Werner Trainer Craps Himself

with Werner you cant be on probation for an accident, no accidents in past 90 days AND your Fleet Manager had to recommend you in order for you to befome a trainer.

On top of that you have to go to Omaha and take a "Train the Trainer" course.

You have to demonstrate the ability to direct someone in backing. and maintain composure and patience.

A ton of CBT's on ethics, leadership and a few other things.

only the ones that stand out and do a good job get the recommendation.

this however does not imply that all that become trainers will go on to become good and quality trainers.

Its not too good to be true. But you dont just get thrown out there as a trainer. No probation, no recent accidents, nothing pending, no DOT violations and you gotta take a train the trainer course and display the ability to teach, have patience and direct someone in backing.

Honestly your first year as a driver is the single most important year you will have. Its the year you will learn the most about trucking than any other year and have your greatest knowledge gain.

I know guys with 1 or 2 years experience that drive and do the job better than those with 10 years of experience. And they are trainers and are great at it.

It all comes down to how much a person cares about the job they do and what effort they put into it.

 

There is much truth in what you are saying.
Not only professionally but in all aspects of life.
Some people just have 6 months experience 40 times over and not 20 years experience.
There is no replacement for experience but it is not simply time related but effort and aptitude need to be applied as well.

 

If I might expound on king's thought a bit:

There is much truth here. The problem is that the low experience trainers have yet to learn enough to realize just how much they don't know. What I mean by that is that far too many drivers with just a year or two experience have yet to grasp the more subtle parts of driving, the little things that add up to a driver instead of a steering wheel holder...

As king q noted, the above is true of a lot of veteran driver's too. Sure they can drive just fine, and backing is no problem, but they still operate in reactive mode instead of being proactive. And you can operate for years like that, and the cushion of modern brakes and tires lets them get away with it. But when the cowpie get tossed in the air current inducer, they are just as screwed as a new driver, because they only mastered the surface of driving, and never pondered the depths.

I can train anyone to get a truck down the road, that part is easy. Teaching them to be able to save someone else's ### because they saw the situation going downhill long before the BRRRAAPPP! of flying feces is a task of another order. It's less taught than grasped, with the help of tools you can teach. And some never do grasp, as they just don't have the ability to process the incoming information fast enough.

But the point is that very, very few drivers with only a year or two experience grasp the true depth of what it takes to drive safely for years and years. Someone who has yet to fully grasp it themselves has little chance to pass this on to any but the most natural of students. This is related to why accident rates increase among drivers with a few years experience; the basics are mastered, and their confidence has soared, but the subtleties have yet to sink in.

It's great that Werner makes sure they know how to teach, but there is no way for someone to teach another something they have yet to learn themselves. And that is the issue with low mileage trainers.

It occurs to me, that here in the States, those of us who learned during the double nickel days had an inherent advantage to learning some of the good habits. We had no choice but to be on our toes, as everyone ran faster than the speed limit, and scanning for the revenue enhancers, I mean speed cops, was a necessary part of highway life. And that scanning meant we kept our eyes moving and looking well down the road, we had to be alert, lest we feed the bears. Nowadays, with that incentive gone, it's much easier to operate in a much smaller visual bubble, with no worries that a moment's inattentiveness would lighten your wallet.

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Later Dude, did you ever get your bonus? Which company do you work for now?

 

Thank you for the heads-up OP (if you're still around). If I go with Werner, I'll be sure to request the trainer that doesn't #### himself at 0430 every morning.

 

Man I'm glad I went back and read the OP. Got a good laugh

 

Totally agree, you should be a writer. That is some seriously funny stuff and very insightful!
ROFLMAO!!!!

 

hahahahahaha I know this was authored in 2008, but I can tell you that I have tears in my eyes from reading this. I think you missed your calling. The truth is always funnier than fiction.

 

The best comedy is always based upon truth!

 

After reading his first post I thought I was looking at the number of users logged in until I realized it was all the thanks!