Starting Maverick orientation next week...

I am going flatbed long haul. My recruiter told me I don't need a passport, but they would have me get a twic card, I offered to get it before I arrived, he told me to wait until I got there.
I sure hope I don't need a passport, I don't have the necessary paperwork to apply

 

no pass port needed for flatbed, just TCD and Glass.

 

I don't think i needed my birth certificate. The physical is a work steps type program if you are familiar with that. pick up weight and put them on the table with proper lifting technique, flexibility test, checking for any previous injury to you joints, ect. If you cant pass the physical you honestly cant be a flatbeder because you will do all that stuff but out in the elements.

I belive they have wifi now in little rock, and they have tv's in the lobby of the bunk house, just not in the rooms.

 

You will apply for the twic card here. They have wifi but you can't stream Netflix or anything. They have them blocked. Once you get the job offer they stop providing lunch. Plus you move up the road to the Galloway hotel. There is a pilot and petro right next to it so there are eateries around the hotel. Now I don't how the wifi and stuff there is. I'm sure it is like a normal hotel. Bring winter clothes. They are doing renovations here so the securment training is outside in a tent. It is suppose to snow here tomorrow again so we shall see.

 

the weights are not terribly heavy. something like 60 pounds from the ground to a folding table then like 40 pounds over you head. it has been 8 months since i went through orientation so it is a little foggy.

 

Kylefitzy, I heard they want you to be able to lift 120 lbs, even for the temp control division. Is that true?