Class A Truck Driver
Resume:
Tavius Tucker
Local Class A Truck Driver/ Heavy Equipment Operator
Lugoff, SC 29078
**********@*****.***
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
CDL Class A Truck Driver
Walmart Transportation Private Fleet-Shelby, NC
June 2023 to Present
In this Class A Regional Truck Driver position I work for Walmart Transportation Private Fleet delivering General Merchandise and Grocery Loads to Walmart Supercenters, Walmart Neighborhood Markets, and Sam’s Clubs. I operate a tractor trailer with 53’ Reefer and Dry Van trailers in the Southeast, Northeast, and parts of the Midwest operating areas also loading/unloading loads at local vendors assuring the stores stay stocked.
Truck Driver Class A CDL
NFI Industries-Gaston, SC
November 2022 to June 2023
In this class A truckload driver position I haul dry Van 53ft trailers in the southeast regional position. I load out of Greer SC and run out to Laredo, TX and back every week delivering of goods to customers. Class A CDL Driver
Landair Transport, Inc-Spartanburg, SC
January 2022 to November 2022
In this southeast regional Class A truck driver position I hauled hazardous and non hazardous loads in containers which required over weighted permits on all loads. I’m dispatched out of Spartanburg, SC running mainly on I-26 from Kingsport TN to all ports in Charleston SC and Savannah GA. CDL Class A Truck Driver
Randolph Trucking, LLC-Columbia, SC
April 2021 to January 2022
In this local class A truck driver position I operated the tractor trailer with end dump trailer. We operated in the southeastern states which includes SC, NC, and GA. We delivered aggregates such as 57 stone, 5 stones, 789 stones from local SC quarries to customers in the surrounding areas in our network. We also delivered salt to customers and various golf sands to customers for golf courses. Southeast Regional Class A Truck Driver
JQC LOGISTICS-Columbia, SC
January 2021 to April 2021
In this Class A Truck Driving position I worked for an owner operator in which we ran a dedicated Amazon account for Amazon in the southeast regional surrounding areas. We basically hooked up to 53 foot dry van loaded/empty trailers delivering them to their destinations in a timely manner assuring safety guide lines. The runs consisted of mainly drop/hook unless using third party vendors we would also haul for under Amazon.
Local Class A Truck Driver
N.W. White-Columbia, SC
April 2019 to January 2021
As a local Class A Truck Driver in this position we hauled various amounts of aggregates such as 57 stone, Granite Sand, Washed Mortar sand etc.. from quarry’s delivering them to customers using various trailers such as skowl gates, high lift dump trailers, aluminum dump trailers depending on products needed by customers. We also operated walking floor trailers and flatbed trailers depending on the demands of customers in which we would also haul trash debris and demolition debree to local landfills. Stay at Home Dad
Self Employed-Lugoff, SC
July 2018 to April 2019
I recently came off the road driving trucks to have more hands on to learn more about mechanic work. I performed tasks which included changing transmissions and engines, changing oil and fluids, and also changing external parts of a engine on various types of vehicles. I not only enjoy driving them but have the knowledge to work on them too.
Professional Truck Driver
Prime Inc-Springfield, MO
July 2017 to July 2018
My job description here consisted of over the road truck driving in all four seasons thru state to State delivering of goods to customers in a safe and timely matter. I planned my routes performed daily pre trip and post trip inspections to truck and trailer abiding by DOT federal regulations on roadways. Trade Specialist IIIB
South Carolina Department of Transportation
January 2013 to June 2017
My job title consisted on overseeing a crew of four or more people ensuring that work is performed in a safe and orderly manner. We maintained roadways installed driveways regraded shoulders and ditches. Anything dealing with maintenance of roadways.
Trade Specialist IIIA
South Carolina Department of Transportation
July 2011 to January 2013
Trade Specialist II
South Carolina Department of Transportation
April 2008 to July 2011
Education
Heavy Equipment Certificate
York Technical College
Diploma
Lugoff Elgin High School
Skills
• Loader Operation (10+ years)
• Lawn Care (10+ years)
• I am experienced and skilled in operating various heavy equipment such as backhoes, excavators, front end loaders, bulldozers, asphalt rollers, etc. I am responsible for performing daily preventive maintenance inspections daily of before using any piece of equipment making sure it's SAFE to operate keeping records on file. We must know when to take equipment out of service when equipment does not pass daily inspection checklist for safety. (10+ years)
• Mechanic Experience (10+ years)
• Commercial Driving (10+ years)
• Automotive Repair (10+ years)
• Transmissions (10+ years)
• I am experienced in operating light to heavy equipment to clear unwanted trees and brush from unwanted places. I am skilled in using hand tools such as weed eaters, pole saws, blowers etc. I am also experienced in using heavy equipment such as boom mowers, slope mowers, Mowers with batwing, shinn cutters (excavator with tree mounted cutter head) to remove unwanted trees and brush from unwanted places to help keep areas maintained. (10+ years)
• Tanker Experience (Less than 1 year)
• Delivery Driver Experience (4 years)
• Tractor-Trailer (4 years)
• Mechanical Knowledge (10+ years)
• I am experienced in operating a CDL required vehicle. I posses a Class A CDL. I am responsible for performing daily preventive maintenance check on vehicle to assure that it's safe to operate on roadways keeping documentation on records. I am responsible for the upkeep on the vehicle inside and out. (9 years)
• Flatbed (1 year)
• Freight Experience (4 years)
• Load & Unload (10+ years)
• Oil Change (10+ years)
Awards
Nicholas Z. Johnson Safety Award
December 2013
The Nicholas Z. Johnson Safety award is a reward of safety that started in our company in 2012. The award is named after our co-worker we lost while in an active work zone that was hit and killed by a drunk driver that came thru the work zone and struck him while working on I-20 west bound just at the Saluda River bridge in Lexington county. The section of that roadway is named after him in honor of his dedication. The award recognizes the employee that practices good safety measures throughout the year going the extra mile to stay safe and keeping others safe while working the roadways. It was a great honor for me to recieve.
Certifications and Licenses
Heavy Equipment Operator Certificate.
December 2007 to Present
I attended York Technical College for a Heavy Equipment Training Program for six weeks of training on a backhoe, trackhoe, (excavator) front end loader, and bulldozer. We were required to learn about heavy equipment in a classroom and having 40 hours of training on each piece of equipment before completing and being certified for the program.
Fork Lift Certification
August 2014 to August 2018
While working at South Carolina Department of Transportation we are required in my position to be able to use fork lifts (gas and diesel) to load various amounts of different materials onto trucks using these fork lifts. Before doing so we must first have a training session on fork lifts and pass a test course operating the fork lifts before being certified.
CDL A
June 2017 to July 2017
I completed a truck driver training course at Prime Inc to be certified as a professional truck driver before driving over the road
Hazmat Endorsement
Air Brake Endorsement
X Endorsement
Tanker Endorsement
Driver's License
Additional Information
I just wanna give some info about me as a person. I consider myself to be a very hard working and very dependable person to count on to be there. I am a very friendly people oriented person that gets along well with others and that has experience on how to deal with the public very well. I am a person that won't give up and not satisfied until a job is completed well to expectations of what's asked of me. While I work it's three rules of thumb I go by. Safety of the Operator, Safety of the Co-Worker, and Safety of the Equipment.
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