Just Milking It!

So!?
Sorry for taking so long to get back and update.
The drive out was nice took my time and didn't rush.

3 weeks entry level even though I had my CDL, but I couldn't have been happier with the WDT Trainers in Bryan Tx.

The school is on a old army air base along with the Texas A and M Rellis Campus. A beautiful campus and with the airfield training on the runways made get reacquainted with Double clutching and tanker training, non stressful and frankly a lot of fun. It is situate in the middle of Texas farm land and I had horses and cows watching me as I trained and practiced.

My team of instructors were nothing short of incredible, friendly, and patient. Not one of them ever lost their cool, yet, or made me feel like a boob as I had been treated by my instructors at school in Az 3 years ago.

Anthony, Mike and Corbin really are not only instructors but former drivers and take what can be a stressful intimidating experience into a wonderful fun learning joy. They are truly compassionate about making sure that they put the best drivers out on the road. It is most definitely a labor of love.

Week one was orientation, week two, getting reacquainted with driving, coupling and uncoupling, backing practice, etc...

Remember I had my CDL in hand already so some of my training was geared for what experience I already had in place.

New drivers with no CDL get more intense/extensive training, and the program is longer. If you have question feel free to ask.

As with my training by the middle of the second week some small road runs to evaluated any areas that might need to be focused on, and working on some backing skills and drills that where actually set up for a facility here in Az with some unique blindside backing. They set up a mockup of the facility for me to train on so that when I got to said facility I wasn't to overwhelmed with the experience.

More point is the trainers want the drivers to be geared for success and will go to any lengths to put out the best drivers and go the extra mile for them. ...to be con't ~D

 

You know I suppose I could try and find negativity in anything about life, but I tend to accept my choices and change if they don't fit my goals, but, their ears not a lot of companies that really care about the people that work for them, but, WDT really seems to care. And, if I'm asked, I sure I can be flexible as I they have been with me.

They really seem to RESPECT their employees and I have already taken two surveys about my feelings thus far with them. And the surveys are how I feel about the company. They ask basically whether I intend on staying in a series of questions. So with that being said, even my terminal manager is so open to pretty near any schedule of my choosing. Granted local driving isn't over the road, but even as the noob, my team members are really NICE. My trainer strives for two main goals, A. To always be SAFE and AWARE and to drive professionally, and to have every tool I need to succeed.

All the members at my terminal are GREAT, funny, professionals that treat the new drivers as equals. In fact that treat, everyone as a professionals. Every the young men that keep the trucks cleaned and sanitized.

So, if they keep treating me with respect, I will certainly be there if we are in a crunch.