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Rigo & Jesse Martinez - Dock to Driver

Written by Averitt Careers | 9/24/21 5:00 AM
Father and son Rigo and Jesse Martinez are a great example of family members who started on the dock and completed on-the-job training through Averitt's dock-to-driver program, where dock associates can learn the skills of professional truck driving while still working on the dock. 

Rigo even referred his son Jesse through Averitt's referral program! You can learn more about Averitt's dock-to-driver program at AverittCareers.com/dock-to-driver.

Well, my name is Rigo Berto  Martinez, and everybody calls me Rig   and I started the dock at 2002 and around 2015-16  I started truck driving. My name is Jesse Martinez   sometimes people on the dock call me little  Rig. I started as a dock worker but now I'm   working as a sprinter band doing deliveries and  hopefully soon be a truck driver just like my dad. Averitt they helped me with the training pretty  much you just gotta hustle the yard on the little   hustling buggy you know for a couple of years  and make sure you know you know how to drive   good and uh back in and everything in the yard so  when I hit the road you know I'd be comfortable   with my driving after that I went and got my  permit and you know I use when I was taking my   CDO test uh Averitt they reimbursed me for all my  uh tests so they helped a lot so if you want to   take advantage of that dock to driver program you  should do it you know it's good money you know. I referred my brother Jose and my son Jesse to  people like you program referral program so. When you refer people, you know  you get a bonus little bonus and   some points, so it helps out a lot. Oh, my brother Jose he's a city driver  so I got him hired in and so far he's   liking the city job so he's enjoying it. I plan to refer some people here at Averitt so I'm trying to refer one of my  friends because he has his little CDL license so hopefully if it goes good, he  could probably come over here he's a hard worker. I always like this job and there's  good benefits and stuff so good pay so   pretty much everything's good you know,  and you know the four 401k is good. Averitt's healthcare plan it's  good I came off of my parent's   insurance and Averitt just helped me be on my own. Averitt Express is a good career to start  you know build your way up to a driver   and a good people in a good environment  everybody treats you like your family.

 

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