You MUST have a CDL in order to get a hazmat endorsement.
Yes. However, your chances of finding employment as a CDL driver with a felony conviction are slim, and you won't be eligible to receive a Hazmat endorsement.
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Once you get the hazmat endorsement, you have it for as long as you have a CDL. As for the CDL, it varies by state.
A felony conviction will cause your hazmat endorsement to be rejected nationwide.
HME won't be seen on a CDL - the endorsement for hazmat on a CDL is H, or X if it's in conjunction with a tanker endorsement. HME is often used as a shortened form of "hazmat (or 'hazardous materials') endorsement".
Yes. Even though some states make exemptions to CDL laws on private property (and even though it actually puts them in conflict with the federal law, hazmat is another matter. If you have a hazmat spill, the law will come down on you like a ton of bricks for not having a CDL and hazmat endorsement.
It means your Hazmat Endorsment expires before your CDL does.
You can have a CDL (Commercial Driver's License) without a Hazardous Materials Endorsement, but you have not have the HazMat Endorsement without a CDL.
Depends on what exactly their job is. Not all CDL jobs are equal.
No, you don't.
A 1/4 ton pickup. Vehicles carrying any quantity of hazmat which requires placards to be displayed require the driver to have a CDL and hazmat endorsement.