| DAC report, Dak, DAQ - I've seen it spelled many | | | | Identification of Driver. (Name, SSN, DOB) |
| different ways and I've heard it called by these | | | | Identification of Contributing company |
| names and other names that may have been | | | | (Address and phone number) and date |
| spoken (yelled actually) in French. | | | | contributed |
| Regardless of how it's spelled or what it is called, | | | | Period of Service (Month/year) |
| the "DAC Report" is employment performance | | | | License Number |
| information sent by member motor carriers to | | | | Eligibility for rehire |
| HireRight, formerly known as USIS, formerly | | | | Reason for leaving (e.g., driver quit or |
| known as DAC Services. Trucking companies | | | | discharge, etc.) |
| send this information when a driver's employment | | | | Status (e.g., owner operator, company driver, |
| contract ends. | | | | etc.) |
| Professional drivers should understand the above | | | | Driver Experience (e.g., single driver, team, |
| paragraph-many drivers don't. | | | | etc.) |
| 1. The information on the DAC report is primarily | | | | Equipment Operated (e.g., reefer, dry box, |
| employment information (although driving crashes | | | | etc) |
| incidents and past driving license information can | | | | Loads Hauled (e.g., general commodity, etc) |
| be listed). You will not see speeding tickets, driving | | | | Work Record (e.g., satisfactory, cargo loss, |
| license suspensions, criminal record information or | | | | etc.) |
| credit history on a "DAC Report." MVRs, Criminal | | | | A separate section of the report contains |
| Record Histories and Credit Reports are reports | | | | accident/incident information. It is divided into DOT |
| that may be delivered by DAC-but they are not | | | | recordable and non-DOT recordable information. |
| DAC Reports. | | | | DOT recordable records contributed by |
| 2. Not all companies belong to DAC. It is a private | | | | employers will contain accident details as stored in |
| company, not a government agency or | | | | the accident register. Non-DOT recordable |
| contractor and use of DAC by employers is | | | | accidents may contain details (date, short |
| voluntary. As such, there are tens of millions of | | | | description, etc) if provided by the past employer. |
| driving employments not stored by DAC. This can | | | | It will also be indicated whether this particular |
| be good if you have a particularly bad reference, | | | | company stored DOT drug and alcohol testing |
| or it can be bad news if you have good | | | | information with USIS. If the information is stored, |
| experience and want a potential employer to see | | | | the potential employer must send a written |
| it quickly so you can go to work faster. | | | | release to USIS to get the actual drug and alcohol |
| 3. DAC reports are not a "running tally" of | | | | results. |
| employment-member trucking companies will only | | | | The point of all this for the professional driver is |
| submit information to DAC upon termination of | | | | not an academic exercise. When you need a job, |
| employment. Let's say you have been working | | | | sooner is better--and it's important to understand |
| for 3 years for an employer that is a member of | | | | what potential employers will see and the sources |
| DAC. Still employed, you decide to look for | | | | of the information. You need to review all the |
| another job. Your 3 years' of experience will not | | | | information a potential employer will see. You |
| show up on the DAC Report for potential | | | | need to review it for accuracy and give yourself |
| employers to see. | | | | some time for correction if needed. To do that, |
| The DAC Report does contain the following | | | | you need to know the source of the information |
| categories of information: | | | | and what it may contain. |