Trainer vs No Trainer

I hate to say this but trainers are at most companys for Insurance reasons. LOl

 

I think that it depends on the individual mostly.

If you take someone with a mechanical background and aptitude, a certain level of maturity and some common sense a trainer might not be needed.

Really, trucking is not rocket science and most things can be figured out with a little advice and by just doing them.

I just don't get how some guy with a few months experience is gonna be able to contribute much to anyone's trucking skills as a trainer. BTW I know the argument ...... "you should have "X" years experience to be a trainer ... blah blah blah". Nice thought but, that ain't what's happening. So until trainers are required to have ..... I don't know, maybe 3 years minimum experience .. the whole thing is basically a babysitting program anyway.



........... Jim

 

hell i just switched jobs, had 2 years of experience, and had to go back to training, even though i had driven a truck 2 weeks before i came here...

How did you magically learn to drive this truck exactly?

 

The first time around ...... I was working as a gopher for a local outfit. The owner signed off on my license and I was a relief driver. I had been moving trucks around the yard for about 6 months and I got one weeks training on a learner's permit.

Second time around I went to the cheapest school I could find to get my license back ...... took a road test and spent two days following another driver in my own truck to learn the plants and their load/unload procedure.


That's it.


......... Jim

 

Did your school actually have you secure loads and verify that you did it correctly? Did they cover flat bed and lowboy load securement/weight placement and have you practice it?