Watkins Shephard - Already Have CDL, Prob Need Refresher

you sure are nosey huh? jk


ok lets see....

call recruiting and tell them when you graduated you might need a refresher, might not, might have to go to school all over i dont know.

we run all 48 state

they ask the OTR guys to stay out 3-4 weeks at a time


Regional drivers are home most weekends (depending on where you live, mainly NC based drivers)


miles 2200-4000 a week average about 2900-3000 a week


wheather or not you have to do a refresher you will go through the 10 day orientation, if they hire you, you go solo.


there will be a few road tests during the 10 days.

for more info on orientation see my thread, chris's (charlb's) thread, or any of the other W/S drivers threads most of us did a day by day update while going threw it.





American Trucker

 

I been interested in running with W/S for some time now because of all the great info from everyone (Former CDL driver here but no experience in last 15 years).

I really like the no going out with a trainer thing and the fact they have flatbed division as well

Unfortunately I must have miss understood when I spoke with a recruiter at W/S earlier this past summer. Swear she told me all I needed was a refresher course and could apply once I started it.

Well finally, I started the refresher course call W/S but... no go! they said their insurance won't cover it unless a driver takes a full training course or has at least 6 months recent experience. Crap! I was bummed! Completely understand though. Insurance is very costly for these companies.

Going with my second choice, Scheinder, which also has some great things about them I like as well. They required 40 hours refresher and I did it. Was able to kick the rust of my driving skills pretty quickly and got right in the flow again. Still need a little work on docking and backing .. but have applied and interviewed waiting to find out my orientation start date.

Keep Safe