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pretrips

Discussion in 'Canadian Truckers Forum' started by justanouthernewbie, Dec 13, 2009.

  1. Dec 13, 2009 #1
    justanouthernewbie

    justanouthernewbie Bobtail Member

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    passed my roadtest last week, now the hard part - finding a job !

    seeing how ive never had a trucking job before, i have obviously not had an interview for a trucking job :sad: during my training i was tought how to do a pretrip to pass the test for the ministry, which would be completely diff from what a real word pretrip would actually involve. ex. for the test i didnt have to check under the hood at all. my question for those who have had to go through various interview and road test for potential employers, is what the pretrip you would do for the interview involves, start to end.

    at school for example, i was taught to hit the tires with a club to check the pressure, or more exact to make sure they were not flat i guess. i also had to check everything from vents to steps and say they were secure, is this also real world? for the ministry i had to check everything incab like gauges and low air alarms, horns and mirrors and such. is this all expected durning a job interview?

    thanx for your time on this.
     
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  3. Dec 13, 2009 #2
    Longhood379

    Longhood379 Medium Load Member

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    If you look at the pre-trip check list in a log book you have to check off a lot of items, Tire pressure should be guage checked once a week minimum
    Go to the Canadian safty council web site and see what it says As for the pre trip for a new Imployer I'd bring a tire guage and start checking tires, they will tell you if they don't want it done. The ''tap test" is for experienced hands to check if a guage test is nessicary. Depends on the company but if it were me I would like to see the gage out the first timr you are near a strange piece of machinery, In Alberta post trips are also highly recomended
    Hope this helps
     
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  4. Dec 13, 2009 #3
    RickG

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    Get a Canadian DVIR book . It lists everything that needs to be checked . Unlike U.S. regulations requiring the report to be a post trip the Canadian book allows you to check either pretrip or posttrip within 24 hours of operation .
    http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q...&sig=AHIEtbRbCOLhapC49h8agkhZKxUNWoZ0sw&pli=1
    For any U.S. drivers going into Canada it would be best to use this form while in Canada . If your DVIR is checked they will expect you to have the info not required on U.S. DVIR's - license plate number of truck and trailer and location of inspection .
     
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