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Old 05-17-2016, 07:42 PM
 
Location: MA/ME (the way life should not be / the way it should be)
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As im googling jobs in rural alaskan towns to see what there is, im noticing many require a alaskan drivers liscense with no insurance restrictions.... What are these, googling it i can not figure it out. Is this stuff like the things that say you cant drive at night, or that you need to wear glasses (sadly i need the latter here im MA).
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Old 05-17-2016, 08:02 PM
 
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I believe that means that you would be able to get insurance in a car (don't have multiple driving infractions).

Not sure though. I wear glasses and I've had no issues getting a job. What size village you looking at moving too?
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Old 05-17-2016, 08:05 PM
 
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If the jobs involve operating a company vehicle, it means you have to be insurable through commercial insurance. That's a bit different than personal policies. For instance, I can't hire you to drive my fish truck if you've got a dui or other stupid ****.

I can't imagine why they would even ask otherwise or that glasses would be an issue.
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Old 05-17-2016, 08:13 PM
 
Location: Interior Alaska
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Give us a link so we can see what you're talking about. I suspect it is referring to an insurance restriction after someone gets a dui. I think it's called an SR22
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Old 05-17-2016, 08:16 PM
 
Location: Interior Alaska
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If the jobs involve operating a company vehicle, it means you have to be insurable through commercial insurance. That's a bit different than personal policies. For instance, I can't hire you to drive my fish truck if you've got a dui or other stupid ****.

I can't imagine why they would even ask otherwise or that glasses would be an issue.
Exactly. At all of my previous jobs someone in HR would run your driver's license every six months to make sure you had not gotten a DUI or lost your license for some such asshattery. If you had and your job required that you operate a company vehicle or equipment... buh-bye.
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Old 05-17-2016, 08:21 PM
 
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One year I couldn't find anyone with a clean license to drive the damned trucks to the docks and back.
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Old 05-17-2016, 08:29 PM
 
Location: Interior Alaska
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One year I couldn't find anyone with a clean license to drive the damned trucks to the docks and back.
<-- this is my 'shocked' face. But seriously, that sounds very familiar. I have worked places where guys have lost their licenses and the business ignored it because there was literally no one else who knew how to operate the equipment that guy ran. Pretty risky if you ask me. Not to mention, if you ignore it for one guy, then you fire the next guy... uhh, can you say, "lawsuit"?
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Old 05-18-2016, 10:37 AM
 
Location: Wasilla, AK
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One year I couldn't find anyone with a clean license to drive the damned trucks to the docks and back.
Way back in the day when I worked in the timber industry I had to drive the crummy (crew truck) for almost a year because no one else on the crew could get a license. I drove it as fast as I could and hit every bump that I could.
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Old 05-18-2016, 12:47 PM
 
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That's nice, Stafford. I would have fired your ass and driven it myself. Done that, too.

That's a great example of how hard it can be in places with limited labor pools, though. People sometimes wonder why our business doesn't focus much on expansion, and part of the reason is we don't have a good local labor force and we aren't that crazy about the idea of housing people. You end up being a babysitter for adults. I'm dealing with something like that right now and we only have one outside employee on the premises.

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Old 05-18-2016, 01:02 PM
 
Location: Interior Alaska
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Way back in the day when I worked in the timber industry I had to drive the crummy (crew truck) for almost a year because no one else on the crew could get a license. I drove it as fast as I could and hit every bump that I could.
That's funny. Way back in the way-back machine when I worked for the Forest Service there was a guy on my crew who took pleasure in driving dangerously fast on mountain & (active) logging roads with the express purpose of scaring the crap out of his passengers. Eventually he lost his license (DUI) and I started driving for the crew. So all being fair in love and war, I took pleasure in driving at a snail's pace just to irritate him.
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