Fears of a getting a bad trainer

Sounds like you have given some thought and planning to this new venture of yours. Good Luck keep us posted

 

Exactly why I choose Schneider. I would rather do 2 weeks at the academy and only be out with a trainer for 5 days. My trainer was an #######. Always would heckle me, throw up his arms and refusing to help backing. Thank God I was only out with him for a short period.

 

what happen with going to college? Now your in a truck after spending all that money on a education. What went wrong?

 

The education remains e en if you never work in the field of your college degree. I worked 2 years in my field, then got into trucking until I retired.

 

Honest Answer: It's probably going to be someone with one year experience tops who will want you to do 10.9 hour drive shifts off-bat.

Why: It's not as hard as is typically put on to get a job in trucking, and most experienced people don't think training is worth the exta 20,000-50,000 a year.. Most people coming in have no respect or common sense, and basically were forced to this industry by rejection from other industries.. They usually have attitudes and are mad they have to do stuff...

It's harder to get a job at McDonald's...

 

My first Trainer was a wild man and got fired 3 weeks in then they put me with clean freak but I was happy with that

 

It’s how I do it.

When I was 11, my mom (the absolute worst driver in North American history) was trying to do a 600 mile road trip to see her dying mom. Thing is, she had bridge phobias…she would stop in the right lane of the interstate before crossing a bridge.

MOM! PULL OVER! PULL OVER! ON THE SHOULDER NOW!!!

(Mom pulls on the shoulder, I get out and open the driver door)
“What wrong?”

MOVE! I’m driving.

“You can’t drive…”

I don’t have a license. YOU can’t drive.

Drivers have a their own rhythm. Following distance, signaling, how many time they let the blinker flash before switching lane, how far down the lane they’re watching. When they can’t run a constant rhythm, you know something is wrong and they no longer have full control of the vehicle. Everyone has done it. You see some driver going along with an irregular rhythm. Snatching the steering, jamming the brakes, hitting rumble strips.

A good trainer should be smooth on the controls. He may be the ultimate prick, but if he’s making the job look easy, figure out why it looks easy. Can he use the mirrors or does he almost hit a car in his right side blind spot? Does he swing the trailer when changing lanes? Are there any times when the truck jerks when rolling through a parking lot. How is he at trip planning? If the trainer is solid, even when things don’t go according to plan, everything remains calm.

Figure out what he’s doing right. If he’s doing things wrong, figure out what and when he’s doing it wrong and then figure out a correction. Even if your trainer is crappy, you can still use the experience to learn.

 

Ya Know, i been retired for 3 months now, I dont miss this one bit. Wish the driver finds someone to train him right, and good luck.