Half way through transport school and it sucks! The reality of my trucking school experience.

The schedule of the nightmare experience.
How it starts...
2 weeks in class. Just a verbal barrage of trucking information. from PSI to safety to log books. I swear my trainer does coke.

1st week in truck
Trainer was drunk the night before and telling me how he stayed out drinking till 3am both 1st and second day. Barely explained the double clutching process. I didn't end up driving till the third day. complained to the school that i felt unsafe with that driver. The school gave me the the last two days off so they could get me a new trainer.

2nd week was better. I actually got someone who could train but didn't spend much time on drop and hook, circle checks and air pressure tests.

3rd week new trainer again. Spent time on driving first two days, I have today off. Trainer complained that we didn't spend enough time on the 3 main tests drop and hook, circle checks and air pressure tests (not having any previous knowledge of what we did with the last trainer...very little communication between teachers and management at this school). I have the rest of this week then at the end of next week I have my official ministry of transportation test.

At this point I'm thinking of downgrading from my transport truck license to my dump truck because there are less tests. The weird thing with these trucking schools is they accept anyone. Regular drivers license and clean driving record your accepted. It should be a 3-4 month course. Long story short $8,395.00 for this #### and I'm pretty scared for the final test. Anyone else have a similar experience?

 

yah and you get the feeling of wtf how do they not have a proper mandate for teachers to adhere to yet and a proper schedule to follow considering they let anyone in the school. There are no prerequisites other than a G license and a clean driving record. I said " I've only driven uhaul trucks"...."no problem we got you" lol

 

yah but i have to pay off the school tuition. So drive a DZ license truck to get it payed off and then do the AZ test after studying more

 

Yah there needs to be something said. You think with a giant school like transport training centres of Canada it would be half decent. But it just so f'd up.