Questions about Stevens

If you decide to come to Stevens, I think you'll find the training program as good as the best out there and certainly heads above almost every other program out there. They take training seriously.

 

Simple errors are honest mistakes. You'll still be called on them, but you walk away with a hand slap...until it becomes too often. An example is addition errors, failing to log 15 minutes at a receiver on line 4 for processing paperwork, etc. Forgetting to log line 4 for fueling.
If you log line one instead of four when monitoring loading such as a produce load, you'll get your butt kicked.
But if you are short logging driving time, for instance, you'll receive a warning at first, then keelhauled after that.
The ladies in Compliance take NO prisoners!

As for training the trainers? I am not a trainer for Stevens, so I can't give you first hand knowledge, however I know for a fact that not everyone that applies is either accepted nor do all of them qualify. Also, each trainer must requalify annually.
I have seen trainers lose their training status for short cutting rules or 'bending' some rules. Examples include letting students drive during certain 'forbidden' hours unless pre approved. I don't know the exact hours, but I think it's between 2300 and 0600. Other infractions that will make a trainer lose their status is breaking any safety rules such as letting a student drive with cruise control before they are qualified, or using a Jake before being trained.
After a student returns from O-1 or O-2 training, they are given a questionaire to rate their trainers. There are loaded questions in there that will rat out trainers for intentional violations. If any of these turn up, that trainer is investigated.
Stevens takes safety and training VERY seriously. They don't just do it lip service.

 

Some of the trainers out there like to use you for your log book. My first trainer liked to bend the rules a bit. Finish trainer was much more by the books.

 

No matter what is said, if it isn't written down, it was never said.
capice?
I have seen what you are being offered, done.
Just get it in writing. Odds are, they will do that.
As for where to leave the truck? If you are a company driver, there will be agreed locations to leave your truck. I doubt very much a truck stop is one of them. Normally it's a Kenworth or Peterbuilt dealership or Thermo King.
There are other approved locations, however they are taken on a case by case basis. As an example, when I was a company driver, I used a Penske dealership.
Usually that isn't a problem. Just be aware that you will not be allowed to take a company truck home. It must be secured at an approved location.

 

You sure that was a Stevens recruiter? Cause none of that sounds right. Stevens training pay is 350 per week.

 

Recruiter is selling you some B.S but, come here anyways.