Encore!
We’re honored that the Devine News has requested to reprint the blog we posted yesterday to EagleFordShale.com about how to get a commercial driver’s license. We hope this will help lots of potential new drivers to get a CDL and a great job in the oilfield.
Driving jobs in the oilfield
We’re now official guest contributors to the blog at EagleFordShale.com. Check out our first post http://www.eaglefordshale.com/blog/get-a-cdl-in-10-easy-steps-start-a-career-in-the-eagle-ford-oilfield/ and all the resources at this site.
The driver shortage strikes again!
Check out this story from the Web site of the Altoona Mirror regarding the need for drivers with commercial driver’s licenses. If you’d like to get a jump start preparing to take your CDL tests, we suggest that you look into our iPhone app, BUMPER TO BUMPER® Easy CDL.
Driver shortage
Interesting story on the driver shortage http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/Trucking-company-jobs-go-begging-in-San-Antonio-2306983.php
CSA
The American Transportation Research Institute has released a report on the impacts of CSA (Compliance, Safety, Accountability) on the daily operations of motor carriers. Download it here. And be sure to view the presentation on CSA offered by David Saunders of Compliance Safety Systems. Find the link in our Nov. 16 post about the recent NAPFTDS regional conference.
Scam alert
Chris Antonik of Delaware Technical Community College reports on this scammer attempt:
Looks like we’ve got another scammer. I just got a call from someone claiming to be from Western Express looking for drivers. He said his name was Jody Vance and hung up on me when I asked for his job title. I called W. Express and they said that they had no one by that name and I was the second school that called about him.
Lots learned at NAPFTDS Regional conference
The National Association of Publicly Funded Truck Driving Schools Regional Conference, held Nov. 10th and 11th at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas, was well worth attending. All the presenters brought valuable information to share, from advice on contract training and industry partnerships to regulatory and funding issues for truck driver training, to commercial vehicle crime prevention. For example, check out American Association of Motor Vehicles’ Kevin Lewis’s presentation on DOT testing regulations DOT Testing Regulations and Compliance Safety Systems’ David Saunders’s presentation on CSA. For more information about NAPFTDS, visit the Web site at www.napftds.org.
Top trucking industry issues
ATRI, the American Transportation Research Institute, has released their Critical Issues in the Trucking Industry 2011 report. Heading the list for the third consecutive year are the economy and hours of service. To download the full report, visit the ATRI Web site.
NAFTA Pilot Project
Since entering into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Mexico on November 21, 1991, on the equivalency of a Mexican Licencia Federal de Conductor (LF) and a commercial driver’s license (CDL) issued in the United States, the U.S. motor carrier safety regulations have recognized the LF as equivalent to a CDL. As the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) explained in its Federal Register notice of April 13, 2011, proposing the requirements for the United States-Mexico cross border long-haul trucking pilot program, the Secretary of Transportation will accept only three areas of Mexican regulation as being equivalent to U.S. regulations. One of those areas is the reciprocal recognition of the LF and the CDL.
In the Agency’s July 8, 2011, Federal Register notice, however, FMCSA recognized concerns about the on-going
acceptance of the existing CDL MOU and committed to site visits at Mexican driver training, testing and licensing locations prior to beginning the pilot program to review Mexico’s on-going compliance with the terms of the current MOU. The Agency agreed to post reports of these visits on the FMCSA’s pilot program Web site . You can research background information by referencing Docket No. FMCSA-2011-0097.
Trucking industry looking for a few good men — and women
Soldiers are coming home soon and it just so happens that the trucking industry is looking for a few good men — and women — to hire as drivers… more
