changes to training program

Let students sleep in bunk .... good for map in other stuff

 

You'll find said students at other schools.

 

I am going to be a student starting this week. I was wondering how it worked if the trainer went home. I understand I am being trained and the company is paying me while training, so the company isn't really making money on me until I am out on my own. I think it would be weird for me and the trainer if I was left alone in the truck sitting for a few days, that is his home. I would be fine being put in a hotel, but I don't feel the trainer should have to pay for it. I would be okay with it if Millis paid for it and then I had to pay it back weekly just like the schooling. I am grateful that a company is training me to get my CDL and then offering me a good job. I can't afford to go to school for $6000 and take 2 months off work, so I am glad there is a way I can get through the process while getting paid. I am looking at it as an investment in myself. How was it handled before?

 

For the longest time I was able to use Hotels when needed. Wasnt very often since I usually stayed out until the student graduated. But of late, things have changed. I have taken several students from trainers that were going home and needed to be finished. It's confusing anymore on how/why these changes are taking place, Only thing I can assume is that they do not want the students sitting idle during trainers home time. I can understand that, but it's hard on a student as it is, now they have to learn a new trainer all over again. I really think can be additional stress for a new driver.

 

I wonder if it's because we have a limited number of trainers, and more students graduating every week, so they want to maximize the number of hours students are with a trainer, regardless of whether it's the same one throughout their training.