I'm 19 years old. Help on how to get started

I don't think you're going to find a job applying on-line like a lot of othes do. You need to get out and talk with the local companies. Hauling dirt can be available and it's just a matter of luck to be at the right place at the right time. You might want to put together a little resume to explain who you are and when you talk with these people let them know you really want to work.

Take any job that can lead to a driving job. Once you're in the door the bosses will know what you want to do. Just don't screw it up once you're hired. Always keep a good work ethic and do more than is required. Don't talk back and never think you know more than the boss EVEN if you do. Believe me it will pay off in the long run. You want your bosses bragging to other bosses that they have the best working kid around. Then your age will allow you to do what you want and by that time you'll have a work history that will help you.

 

That's the way our company did it back in the day. We use to park our trucks and there was a landscape/building material supply yard there as well. So they'd hire young guys in high school or just out of, and watched them as they worked in the yard & stuff. Soon it was them pulling trucks in and out of the shop for the mechanic, and getting their permit, and then they got their license if that's the path they wanted to take. I can think of 5-6 guys we did that for out of high school, but that was back in the late 90s

 

Don't you think some of those guys are still around? To me it's worth a shot when this OP is very limited on what he can do. Thanks for the encouragement for this young driver. After all it's our job to help if we can instead of telling him to come back in a few years, or worse telling him he has no shot at all.

 

Oh it still happens for sure, the only thing is, the guys that we helped with their license were 18, and the company had no problems. The company has grown to be much larger over the last 10 years, and perhaps that is why they are bound by tighter requirements. For the OP, I think his best shot would be to start somewhere like that, doing work in the yard or dock for 2 years. Then when he is 21, he is more likely to be insured and has hopefully found favor and trust in the eye of his employer.

 

a lot of the company will put you thu school as long as youstay with them for i think a year but like everyone else has said you have to be 21

 

you are on Staten Island? you have a Class B? go down to the teamsters hall and ask what cement mixer companies they cover, and what dump truck companies they cover as well. You live in an area that should have a lot of those running around. if not that, try some of the beer distributors, and coke and pepsi as well, as they both have shorter straight trucks.

 

i would look for a local farmer or construction company thats what i did before i turned 21

 

No farmers on staten island

As somebody already posted go down to the local teamsters hall and sign up. Along with beverage distributors also check on bottled water (like the 5 gal bottle business deliveries)

 

lol guess i didnt see the staten island whoops

 

You have to be 21 to work for Coke or Pepsi. I know I'm 19 and tried it already. Can't work for UPS or Fedex as a delivery driver either. Might want to work part time at a distribution place for one of them and if you bust your tail you might get a shot at CDL driving. The bottled water companies only hire if your over 21 as well.