Need advice

If he has to be home daily from the start he should concentrate on companies that do roll-on/roll-off which deliver industrial "dumpsters", cement ready-mix, trash hauler, yard truck/switcher moving trailers at factories & warehouses. Straight truck work might also get him home daily, but I don't know about straight trucks.

Look at a few job applications online to see if his DUI is long enough ago to not be an obstacle. I forget if those need to be 5 or 10 years old. He should get a copy of his Motor Vehicle Report from his state. He will also need to supply a 10 year work history or from now back to high-school, whichever is shorter.

 

A friend.......why isn't the friend asking these questions?

 

Almost nobody will touch him with no CMV(18whls) history. He might have to bite the bullet and go with a big carrier for 2 years then once he has that under his belt. Switch. UPS and FedEX are good for home daily, but you need 2yrs EXP.

 

Tell him to try the local beverage distributors and ask them if they would hire someone with a DUI from 5yrs. If they say NO, tell your friend to find another line of work. I'd do that BEFORE paying for a CDL

 

Beat the bushes. There are beer distributors too.

 

...and yet he's going to have to know how to navigate his way through peoplenet/quallcom/whatever other ELD/fleet management system the company he goes to uses...