Medium Truck Driver

• Picks up and delivers furniture, equipment, produce, and supplies between County facilities, including institutions, camps, warehouses, offices, branch libraries, and recreational areas.
• Transports work crews, materials, tools, and equipment to job locations and may participate in or assist in supervising the work of a crew. 
• Hauls gravel, sand, soil, and other materials.
• Operates accessory equipment such as pumps, winches, snowplows, etc.
• Inspects trucks to ensure conformance with safety regulations and practices and that they are properly serviced; performs routine preventive maintenance and minor repairs and adjustments to truck and reports mechanical defects.
• Loads and unloads trucks driven and may participate in the storing or moving of materials in warehouses or other buildings.
• Ensures that truck is checked and serviced for preventive maintenance and repair.
• Maintains records and prepares reports.
• Pulls small trailer-mounted equipment such as generators, compressors, cement mixers, toolboxes, etc.
• May occasionally drive heavy single-unit trucks with a GVWR of more than 26,000 pounds or combination truck units with trailers of 6,000 pounds GVWR or more.

REQUIREMENTS TO QUALIFY:
One (1) year of full-time experience driving trucks of 10,000 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)* or more.
LICENSE:
A valid California unrestricted Class “B” Driver License with airbrake and tank endorsements is required to perform job-related essential functions.
A valid California unrestricted Class “A” Driver License with airbrake and tank endorsement may be required for some positions.
You MUST meet the above requirement(s) in order to be appointed to fill any vacancies related to this recruitment.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION:
LICENSE INFORMATION:
*In order to receive credit for the required license with endorsements, you must include a legible copy of your driver license at the time of filing or email it to Fire-Examination@fire.lacounty.gov within five (5) calendar days from the last day of filing. 
Successful applicants for positions that require driving must obtain and present a copy of their record from the California State Department of Motor Vehicles before final appointment. Applicants should not present a copy of their driving history until asked to do so by the hiring department. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether an applicant's driving history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job. License must not be currently suspended, restricted, or revoked.
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PHYSICAL CLASS:
Physical Class 4 – Arduous: This class involves frequent heavy lifting over 25 pounds, often combined with bending, twisting, or working above ground on irregular surfaces. It includes those positions that occasionally demand extraordinary physical activity such as those in Safety positions. 
EXAMINATION CONTENT:
During your initial work period, the appointing department will evaluate your performance. Those who achieve a passing score on this evaluation will be considered for permanent appointment.

MEDICAL EXAMINATION INFORMATION:
This position/recruitment requires a medical examination. Qualified candidates must meet this requirement at the time of appointment. Conditional offer of employment may be rescinded if these criteria are not met.

AVAILABLE SHIFT:

Any Shift – Appointees must be willing to work any shift, including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Employment Information

Any language contained in the job posting supersedes any language contained below.

This document is intended to provide general information about the recruitment process of the County of Los Angeles. Applicants with questions about a specific job posting should contact the exam analyst listed on the posting.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Non-Discrimination Statement:
The County of Los Angeles is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to non-discrimination in the County workforce, regardless of age (40 and over); ancestry; color; ethnicity; religious creed; protected family or medical leave status; disability; marital status; medical condition; genetic information; military and veteran status; national origin; race ; sex; gender; sexual orientation; or any other characteristic protected by State or federal law. For more information, please visit: https://employee.hr.lacounty.gov/eeo-programs/.

Testing Accommodations for Applicants:
The County of Los Angeles complies with all federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process, please contact the testing accommodation coordinator listed on the job posting. Hearing impaired applicants with telephone teletype equipment may leave messages by calling the teletype phone number on the job posting. For more information on accommodations, please visit: https://hr.lacounty.gov/accessibility/.

Fair Chance:
The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except as otherwise permissible under applicable laws, you will not be asked to provide information about conviction history unless you receive a conditional offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and will also consider potential mitigating factors, which may include, but is not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).

Employment Eligibility:
Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.

Career PathFinder:
Resources to help current and prospective employees plan a career with Los Angeles County are available. To explore career paths to and from nearly all job titles, please visit our interactive Career PathFinder application at http://career-pathfinder.hr.lacounty.gov.

Veteran’s Credit:
Pursuant to the County Charter and County policy, in all open competitive examinations (i.e., examinations open to everyone), the County of Los Angeles will add a credit of 10 percent of the total credits specified for such examination to the final passing score of an honorably discharged veteran, as well as the spouse of a deceased or disabled veteran, who served in the Armed Forces of the United States under specific conditions.
For more information on veteran’s credit, please visit: https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dhr/205102_PPG_115.pdf

Revised September 2025