Students must team?

That is a welcome attitude, keep it positive. And for the folks that are complaining, I started as a student with Prime, Now I am a trainer, They have done absolutely, EVERYTHING they told me they would

 

Sorry. 1 year experience, and a trainer?

 

I see many comments from people who are surprised that there are trainers with 1 year of experience.

Please explain how many years of experience you would expect a trainer to have? How do those additional years add value to the training experience? How do those additional years make someone a better trainer? Can you give specific examples?

 

Swift and Werner will turn you into a trainer with less than 1 year. 6 months at Swift.

I had 7 years experience before I went OTR. There was a gap in there of over 20 years. When I went OTR I got a small dose of winter driving. Lots of mountain driving. When I went solo I had to teach myself winter driving. Luckily I had 3 different friends with 7-25 years experience to call on for advise. It depends on when you train.

AFA time on the road? 1 year isn't enough IMO. But, these BFI companies have plenty of "cannon fodder" coming in.

Seriously why ask if more experience would make a better trainer? Or is that a rhetorical question?

 

You get around the block, you learn more things.

Years of experience won't always be THE answer either. It's more a mentality of the driver who is becoming the trainer.

I won't feel comfortable training. I have over 8 years experience. Too many years doing too many different things.

I can teach someone in 10 minutes what they need to know about a reefer. Less than that for a dry van.

Flats would take a day or so to include securement.

But setting your loads......

NOOOO clue. That'only comes with time and actual loads. Get into regular loads, it goes that much quicker. Times I won't even scale now because it's such a "common" load and the trailer tandems sit in the same place each and every time.

But I also know WHICH loads I MUST scale too.

Unless you have driven the lower 48 and parts of canada and done it in ALL 6 seasons, (yeah I said 6 for a reason) you aren't ready to train.

 

Don't be sorry, Prime chooses trainers by their skill and maturity as well as their driving record, delivery record etc, Also recommendations from the fleet manager help also, As well as the fact that i am retired military and have trained more people than I can count on a number of different subjects. Skill is skill, you either have ity or you don't, Yoiu also either have the capability and mentality to teach or you don't. Some things can't be learned. Don't recognize your screen name so Welcome to the Prime forum

 

Thanks for the back up, It is appreciated.
And for the other guy. I have driven in all 48, all the big hills a bunch of times and sitting in Seattle now after driving through the nice winter/ spring blizzard in montana the other day

 

I am guessing you didn't stay enlisted if you retired Navy.

I COULD do it, I just don't WANT to do it. I did enough training and do it now on the side I don't care to at work too. At least, not full time.

There is something to be learned every morning in a different place in different weather.

Last week I couldn't figure out WHY my truck was shifting so stupidly when I woke up to go for the day. Ran fine the night before....

Then I looked at the temp. I went to bed it was 66 out. The truck was up to operating temps all the way around. In the morning it was 31 outside. Well duh.....

If little things like that are making my morning coffee not worth it....

And I don't drink morning coffee either....

 

Yep, was enlisted for 20 years, Boiler Technician

 

The way I see it, a trainer with a year has a year more than I do going in. I'm just grateful for an opportunity. From all I have read online here and elsewhere, Prime has the best training, best trucks, and best start out pay bar none.
I start in June and I'll be a happy camper/trucker all the way!