The role of Heavy Duty truck driver is regulated by the Department of Transportation and other government agencies. There is a medical evaluation process conducted by a certified medical examiner to assess your physical qualifications to include drug testing. This video explains how you need to be relatively fit and capable of some physical activity to be a truck driver.

Crouching is an important part of a truck driver’s job. You’ll need to perform pre-trip and post-trip inspections of the truck and trailer. Practice crouching at home.

As a truck driver, you’ll need to be able to get into and on the equipment. You’ll step up and down from your truck and trailer multiples each day. Practice stepping and kneeling up and down to ensure you can do perform those actions.

Truck drivers use the motions associated with squatting when performing repeated clutching, stepping up to and down from the truck and trailer and when conducting pre-trip and post trip inspections. Practice squatting at home.

The floor to head lift is how truck drivers put their personal gear into the truck. You’ll need to be able to lift 30 pounds from the floor to above your head. Practice the Floor to Head lift at home.

As a truck driver, you will need to raise the hood of the truck. You may also need to load or unload freight. Practice lifting 40 pounds from your waist to your shoulder.

Truck drivers use a horizontal pull to open and close trailer doors, crank the dollies, close and lower the hood as well as pulling the 5th wheel, sliding the tandem and utilizing a pallet jack. Practice a horizontal pull of a hundred pounds at home.

Similar to the horizontal pull, the horizontal push is used by truck drivers to open and close the trailer doors, cranking the dollies and utilizing a pallet jack. Practice pushing 80 pounds horizontally at home.