USA needing trainers would u or would u not!

Me? I don't think so. I'm still learning the ropes myself, even after a year and a half. Until I get my own crap straight and can serve as a reliable example to someone else, I think it would be a joke to consider me competent enough to "train" a newer driver.

 

I worked for USA for about a month. My trainer had me do a decent amount of backing, but that was phase 1. My phase 2 trainer? He informed me that I would be driving first. I agreed not realizing he meant all night. I was on the bus for the previous day and a half, so I definitely was not rested at all. I was so exhausted I could barely see straight. I was let go the following day for being unsafe, and yes, they put that on my DAC. How nice of them!

 

so that's their fault, your inability to stay awake and failure to tell your trainer?

If you identified the problem (lack of sleep) to your trainer and they "made" you drive anyway, one phone call to your driver liason would have cured that.

Here's the lesson: Your the captain when you have charge of the vessel, act like the captain, for safety sake!

 

Do you think your qualified, not saying your not, just asking? Agreed that 60% of USIT drivers are not capable! You want to put your life in one of those clowns hands.....for me I say negative.

 

My trainer was well aware, but didn't care. Getting his delivery/pick-up was all that mattered. Phone call? It was past midnight on a Sunday, the only contact I had was a training coordinator.

 

this is how i see it, USA Truck typicaly gets the bottom of the barrel new drivers....do you really want a crack head in your truck? alone while your inside the TS.......

Do you want to put your life in their hands while you sleep?




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I saw those messages and talked to a few trainers. There are many that are not happy with the little extra pay they get and the lack of miles some of them get. My god, they are trainers and run teams. If you can't keep them moving, who can you keep moving. Also, I saw some of the drivers I was in upgrade with, and was surprised a month or so later that they still could not back straight into a dock.

I was in Roanoke VA, 2 weeks after I upgraded and the safety director(the guy in the pic for the in cab scanners...yeah him) for Phoenix was there for his training. He came out and got 3 of us and wanted us to do some backing exercises, doing the 12/9. So I was picked first, and had to do one pull up. Then the other 2 guys went and had to do 4-5 pullups. Then the safety dir. decides to try it. I thought he's been driving for a few years, he should get it in there pretty easy. So he does about 6-7 pullups and gets frustrated. Pulls out and goes around the lot again. Comes back and gets it in 4-5. Holy crap, this guy is the safety director, and has been driving at least 1 year I'd hope and can't do a simple 12/9.

Either way, if you don't expect to make a lot of money and can be happy just making sure only good drivers get through, then I think you will be a great trainer and happy. If you expect to make a lot more, and just want to do it for the cash, then I think you would be highly disappointed. I honestly couldn't trust some of those people behind the wheel while I am awake, much less if I were asleep.

Good luck if you do decide to go with it.

 

P.S. There has to be a reason all the trainers are quitting and USA is in bad need of more...Just sayin'

 

A trainer should not be ran as a team. If he or she is not in the seat next to the trainee how are they teaching them anything?

That is one thing that Schneider has going for them that is right. If the trainer is asleep the trainee is sleeping too. If the trainer is caught sleeping while the trainee is driving he or she will be fired.