CDL Training Process Clause Samples
The CDL Training Process clause outlines the procedures and requirements for obtaining a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) through a structured training program. It typically details the necessary coursework, behind-the-wheel instruction, and assessment criteria that trainees must complete to qualify for the CDL exam. By establishing clear steps and standards, this clause ensures that all candidates are adequately prepared and meet regulatory requirements, thereby promoting safety and competency among commercial drivers.
CDL Training Process. The understood and agreed to process for an employee wishing to obtain a CDL is as follows:
1. Employee will obtain a copy of his/her state’s Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) manual.
2. Candidate will contact local management, advise of their interest in becoming CDL qualified employee, and fill out a driver application.
3. Employee will schedule and take the Commercial Learners Permit general knowledge exam, and state licensing tests for Doubles/Triples, Hazmat, and Tanker endorsements.
4. Once all state testing has successfully been completed and passed, the employee will schedule and complete the CDL skills test.
5. The CDL trainee will contact management to schedule time with a trainer to receive training on pre-trip and post trip inspection, basic vehicle control, and complete yard exercises and road exercises. Trainers will be made available depending on other training obligations for which he/she is scheduled. The need to have trainers work in the operations will supersede the training of a CDL Trainee. Trainers will be compensated at their normal applicable rate, unless a higher rate has been established for this training. The Company will designate and make equipment available for the employees to use in training and provide equipment for the skills test on the designated day of testing.
6. In locations where the availability of driver trainers is limited, the options for the CDL training will be discussed with the employee. The Company will schedule and identify time, location, and trainer’s name.
7. The Company will continue the twenty-one (21) day training program for employees with a CDL, but do not have one (1) year of experience.
8. After the employee is successful in obtaining a CDL with the required endorsements, and has been qualified by the Company, he/she will be able to exercise his/her seniority to bid on any open CDL position for which they are qualified, when full-time CDL positions become available, and/or during the bid process.
9. The Company will post this process in each terminal where all bargaining unit members can view. Current non-CDL employees that have given notice to the Company of their desire to be trained will have priority for CDL training before a new hire without CDL qualifications.
10. Employees hired with a CDL, who still need Company certification in number (7) of this Section, will have priority over employees that do not have a CDL. The Company is not obligated to hold positions for employees going through th...