Obtaining your Hazmat

I would get it now along with any other endorcments that you can ( Tanker and Double/Triples )... It will leave you more options of who you want to work for...

 

get that hazmat done now while your still in school because this will be the only time you will actually have the time to get it done. The fingerprinting/background check ($84.00) for TSA only takes two weeks then you can take the test. The hazmat will be good for four years and is the difference between making money or making garbage. Also make sure you get doubles and triples endorsement along with tanker. LTL companies are now requiring tanker endorsements because they carry those 1,000 lb totes. You don't need to wait a year for any of this stuff. Check into getting a TWIC card as well.

 

Hazmat & Tank best option doubles and triples to me is kind of a toss up. But get that Hazmat puts you miles ahead of those without.

 

No need to wait for experience. Get all endorsements and put them to work. You'll make more yanking a tank than you will pulling dry can or reefer. Having your hazmat is good because if a hazmat load comes up and you don't have the endorsement your dispatch will give it to someone else. That might leave you sitting for a while waiting on a load.

 

I am not waiting myself. I went and got my permit and already got my background check done. The TSA background check is moving really quick right now. I went to get my interview done at 10AM, approved by the next day. Also TWIC as well, in case you wanted to get that. I was approved same day for TWIC and my card was sent out in the mail the next day. Going for my Hazmat tomorrow as well as my Tanker. Was told from many people the same thing these guys are telling you. Get all the stuff you can as quick as you can. Than the rest just comes with experience.

 

####! They're just handing those things out like candy.

 

Do you think I will be denied a haz mat clearance if I have a misdemeanor on my record

 

No, they are looking certain type of felonies and if you are a threat to the US. There is other posts that you can search for that has the sated doctrine that says what they actually look for. Basically if you can pass a background for a job, you can pass it for hazmat.

As for them handing things out, I do still have an active DOD secret security clearance, so if I can't pass a measly FBI background check, there is a problem. As for the hazmat, I have more training than most when it comes to it, clean background and the previously said security clearance, I really hope there wouldn't be anything that popped up to deny it. Definitely would have me scratching my head after some of the training I had just completed in the past few months.