First Day At TTCC

Just remember to take it slow and watch the mirror. One of my instructors likes to say the curb won't sue you

 

It is interesting to here how driving school was in other TTCC campuses as well as other schools in the Toronto area. Will be interesting on Monday when I can see them operate a ten speed. So far the school has me pretty much prepared in terms of logging, hos, and trip planning. The real education is going to start in ten days when I go with the training engineer

 

It has been good. Everyone has been helpful and very friendly. First day out in the truck was today after spending two days doing paperwork, learning how to work the qualcom, trip planning and logging. It is going to take some time to get used to the ten speed but the actual truck drives like a dream compared to what I was practicing on at TTCC. Another person in the class also went to TTCC down south so it was interesting to hear about his experiences. Kind of funny hearing what real drivers think about the Ministry test.

The companies pretrip is pretty thorough and about a hundred more things than what I was taught at in school, the air test is actually much easier as well as the coupling and uncoupling procedures. Right now I wished that TTCC concentrated more on matching the speed to the gears rather than at different rpm levels as that would have been helpful mind you with a different transmission maybe not. Learning to skip gears again would have been good as well.

The trainers know that the driving schools from the good to the bad just prepare people to pass the Ministry test so they are not too surprised with questions us new guys ask. Turns out he had a student who asked him where the brake pedal was ...... and this guy had his AZ. So the rest of the week is half day in the truck and the other half in the class then next week it is otr with a trainer

 

There are a couple of people in my class who have been waiting months, not sure why as Schneider always have classes and orientation going, and they are basically starting from scratch again. Basically you have two and a half days in the truck then you go OTR with a trainer. Schneider policy is if you do not feel comfortable you can do another week here before going OTR with the trainer. There really was no surprises during the first day, the physical is posted on YouTube and was not difficult, drug testing was both urine and hair and the rest was just paperwork. I forgot a bunch of stuff at home and am still waiting for a couple of things to come in (FAST card and diploma for TTCC) what I keep hearing about Schneider from people outside of the company is that their training program is one of the best around which is a huge reason why I decided to come this way instead of finding a company closer to home. Oh they do have a yard in Montreal by the way

How long is the training at Kriska?

Bad days in the truck during training happen for whatever the reason. Muscle memory does not exist for whatever the reason, the shifter spent the night drinking and can no longer figure out where sixth gear is. Every four wheeler in the area thinks it is race day and the finish line is in front of your truck. Your right just shake it off and tomorrow is a new day