Starting orientation Monday

First day at Crete...technically not orientation til tomorrow. I think I did 3 different piss tests today, strength test, DOT physical, a road test, and a ton of paperwork!
Good news is that they have me at the Holiday Inn here in Lincoln, NE. Nice place. Downtown with plenty of things to do in the evening.

 

Sounds good. Haha! I was told something like 90% no touch. But of course that came from the recruiter, so you may be right.

 

Well, day two and three is all paperwork and videos. But now it's official....I'm a driver trainee for Crete! I just have a defensive driving class tomorrow. Talked to my trainer last night. He'll be here to pick me up after class tomorrow afternoon. If he has some time left on his clock we will head out to Oregon. Being straight out of school, I'll have eight weeks of training. I'll get four days at home after four weeks then head out for my last four weeks. The thing is that my trainer is scheduled for home time in a couple weeks. So I'll sit at a hotel for three days. Same thing will happen during my last four weeks. So really, I'll only be out driving for about six and a half weeks. Should finish training Sept 16th.
I'm thinking about starting a new thread with some kind of training title to record my adventure. When I do, I'll post the title and/or a link here if anyone wants to follow along.
Again, any advice from other drivers is always appreciated. Stay safe out there, drivers!

 

Thanks! And, yea...Honestly I was waiting for Averitt, but they just didn't have an opening on the route I wanted. Couldn't wait forever. However, it seems like Crete really has their stuff together. Pretty good people over here too. I may have just stumbled on to something good here.

 

Ok guys...I started a new thread for my training experience: http://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/threads/training-at-crete.290720/
Follow along if you like.
Stay safe out there, drivers!