Questions for Trainers

Instructors are paid .36 cpm, then they also get bonus'es when the Student tests out, what I made as a PSD instructor was comparable to running in a LW as longs as my students Trifecta'ed out, then you also get a bonus when the student completes TNT. I would see if he can switch to Springfield for dispatch.

 

Huh?

Instructors make their normal solo rate. Additionally paid $300 a week for instructor pay (not to exceed 5 weeks unless special circumstances require). You have to have a #### good reason why you haven't tested a student within 5 weeks.

I'm a little fuzzy on exacts but....Trifecta pays out in the $800 range. Additional $300 bonus upon upgrade to A seat, and $500 at one year of employment goes to instructor. Much like recruiting the intructor also gets a percentage of all the students solo miles after upgrade. Something like .001. It's to encourage the instructors to maintain the relationship and have a vested interest in keeping the former student working at Prime.

 

Is husband looking for help on getting trainees on the truck or are you looking for help making sure enough money is sent home to you? Im certain training can be dangerous hes trusting his life to someone who doesnt have enough experience to have total control of their vehicle. Likewise if your husband doesnt have a background of management or some type of leadership experience i bet the idea of training and living with strangers could be intimidating. Give him some time.

 

You can make a lot of money on TNT trainee, however there is a sort of break in period. You can't just fully trust the trainee to drive the truck while the trainer sleeps the first week or two.

once in the flow, truck is cranking out miles. TNT trainers make the going team rate minus the .12/mile to the trainee. Plus there is an additional .10/mile for each mile over 3500 in the week. Plus the usual fuel bonus minus 1/4 to the trainee.

team rates are in the low .40s. So take .40 as an example. That's .28 for the trainer. 5000 is very possible miles running 48 states. (6k or more is possible on a good week) .28x5000 is $1400 plus .10x1500 is $150 for team bonus. That's $1550 gross without adding fuel bonus on a so so mileage week.

Btw for everyone reading this. All bonuses are lost if you do not scan your paperwork within 48 of your macro 4 empty message.

the truck runs much like a team, so it is VERY incumbent on the trainer to make the time to TRAIN the guy. Sit with the guy when navigating unfamiliar terrains like the steep grades out west. Getting up and interacting with the customers to teach the trainee. Same goes on the trainers shift, he should be getting the trainee up to interact with him and customers and watching unfamiliar driving conditions. But only getting the trainee up for as long as necessary and then getting him back to bed. Paperwork, HOS and company procedures have to be constantly reviewed.

 

Yeah 5000 miles a week is a good average, just recently my trainee and myself had a like 4000 mile week but then backed that up the next week with 6400 because of how the loads fell with payroll cutoff. One thing I didn't see listed above is that he would still his per Diem of .05 for all miles ran.

 

Yeap, your right, I forgot about the 300.00 per week additional. I was using the .36cpm rate as a base for a guy with one year, I think that is right, Chuck?

 

This is the part of Prime's training method that really frosts my cookies, and is the only reason my truck doesn't say Prime on the side of it. I sat out on the backing pad for three freaking weeks waiting for a PSD instructor, but none were available. Why? Because they were all keeping their students for TnT. I had to drop out of PSD to go home and beg for my old job back. (There were four other women there who had been waiting at least two weeks for an instructor.)

Prime needs to rework their training model so they don't have PSD students just sitting there, waiting.

 

There are also PSD instructors and TNT trainers who won't train during the winter which kind of backs things up some also.