Northwestern Indiana Building and
Construction Trades Council
Affiliated With The
Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO

TEAMSTER
Covering the Indiana counties of Lake and Porter and Calumet City, Illinois
What He Does

A teamster drives and maintains all types of trucks such as pick-ups, two (2) wheel to eighteen (18) wheels, dump trucks, winch trucks, boom trucks, low boys (to haul machinery), flat beds from two (2) to eighteen (18) wheels, fork lifts in a warehouse, buses to haul men to the job.  A teamster's job is to haul men, material and equipment on the jobsite and to and from the other crafts to keep them supplied with material to complete the job.  Also work in Manufacturing and Warehousing, Over-the-Road Trucking, Ready Mix, Commercial Services, Municipal Employees, Construction Worker

Working Conditions

All work is performed outside and on the road ways.  A teamster must have all the appropriate licenses and DOT physicals. 

Construction Driver

Must posses a CDL for vehicles on excess of 26,001 pounds.  
Receives training in multiple trucks listed below, but not limited to
:

  • Forklifts, Gradealls
  • Hydraulic Boom Trucks
  • Stringer Trucks
  • End Dump, Side Dump, Bottom Dump
  • Articulated Trucks
  • Semis
  • A-Frame, Winch Trucks
  • Sweeper Trucks
  • Oil Distributors

Related instruction would conform to professional truck driving training institutes.

    

 


 

General Qualifications

  • Age - Minimum age is 18

  • Good physical condition; DOT physical required and must be able to perform the work.

  • CDL License.

Applications can be filled out at:

Teamsters #142
1300 Clark Road                                                                                                                                   
Gary, IN  46404
(219) 949-1550                                                                                             
(219) 944-6278 (F)


6415 Kennedy Avenue
Hammond, IN 46323
(219) 989-7920
(219) 989-7925 (F)
E-mail:
nwibuildingtrade@aol.com


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