Hey guys quick question. Like almost everywhere UPSF is hard to get into here. I don't mind working the dock and doing random driving here and there. But being UPSF and having driving as part of the job description I had questions if I apply and get this.
#1. Would I be on the same progressive payscale as a full time city driver?
#2. If a city driver position opened up would you still start at 0 seniority?
UPSF "Dockworker w/CDL"
Discussion in 'UPS/UPSF' started by lfod14, Dec 3, 2016.
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If you moved up to a full-time City/P&D, yes you would start off at the bottom of the seniority list.lfod14 Thanks this. -
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The Unions I rubbed shoulders with in my work on the ports and other places have a long house, you sit there in the morning early with all the others waiting for your name to be called to work.
When you are new your senority is zero. Zip. bupkis, etc.
The other side is when you put in your time, dues etc and behave... you will potentially see a life of prosperity and move on to more important things.
Im not a Union man but Ive been given oppertunity once or twice that would have been life changing. I declined them because I was a wanderer and could not stand to be working 50 years minding a crane throwing boxes onto ships day in and day out. -
I'm not a 100% sure if part timers get benefits or are in the union. The part time Dockworkers I talked to were college students who worked part time to supplement their income. Part timers also have a seniority list as well, so if a full-time position opens up, the top part timer moves to full-time. -
Full-time Dockworkers have their own seniority list, just like P&D and Linehaul drivers do. Dockworkers who have a CDL are listed as Dockworkers and are on the Dockworkers seniority list. Yard Jockeying is considered part of dock work. So the guys who have CDL's are the one's that normally Yard Jockey. Payrate is somewhere around $16.50 and it tops out around $28 after four years and you work around 8-10 hours a day.
City Drivers/P&D also have what's called a Dock/CDL combo driver and they are considered Drivers and are on the P&D seniority list. This is where you would work the Docks and do P&D runs. Whenever you switch over to the docks, you get paid the same as Dockworkers do. Usually this is posted as a bidded run, but you work LOOONG hours. 12-14 hours a day is pretty much the norm, but each hub has it's own set of rules, so hours may vary. Payrate is somewhere around $17.50 to start and you top out around $29 after four years.
So until you hit that apply button online and find out what your job title is officially listed as, I would suggest rereading the job description and duties. If the description lists driving a tractor trailer, than you will be listed as a City Driver. If the description does not involve driving a tractor trailer, than you will be listed as a Dockworker.Suspect Zero Thanks this. -
Thanks man I appreciate it. It looks like I may be able to be considered a driver, seems good. Gonna apply tonight. This was that job listing, not sure how true the hours are, although it went on to the days,nights, weekends thing after that.
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Wow. i forgot this section for UPS/UPSF existed. Will comment on this and many other topics in full detail ASAP.
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Here's what's involved if you're listed as a Dockworker. When you come in, you go to forklift area and you choose a forklift. Pretrip is required, meaning you have to check the oil level and propane tank level. After your pretrip, you scan your badge to login to the computer. You then go to the Dock office and pickup your paperwork on what trailers need to be offloaded. Keep in mind that their are safety rules that you must abide to at all times, like honking the horn whenever you offload a trailer and forklift tips has to be down to the ground and tilted to the floor whenever parked. But throw all that safety rules out the window during the afternoon when the P&D drivers all come back, because it's an absolute madhouse on the docks, trying to unload all the P&D trailers to the Linehaul. You then check your paperwork on which dock to offload, and line up the freight in the staging area, which is in the middle of the docks in front of the door your offloading. You then check the Pro Numbers on the freight with your paperwork and then move each freight to various different dock doors to reload onto the Linehaul trailers. The paperwork will tell you how to seperate your freight and which doors it needs to be loaded onto. When you offload a freight, the forklift has a scale that's built into the forks, and you weigh each pallet that's offloaded. Each forklift has attachments that you can add to the forks, such as carpet pole attachments, hooks and chains, and clamps for drums and such. After you load your freight, you then sign your name on the sheet that's by the door you loaded into to confirm that YOU loaded it onto the trailer, so this way if any mistakes were made, they will know it was you. After you finish with your move, you then scan the Pro Number on the sheet and hit the on-screen button on the forklift to confirm that move was done and then move onto your next move. At the end of the day, you hook up your forklifts computer line (sorta like when you use a USB on a laptop) to transfer all your information to dispatches office, park it in the staging area, clock out and do it all over again. Nothing really too difficult or strenuous about dockwork, just have to deal with subdegree weather during the winter time.
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