Resume template · Updated October 2026
Truck driver resume template
Short answer
Henrietta suits a truck driver: a plain business layout whose summary states your CDL class and endorsements on line one, followed by your driving history and then your CDL school straight after it. The fictional sample hauls liquid bulk on regional lanes with a tanker and hazmat (X) endorsement and a clean inspection record, after three years of over-the-road dry van freight.
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Why Henrietta suits a truck driver resume
Henrietta prints summary, work experience and then education, so the CDL class, endorsements and miles lead, the carriers you drove for follow, and the truck driving school sits right after them. The black-and-grey page with hairline rules looks like the paperwork a carrier's safety department already handles, and the unlabelled skills grid keeps equipment and trailer types tidy.
Second choice: Meridian. Meridian puts labelled skill rows above the jobs; useful when trailer types (tanker, flatbed, reefer) are the main filter.
What goes in each section, in Henrietta's order
Henrietta prints its sections in a fixed order, the same in the PDF and the Word file. Here is that order for this sample, and what to put in each section.
- Professional Summary. Start with the licence: "Class A CDL, X endorsement" or whatever you hold. Then years, approximate miles, the freight and trailers you haul and how often you are home. If your safety record is clean, say so in the same sentence.
- Work Experience. For each carrier give the run type (local, regional, OTR, dedicated), trailer, weekly miles and freight. Add a line each on inspections, appointment windows and hours-of-service compliance; carriers hire on safety before anything else.
- Education. Henrietta prints this right after the jobs, which is where a recruiter checks your CDL school. Give the program, the school, the class you trained for and the completion month.
- Skills. The grid has no labels, so put the equipment and the work around it first (tanker loading, pre-trip inspections, load securement, backing into tight docks), the ELD and dispatch tools second and two soft skills last.
- Certifications. List the CDL with its class, endorsements and issuing state, and the medical certificate with its expiry. These print near the end of the page, which is why the headline and summary repeat them.
The sample resume as text
The same content as the files above, so you can copy a line or compare it with your own.
Ray Delgado
Class A CDL Driver, Tanker and Hazmat (X)
San Antonio, TX | ray.delgado@example.com | (210) 555-0144
Class A CDL driver with seven years and about 650,000 miles in regional and over-the-road freight. Hauls liquid bulk with a tanker and hazmat (X) endorsement, home weekly, with no preventable accidents and no out-of-service violations.
Experience
Regional Tanker Driver, Lone Star Bulk Carriers, San Antonio, TX (04/2022 to Present)
- Haul industrial liquids in a stainless tanker on regional lanes across Texas and Oklahoma, about 2,300 miles a week, home every weekend.
- Connect hoses and load and unload at plants and terminals under each site's procedure; no spills or product losses in four years.
- Complete pre-trip and post-trip inspections and DVIRs; six roadside inspections with no out-of-service violations.
- Log hours of service on the ELD and plan fuel and rest stops so that 97% of deliveries land inside the appointment window.
- Named the terminal's safe driver of the year in 2024.
OTR Driver, Dry Van, Crossroads Freight Lines, Laredo, TX (03/2019 to 03/2022)
- Drove dry van freight across 38 states, about 2,700 miles a week, on a mix of drop-and-hook and live loads.
- Planned trips with dispatch around hours-of-service limits, weather and customer appointments.
- Secured mixed loads with straps and load bars; no cargo damage claims.
Education
Certificate, Class A Commercial Driver Training, Hill Country Truck Driving Academy (02/2019). 160 hours of classroom, range and road training
Certifications
- Class A CDL with X endorsement (tank vehicle and hazardous materials), Texas Department of Public Safety (2021)
- Medical examiner's certificate, valid to 08/2027, Certified medical examiner (2025)
Skills
Tanker loading and unloading, Hazmat placards and shipping papers, Pre-trip inspections, Load securement, Backing and docking, Electronic logging device, Dispatch messaging, Truck GPS routing, Clear updates to dispatch, Following plant site rules
How to make the sample yours
Put endorsements in the headline
Tanker (N), hazmat (H), both (X), doubles and triples (T). Tanker and hazmat postings screen on these letters, so they should not appear only at the bottom.
Describe your runs
Local with daily home time, regional and home weekly, or OTR across the lower 48. Carriers hire to fill lanes, so the run type you have done tells them where you fit.
Show the safety record in numbers
Years or miles without a preventable accident, clean roadside inspections, no hours-of-service violations. If something is on your record, leave it off the resume and answer the application honestly.
Name trailer and freight types
Dry van, reefer, flatbed with tarping, tanker, car hauler, intermodal. Flatbed and tanker work involve skills a dry van driver may not have yet, so be exact.
Mention work at the dock
Live unloads, hose connections at a plant, grocery deliveries before the store opens. Shippers and receivers remember drivers who follow site rules, and recruiters ask about it.
Keywords to keep where they are true
Terms this kind of resume is usually searched for. Use the posting's exact wording, and only for work you have done.
- Class A CDL
- tanker endorsement
- hazmat endorsement
- OTR
- regional routes
- pre-trip inspection
- DVIR
- hours of service
- ELD
- load securement
- DOT medical card
- clean MVR
- on-time delivery
- safety record
Mistakes to avoid
- Leaving the CDL class and endorsements only in the certifications list at the bottom of the page.
- "Safe and reliable driver" with no miles, years or inspection record to show it.
- Leaving out trailer types; a reefer carrier and a flatbed carrier hire for different skills.
- Listing an expired medical certificate as current.
How the sample PDF reads in text extractors
We exported this sample with Resumity's PDF exporter in Chrome on 2026-10-29 and read the file back with three open-source text extractors. This shows whether software that turns a PDF into text can recover it; it is not a test of any commercial applicant tracking system. How we test templates.
| Extractor | Name, email, phone | Headings | Bullets intact |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdf.js 4.10.38 | All found | 5 of 5 | 8 of 8 |
| pdftotext (Xpdf) 4.00 | All found | 5 of 5 | 8 of 8 |
| pypdf 6.13.0 | All found | 5 of 5 | 8 of 8 |
Frequently asked questions
Where should my CDL class and endorsements go on a truck driver resume?
In the headline and the first line of the summary, then again under certifications. The federal licensing rules use letter codes: T for double or triple trailers, P for passenger, N for tank vehicle, H for hazardous materials, X for tank and hazmat together and S for school bus. Write the letter and the words so every reader follows.
Should I list my DOT medical card?
Yes, with the expiry date. Under the federal driver qualification rules a commercial driver must have been medically examined and certified within the preceding 24 months, and some conditions shorten that to 12 months, so a current card is one of the first things a carrier checks.
I just got my CDL. What should my resume show?
The school, the class you trained for, the hours of classroom, range and road time, and any endorsements. Since February 7, 2022, first-time Class A and B applicants must complete entry-level driver training with a provider on the Training Provider Registry, so name that provider. Add earlier jobs that show reliability, such as warehouse or delivery work.
How do I describe my safety record without a safety award?
Use facts you can prove: years or miles without a preventable accident, clean roadside inspections, no hours-of-service violations. The carrier will look at your record anyway; the resume tells them what they will find.
How long should a truck driver resume be?
One page suits most drivers. Give the last two or three carriers in full and group a run of short contracts into one line with the combined dates.
Will applicant tracking systems read this Henrietta PDF?
The sample PDF read back with its contact details, all 5 section headings and all 8 bullets intact in three open-source text extractors (pdf.js, pdftotext and pypdf). Commercial systems such as Workday, Greenhouse or Taleo were not tested, and each employer configures its own.
Guides and templates for this resume
Sources, checked 29 October 2026
We opened every page below on that date. Pay, rules and requirements change, so check the source before you rely on a detail.
- Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: 49 CFR 383.153, Information on the CLP and CDL documents and applications (endorsement codes: T double/triple trailers, P passenger, N tank vehicle, H hazardous materials, X tank vehicle and hazardous materials combined, S school bus)
- Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: 49 CFR 380.609, General entry-level driver training requirements (first-time Class A or B applicants (and P, S or H endorsement applicants) must complete training from a provider on the Training Provider Registry; subpart F applies on and after February 7, 2022)
- Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: 49 CFR 391.45, Persons who must be medically examined and certified (drivers must have been medically examined and certified during the preceding 24 months; some cases use 12 months)
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