I Start With Averitt in January 2012

Discussion in 'Averitt' started by bigmikectn, Dec 19, 2011.

  1. Flareblitz

    Flareblitz Medium Load Member

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    I hope they send me to the backing school. I'm used to 10 2 splits and still was bad with those.
     
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  3. jsbtrucker

    jsbtrucker Light Load Member

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    Tell your recruiter you want to go , its real good
     
  4. Flareblitz

    Flareblitz Medium Load Member

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    That's all I have to do? How much time does that add to training?
     
  5. jsbtrucker

    jsbtrucker Light Load Member

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    If your going out with a trainer , after road training you will go to the backing school for four days.
     
  6. jsbtrucker

    jsbtrucker Light Load Member

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    They might have you set up to go already , your recruiter can answer that. Good luck
     
  7. Flareblitz

    Flareblitz Medium Load Member

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    I take it the backing school is at the same place as orientation? I don't care how much backing I practice with my trainer. I'll still probably ask to go to the school. Just becase that's my main hang up is backing that durned trailer up.
     
  8. jsbtrucker

    jsbtrucker Light Load Member

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    They have the school at four or five different service centers/ yards . Depends on where you live.
     
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  9. Nukem

    Nukem Road Train Member

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    From Averitt's website:

    Averitt’s Finishing School is a weeklong training course for truckload drivers going through the company’s student program. Drivers who have recently graduated from an approved school or who have just a few months of experience over the past year are sent to one of the Finishing Schools located in Cookeville, Tenn., Lexington, Ky., Jackson, Tenn., or Decatur, Ala., after completing their road training from an Averitt driver-trainer. Students learn how to properly back their tractors and other detailed safety procedures related to equipment-handling. The Finishing School has been a prudent investment, as Averitt has seen a 60 percent decrease in backing accidents among student drivers since its inception a year ago.
     
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  10. corysti

    corysti Medium Load Member

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    Well this week is my last week with opies. Great bunch of people but I found a opportunity to be home everyday with transport services co. I started to go back to averitt but I didn't feel like going to their orientation
     
  11. jsbtrucker

    jsbtrucker Light Load Member

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    Good to hear you got a local gig , being gone every week gets old if you have peeps you care about seeing. Hey but you put your time in and sounds like your doing good ! First week back gotta get back in the groove.
     
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