My CDL Trainer

Those are materials that are only about a year old. I'm sure there are plenty of instructors who aren't aware of them if they attended the instructor course before they were produced.

Kudos to you for finally opening your student training book and reading it. It's only been what? 2 weeks since orientation started.

 

Yup... you're actually expected to put some individual effort into it. Just the same as you would at that $4000 CDL mill.

 

Maybe just me, but would think you would want to take in as much information as possible. I read all those packets the day I received them and multiple more times throughout PSD phase.

You seem to have this idea that everything should be handed to you. You are looking at a career, this is not a vacation or something of that sort. You should be taking this seriously. If their was a problem, it should have been addressed immediately whether with your instructor or a higher up. You are told multiple times throughout orientation that if you feel a problem, to address it. Multiple times throughout this thread people have said to just request a new instructor, Prime will get you a new one without fail. Yet, you seem to continue to stay where you are and then complain about the lack of training. If you can't take control of your own career, you will not succeed in trucking.

 

Yes, you do have pre conceived notions. That's your bread and butter complaint here... "I expected this, I assumed, " etc... If you don't think you'll get to be in "expert backer" with just 2 days on the pad, you had a preconceived notion it would happen on the road.

If you don't like the instruction, just ask for another instructor. I don't know why you ignore this. Is it that the more people who say ask for a new instructor, the more you are convinced you know better. You got a Jesus complex or something... I think you have a preconceived notion that we will all sympathize with you every time you climb up on your cross to complain. But you can only ignore these peoples advice to get a new instructor before sympathy
becomes contempt.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here, but you are not gonna be satisfied with TNT training. There is zero chance your TNT trainer will be able to teach you everything you will need to know to do your job. It's an impossibility.

This job offers a lot of independence and it's up to the driver to get the job done with little supervision from Prime. Even a company driver. The Driver carries a lot of responsibility and the ability to take initiative. If you can't take initative, you are gonna waste a lot of time on the phone, on hold.

On time for appointments, no accidents, no citations, good fuel mileage, and a productive driver is all they ask for.

No one is along to inspect your truck daily for you (inspection violations, your fault for not catching them) no one is along to make sure you don't take to long on a break or set your alarm (late for an appt, your fault) no one is along to drive the truck (traffic violation, your fault)

prime is there to support operations of the trucks, all aspects. If you don't give them a reason to supervise or micromanage you, they won't.

 

The guy you're with now is NOT a trainer! He is a CDL instructor. His one and only job is to provide you with the necessary experience to get past the practical CDL driving test.