Traits That Describe a Good Truck Driver

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Written by Mike Skliar

Professional truck driving is a lot of complicated job and dedication to your business. It is much more than simply driving a truck from point to point. To be an expert, you must be more than just a steering wheel holder. If you want to have not just a job, but a high-paid career, you must have five traits that describe you as a professional trucker.

Reliability

Your business partners and clients count on you. Failing them shows your disrespect and your untrustworthiness. Reliable trucker knows that everyone has their deadlines and schedules and they rely on your timely performance. Professional must be the solution, not the problem for every business.

Communication Skills

Although truck drivers spend a lot of time by themselves, it is still essential to be polite, kind, and have excellent communication skills. You’ll speak to many people. Besides other truckers, you’ll contact employers, clients, dock and warehouse workers, etc. Be respectful to other people, and they will treat you the same.

Stress Management

Life of a truck driver is full of challenges and surprises. Professionals handle all stress. Don’t let problems to ruin your day or life. Seat back and enjoy your ride.

Alertness

Driving requires you to use almost all scenes, not only your sight. You must be aware of your truck condition and at the same time looking up for the traffic and road condition as well. To be a professional is to pay attention even to the smallest problems, so they do not become big trouble.

Excellent Driving and Mechanical Skills

Your truck is a part of you. Professional knows their truck inside and out so they can fix most of the minor problems on the road. If you know your vehicle well, it is much safer to work.

Driving skills are must have for each truck driver. A professional truck driver must have an excellent driving record and CDL. Having both testifies that truck driver can operate his vehicle on a high level.

 

Owner Operator Land is searching for professional drivers to offer them work that can satisfy their owner-operator needs. If you are a newbie in trucking, but you want to become a pro, one of our partners has a CDL school when you can get not only your commercial license but valuable experience of driving a truck. Contact us and get a chance to work with a great team of professionals, who know what real owner-operator needs.

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Author Mike Skliar

As the truck driver recruiting agency's CEO, I deeply understand the unique challenges and demands truck drivers face.

Drawing from my extensive work experience, I bring knowledge in truck driver recruitment, logistics, and transportation management. I possess a comprehensive understanding of industry regulations, safety standards, and best practices, ensuring that the agency adheres to the highest standards of professionalism and compliance.

Now, looking back and remembering my path from the very beginning, it seems to me that this story is a lifetime. During all these years of development and growth of our agency, I took part in no less interesting projects in which my experience, knowledge and vision were needed. And I was also able to gain new skills, contacts and experience by participating in the development of these projects from various fields, such as cargo transportation, trucking companies, e-commerce, parcel delivery and much more! But the best is yet to come!

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