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Business Opportunities:
Business Capacity Owners (Owner Operators)
> Minimum Requirements
Landstar business capacity owners are not your everyday owner-operators. They are the CEOs of their own company making all the decisions regarding their business - annual income, work schedules, business strategies, what freight to haul, where to travel, the type of equipment to operate and when to go home. Landstar appreciates and respects the challenges that come with running a small business and we do everything we can to enhance their success. If you're a safety-first professional, you might have what it takes to become a Landstar BCO.
At Landstar, you’re not just another owner-operator signed on to supplement the company fleet during the busy times. At Landstar, our owner-operators are the company fleet. Recognizing the owner-operators’ importance to our success, we coined the term “Business Capacity Owner” or BCO to better reflect your skill set. Owner-operators have dispatchers. BCOs are dispatchers. You select the freight, you select the route, you decide on home time. This is freedom.
Minimum Requirements Are:
- 23 years of age
- Class A CDL with HazMat (H) or combination (X) endorsement.
- No more than two at-fault accidents and two motor vehicle violations within the previous 36 months, or no more than one at-fault accident and three motor vehicle violations during the previous 36 months. No involvement in a preventable DOT recordable accident in the past 12 months.
- Operators must have one year of verifiable over-the-road driving (including snow and ice) within the past three years or three years verifiable experience in the last 10 years, of which six months must be within the previous 48 months, with a Class A CDL using the type of equipment similar to what you will be operating at Landstar.
- No felony convictions within the past seven years, and not more than one in your lifetime. Misdemeanors are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
- No positive drug or alcohol test including refusals and pre-employment results.
- No suspensions of more than 30 days for moving violations in the last 36 months.
- Proficient enough in English to understand highway traffic signs and signals, respond to official inquiries, make entries on reports and records, and converse with the public.
- Provide and maintain proper levels and types of approved insurance during your lease with Landstar including:
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Unladen Liability and Occupational Accident coverage or, in some cases, statutory Workers' Compensation coverage are mandatory. If you do not participate in the Unladen Liability and/or CPP (Occupational Accident insurance) programs, you must show comparable Unladen Liability coverage and/or Occupational Accident coverage through acceptable insurance carriers.
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If statutory Workers' Compensation coverage is required and you do not participate in the fleet workers' compensation plan (FWCP) program, coverage must be provided by licensed carriers with acceptable interstate coverage.
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These are minimum operator qualification standards subject to DOT requirements, and Landstar may impose more stringent requirements at its option. The decision whether to qualify an operator will be made by Landstar in its sole discretion and on a case-by-case basis.
For more information call 800-435-4010.
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