Qualification Requirements

  • Minimum Age Requirements:
  • All drivers must be 23 years old at time of hire or lease.

  • CDL:
  • Must have a valid CDL Class A. No Permits Accepted.

  • Driving Record (MVR):
  • No DUI convictions within the past 5 years.
  • No drug related convictions EVER.
  • No serious traffic violations within the last 5 years (careless, reckless, unsafe lane change, speeding 15 or greater, hit & run, or following too close).
  • No CDL/License suspensions within the last 3 years.
  • No more than 4 moving violations within the last 36 months, no more than 2 in the previous 12 months

  • Accidents:
  • No major chargeable accidents within the last 12 months (example no head-on, rear-end, roll-over, hit & run, failed to report, ran off road, leaving the scene of an accident or any DOT reportable).
  • No more than 3 chargeable minor accidents/incidents within the last 3 years.

  • Minimum Verifiable Experience:
  • 2 Year O.T.R. tractor/trailer experience within the past 3 years. Local experience does not qualify as part of 2 year minimum experience.

  • Criminal Convitions:
  • No felony convictions.
  • No misdemeanor convictions for theft, assault, sex crimes or drug convictions (Violators cannot enter Canada).

  • Character:
  • Must have good references from past employers.
  • Must not have been fired or disqualified for: assault, drug or alcohol violations, unsatisfactory safety record for theft.
  • Experience for a driver who drove for an independent contractor CANNOT be verified by the independent contractor, verification must come from the carrier they were leased to.

  • DOT Physical & Drug Screen:
  • Drivers must meet minimum D.O.T. physical requirements.
  • Autumn Transport Inc. will accept physicals for applicants who have at least 12 months remaining on the physical expiration date.
  • Less than 12 months remaining will require a new physical.
  • No 90 day physicals will be accepted.
  • If applicants meet these requirements they must bring their DOT physical form and medical card to orientation.
  • All new drivers’ must submit to and pass a pre-employment drug test. Failure to supply an adequate testing sample is automatic disqualification.
  • Any applicant who tests positive on a pre-employment drug screen will NOT be leased on and he/she will be responsible to find their own transportation back home.