up here, so I guess it didn't matter. |
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LadyNorthStar
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Location: Whitehorse, Yukon
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No more I'm right, you're wrong.
http://www.infratrans.gov.ab.ca/INFTRA_Content/docType276/Production/lcv.pdf
2 years or 150,000 km experience |
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wildkat
Joined: 19 Feb 2007
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Location: Somewhere on the Alaska Highway, Canada
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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Actually you are both wrong, if you actually read the requirements it states you must have 24 months or 150,000kms with ARTICULATED vehicles.
COPIED:
7. That the carrier is responsible to issue an annual LCV Driver’s Certificate. The Driver’s Certificate is
valid for a period of 12 months after the date of issue and must be in the possession of the driver at
all times when operating an LCV. Prior to issuing an LCV Driver’s Certificate, the carrier must ensure
the driver meets the following qualifications:
(a) Holds a valid Class 1 driver’s license or equivalent.
(b) Has passed a recognized air brake course.
(c) Has a minimum of 24 months or 150,000 km of driving experience with articulated vehicles.
(d) Has passed a Professional Driver Improvement Course within the past 48 months.
(e) Has passed the Canadian Trucking Alliance’s “Longer Combination Vehicles Driver Training
Course”, or equivalent.
(f) The driver’s abstract, dated not more than one month prior to the issue date of the Drivers
Certificate, must show no driving-related criminal code convictions in the prior 36 months; no
more than 2 moving violations in the prior 12 months; and no more than 3 moving violations in the
prior 36 months. The date of conviction and the current date will be the dates used to determine
time periods.
(g) In the past 12 months the driver has been instructed on all current regulations, permit conditions
and issues covering the operation of LCV’s.
AND Alberta requires an Air Brake endorsement just to have a Class 1 (CDL) licence, so if you do not have this endorsement your CDL may NOT be recognized here. |
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LadyNorthStar
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Location: Whitehorse, Yukon
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Good freakin lord woman. :roll: I assume automatically we are talking about training truckers here, tractor trailer truckers, not body job truckers.
I almost typed the articulated part too and figured I wouldn't need to, silly me.
Have a drink on me wildkat.... I think you need to relax a bit. |
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