Job Family: 53-0000 Transportation and Material Moving
Occupational Group: 53-3030 Transportation and Material Moving
OCCUPATION PROFILE
JOB FAMILY:
TRANSPORTATION AND MATERIAL MOVING
OCCUPATIONAL GROUP:
TRANSPORTATION AND MATERIAL MOVING
OCCUPATION:
HEAVY AND TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK
DRIVERS
53-3032
BROADBAND LEVELS:
Level 2 – Pay Band 003
DESCRIPTION
This is work operating a variety of large equipment and/or driving a tractor-trailer
combination or a truck with a capacity of at least 26,000 GVW to transport and deliver
goods, livestock, or materials in liquid, loose, or packaged form. Incumbents may be
required to unload truck. Work may require use of automated routing equipment.
EXAMPLES OF WORK
Drives tractor-trailer combination, applying knowledge of commercial driving regulations,
to transport and deliver products, livestock, or materials, usually over long distance.
Maneuvers truck into loading or unloading position, following signals from loading crew
as needed.
Drives truck to weigh station before and after loading, and along route to document
weight and conform to state regulations.
Maintains driver log according to I.C.C. regulations.
Inspects truck before and after trips and submits report indicating truck condition.
Reads bill of lading to determine assignment.
Fastens chain or binders to secure load on trailer during transit.
Loads or unloads, or assists in loading and unloading truck.
Works as member of two-person team driving tractor with sleeper bunk behind cab.
Services truck with oil, fuel, and radiator fluid to maintain tractor-trailer.
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Job Family: 53-0000 Transportation and Material Moving
Occupational Group: 53-3030 Transportation and Material Moving
Obtains customer's signature or collects payment for services.
Inventories and inspects goods to be moved.
Wraps goods using pads, packing paper, and containers, and secures load to trailer
wall using straps.
Gives directions to helper in packing and moving goods to trailer.
Drives truck with capacity of more than 3 tons to transport and deliver cargo, materials,
or damaged vehicle.
Maintains radio or telephone contact with base or supervisor to receive instructions or
be dispatched to new location.
Maintains truck log according to state and federal regulations.
Keeps record of materials and products transported.
Position blocks and ties rope around items to secure cargo for transport.
Cleans, inspects, and services vehicle.
Operates equipment on vehicle to load, unload, or disperse cargo or materials.
Obtains customer signature or collects payment for goods delivered and delivery
charges.
Assists in loading and unloading truck manually.
Operates large bulldozer in clearing and grubbing right-of-ways and spreading and
grading roadway materials.
Operates large road grader in grading roadway shoulders and reshaping ditches and
back slopes.
Operates a large hydraulic excavator in digging and clearing ditches and cutting down
slopes.
Operates a crane or dragline in digging ditches, cutting down slopes, driving pilings, and
loading or unloading sand, rock, and other roadway materials.
Serves as principle center line distribution operator on a large carriage type truck used
in centerlining.
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Job Family: 53-0000 Transportation and Material Moving
Occupational Group: 53-3030 Transportation and Material Moving
EXAMPLES OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS
Operating Vehicles or Equipment
Documenting/Recording Information
Inspecting Equipment, Structures,
and/or Materials
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical
Equipment
Handling and Moving Objects
Performing Administrative Activities
Communicating With Other Workers
Performing General Physical Activities
Processing Information
Communicating With Persons Outside
Of the Organization
Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving
vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as
forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or
watercraft.
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or
maintaining information in either written form
or by electronic/magnetic recording.
Inspecting or diagnosing equipment,
structures, or materials to identify the causes
of errors or other problems or defects.
Fixing, servicing, aligning, setting up,
adjusting, and testing machines, devices,
moving parts, and equipment that operate
primarily on the basis of mechanical (not
electronic) principles.
Using one's own hands and arms in handling,
installing, forming, positioning, and moving
materials, or in manipulating things, including
the use of keyboards.
Approving requests, handling paperwork, and
performing day-to-day administrative tasks.
Providing information to supervisors, fellow
workers, and subordinates. This information
can be exchanged face-to-face, in writing, or
via telephone/electronic transfer.
Performing physical activities that require
moving one's whole body, such as in
climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping,
where the activities often also require
considerable use of the arms and legs, such
as in the physical handling of materials.
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating,
tabulating, auditing, verifying, or processing
information or data.
Communicating with persons outside the
organization, representing the organization to
customers, the public, government, and other
external sources. This information can be
exchanged face-to-face, in writing, or via
telephone/electronic transfer.
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Job Family: 53-0000 Transportation and Material Moving
Occupational Group: 53-3030 Transportation and Material Moving
Evaluating Information Against
Standards
Evaluating information against a set of
standards and verifying that it is correct.
EXAMPLES OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Operation and Control
Controlling operations of equipment or
systems
Equipment Maintenance
Performing routine maintenance and
determining when and what kind of
maintenance is needed
Mathematics
Using mathematics to solve problems
Reading Comprehension
Understanding written sentences and
paragraphs in work related documents
Writing
Communicating effectively with others in
writing as indicated by the needs of the
audience
Transportation
Knowledge of principles and methods for
moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or
road, including their relative costs,
advantages, and limitations
Geography
Knowledge of various methods for describing
the location and distribution of land, sea, and
air masses including their physical locations,
relationships, and characteristics
Law, Government and Jurisprudence
Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court
procedures, precedents, government
regulations, executive orders, agency
rules, and the democratic political
process
Mechanical
Knowledge of machines and tools,
including their designs, uses, benefits,
repair, and maintenance
Public Safety and Security
Knowledge of some or all of the
following: weaponry, public safety,
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Job Family: 53-0000 Transportation and Material Moving
Occupational Group: 53-3030 Transportation and Material Moving
security operations, rules, regulations,
precautions, prevention, protection of
people, data and property
Clerical
Knowledge of administrative and clerical
procedures and systems
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
EFFECTIVE:
History:
07/01/2002
01/02/2015 Title change from Truck Drivers, Heavy and TractorTrailer
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