Fears of a getting a bad trainer

I actually had three different trainers. The first one preferred to do the driving himself, so I didn’t learn anything. The second one was an incoherent shouter who couldn’t teach me anything. The third was a good guy, very patient, helped me tremendously, and I made more progress in a week with him than I did in the previous three weeks with the other guys.

It’s the luck of the draw, but don’t hesitate to ask for a different trainer if you get a bad one.

 

At my first job I would stay off duty while fueling so I could satisfy the 30 minute break requirement. It took several months before the log department noticed that I wasn’t on duty for fueling. I was apparently not the only driver who did this.

 

Suggestion: many starter carriers will reimburse you for your CDL school expenses.

Thus -- for the carriers that will recruit from your school, find out from each carrier what the reimbursement criteria are:

• how much you get paid off per month
• which expenses are/aren't covered
• how long you must be with each carrier to get expenses fully reimbursed
• what max cap reimbursement is on these expenses (if any)
• what happens/is expected if you leave the carrier early (like b4 the end of the first year)
• will/how they reimburse you for tanker/hazmat/doubles-triples endorsements/TWIC card

-- L

 

Winner.

You will know if there’s a hygiene issue as soon as you get into the truck. You are there to do a job. If a person knows how to do the job, you should be able to learn from them, not necessarily by what they say but they do…IF you have prepared your mind to learn.

 

I talked to a driver who said his trainer was fapping in the bottom bunk and he was laying there in the top bunk with his pepper spray because he thought he was about to be raped. Not to scare you or anything. LOL