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title: "How does Orbit match a job to the right carrier or vehicle?"
description: "How Orbit decides which carrier and vehicle can take a job."
url: "https://support.pr-4.orbit.do/en/faq/how-does-orbit-match-a-job-to-the-right-carrier-or-vehicle"
locale: "en"
lastReviewed: "2026-07-10"
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# How does Orbit match a job to the right carrier or vehicle?

How Orbit decides which carrier and vehicle can take a job.

> **Note:** Orbit matches a job to a carrier only when the carrier, its vehicle, and its driver together cover everything the job requires. A carrier with a free truck can still be the wrong fit if a single requirement isn't met.

A job carries its own requirements — the capabilities it needs, such as refrigerated transport, a dangerous-goods (ADR) certification, or a driver with a forklift licence, along with the region it runs in. To be eligible, a candidate has to cover all of them.

Those requirements can sit at three levels at once, and each is checked at the right level:

* **The vehicle** provides equipment capabilities — for example, refrigeration or a tail lift.
* **The carrier** holds organisation-level certifications — for example, ADR for dangerous goods.
* **The driver** holds personal qualifications — for example, a forklift licence.

Every required capability must be covered at its own level. A refrigerated truck run by a carrier that lacks the ADR certification still doesn't qualify for a dangerous-goods job — being available is not the same as being eligible. This is why a carrier with a spare vehicle can still be passed over.

When no candidate covers a requirement, the fix is usually in the data: add the missing capability to the vehicle, carrier, or driver, or adjust what the job requires.

## Example

A `Tour` out of Rotterdam needs refrigerated transport and carries dangerous goods. Orbit keeps only carriers that both run a refrigerated vehicle and hold the ADR certification. A local carrier with an empty refrigerated van is passed over because it isn't ADR-certified, while a carrier with the right van and the right certification is offered the work.