Francisco Ballardo

• Dropped and hooked trailers and changed configuration of equipment.
• Finalized daily logs on schedule to update internal records and uphold DOT requirements.
• Clearly communicated with dispatchers to give updated information on estimated times of arrival and latest road conditions.
• Inspected trucks for malfunctions and reported vehicles to management for corrective action.
• Maintained daily, legible DOT log book and submitted corresponding documents.

I held a Driving position here for my employer which worked with GIC

CORPORATION. Sadly his company had to be shut down and so I gained employment directly with GIC CORPORATION. The responsibilities were all the same as I currently have. The only thing the really changed when switching companies when it came to the actual job was the tractor I was given to drive. Load sites, delivery sites, and equipment stayed the same.

With Aguilera Trucking, I moved a lot of different types of freight. I moved agriculture products such as: blueberries, cherries, grapes, navels, and cotton. I mostly used a reefer trailer to move most freight, but with cotton we would use flatbed trailers, singles and doubles. I drove an 18-speed tractor with a sleeper, which i was able to maneuver in and out of the tight spaces in Los Angeles, Ca. I would mostly stay inside of California, but on occasion I would take trips up to Oregon to deliver blueberries, or sometimes even plants or seeds. With this job I would spend many days out on the road with little home time here and there. It was a job in which I would mostly live in the truck Sunday to Sunday and have short stays at home some days to complete 10 hour resets and 34 hour resets when I could.

During my time working for Reyes Coca Cola Bottling, I learned many skills. I learned how to have patience with many different types of customers and to make my delivery process the smoothest as can be. I acquired adept skills with a hand truck and pallet jack. The delivery process for us was to breakdown pallets outside of a small convenience store and wheel the merchandise in with a hand truck. Then we would rotate, organize and stock the stores cooler. When it came to delivering to a grocery store or warehouse store, we would usually unload complete pallets using a pallet jack and verify the merchandise without really having to touch the product.

My duties in this workplace were to load citrus peel in an End-Dump style trailer from a juice plant and deliver to nearby dairies. They use this material to mix in as feed for livestock. The position I held here was a night-time position, 6pm to 6am. When I started work was fine, I learned quickly how to properly load the material and I was able to complete various loads throughout the night. Not to long after I started the work load was cut in half and I would spend more time waiting in line to receive a load than actually delivering them. This made me look for employment elsewhere.

I received my CDL via the "Swift Academy". I learned hands on the rules of the road and how to drive a commercial vehicle. Once I became a licensed driver I immediately started working on the road. I was assigned to their Dollar Tree account. I would pick up trailers in Stockton, Ca and deliver loads out to Dollar Tree stores all throughout Northern California, Nevada, Oregon, and Utah. I would unload the trailer via a roller system and placing and pushing the boxes down to the employees in the store. This would roughly take 1-2 hours per stop usually but with some stores who had a full trailer with over 4000 cases, the whole process would sometimes take up to 6 hours.