Is being a trainer worth the headaches???

In my opinion a driver with less than 5 years has no business being a trainer in the first place. All you're doing is making more money for yourself and not giving the new driver any knowledge since you have limited experience yourself. A company that offers such a job had got to be a bottom feeder. Sorry.

 

I agree. I was a trainer for 6 years and each student is diferrent. I would do it again but my company doesn't hire newbies.

 

I'd love to train, after I get some more seat time in myself. I enjoy teaching, though in an one on one environment, though. But I want my truck dispatched like a solo truck throughout the training period. One, because I'm not training to make extra money. And two, I'm not training team drivers (who have a whole set of stresses that solo drivers don't have to contend with) but rather solo drivers.

 

For me it wasn't worth it.

When you clearly have a driver that does not care about the safety of others. And you try to have the issue resolved through safety, and they refuse to listen.

#### IT !!!

Let them live with the mistakes they put in a truck....not me.

 

Unfortunately, we ALL have to live with the mistakes companies put in their trucks. Just makes the road a bit more dangerous for all of us.

 

i tried training for a couple of years. i waited to train for 2 years. but i did it to try and pass on knowledge that i have learned. most trainers only train to make more money. and the trainees lose in the end. the only reason someone should train is to pass on knowledge and help the trainee to learn about the company they are working for and learn about the customers, and about the regulations.
i have seen companies that had drivers start being a trainer as experianced as 6 months, which i feel is not enough time behind the wheel to be able to train.

 

I've been driving 10 years.... Do I qailify to be a trainer? Stupid question since I already know the answer. But I will not be coming a trainer for quite some time. Reason #1) I ain't got the patients. #2) I ain't got the time. #3) I still don't think I'm qualified.

I was trained by a man who had 30 years behind the wheel. He taught me things that I needed to know & things I really didn't need to know.

I don't see me being a trainer anytime soon... My son who has a interest in driving won't be 21 for another 11 years... So I will have 21 years behind the wheel before I train anyone.

 

I trained for about a year.

I enjoyed the "passing on the knowledge" part. I really worked with my trainees on backing skills. We'd put in a couple of hours at a terminal working on backing, in addition to situations in the real world. And I got a lot of satisfaction seeing the improvements students would make.

But in the end, I enjoy my privacy and it just wasn't worth it, especially taking into consideration the ratio of drivers that stayed to those that either quit or couldn't cut it.