License Endorsements

You're right . Only a written test is required for those endorsements as well as a background check for the hazmat .
http://dmv.ca.gov/pubs/cdl_htm/sec1_a.htm

You might want to hold off on the hazmat . Some employers will reimburse you for the background check .

 

Nope just the written test and as RickG said background check for haz mat.

 

no if you doing before the renew date ,look the small date in the bottom of the license

 

Yes, you need to go to a seperate place to be fingerprinted. Until that fingerprint clearance goes through, you don't have the endorsement.

 

Under FMCSR 380.101 - 380.113, not only do you need to take the written test at the DMV for Longer Combination Vehicle's (LCV's), but you need to be certified through a driver training program which includes classroom training and actual operation of LCV's. There was a time that you could be grandfathered in, but I think that that time frame has passed.

 

Why would you go through all the hoops for haz-mat & not even have an idea what you're going to do?

I took the haz-mat test & got my endorsement when I grandfathered into the CDL program. Back then it was just a written test without any other requirement just like all the other endorsements. I never had one time that I needed it so I let it go. I guess it might give you more options when looking for a job in the long run but it's not required by all companies.

 

just took my cdl A permit today NYS DMV u can take all the endorsement tests u want.. cheaper to do them all at once.. i did combination, doubles, triples, taker, farm everything but hazmat/hazmat tanker,, its 138.00 and u pay then go to the state police for ur finerprints..its easier to pass the federal background check then it is the NY state background check..when ur check comes back clear they add them to ur licence.. and in NY u cant be granfathered in with the hazmat. when u renew it u must do the 138.00 and background check...