Shaffer Training Was Legit

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Last Shadow's Comment
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I finally finished my training and pass my pre-trip and road test today, something that I want to share here to all of the new drivers going to orientation is that respect and communication with your trainer must be addressed as soon as you enter this person truck, I left the military active duty last December and I know I'm an alpha male type of person, with that said I recognize what my place was "trainee" there is a term that we use in the military is called submission with equality- what is that mean exactly you ask? Let me please answer that for you, you are to follow directions no matter how much you think you can do it different or better, this trainer has been doing his job successfully for quite some time so it is to your best interest to follow his lead and directions, at the same time know that you are not someone that is to be treated with disrespect or abuse in any form, your both equal there for you should communicate any issues to your instructer before they become problems that make for a toxic environment, that is why is important to communicate cristal clear in the same language and compromise with adjustment from both sides.

My training lasted 7 weeks and we had a lot of things we didn't agreed on but we discussed them came to an arrangement and continue with the training, I must of asked a thousand and one question and always got the answer or where to find it, I found that Shaffer's trainers are trained to become trainers, he was very professional and to the point, we joked a lot in our off time and he even treated me to dinner at times as well, we encounter bad weather, traffic jams, long live loads wait, incredibly impossible to back into docks situations, weird looking people and drivers, drivers driving unsafe, deer on the roads at night and during the day, loads that shifted and had to go back to reload them for the customer to accept them, struggling to find parking at night due to live load taking our hours and not being able to drive before the super solo stage, etc, etc, that made my training so much better, experiencing it rather than reading or hearing about it, and being told how to handle the situation as is happening, that was an amazing thing to go through and coming out on the other side with that more confidance.

In conclusion, I really don't feel any empathy for some that complain with their trainer or about their trainer to the company if you don't do your part which is stablishing your self with your trainer and asking about his expectations of you, if you do it with respect and communicate you should be able to have a very productive learning experience, go the extra mile address the trainer properly when you talk to them or when asking a question, clean the truck without being told to do it have good hygiene habits, do your pre-trips every morning don't complain for the little things let it go, it's only for a short time that you have to endure this person anyway, in my case I had a very pleasant training block, I know that not all companies have good trainers some are A-holes but at the end it's what you put in it and what you want out of it, it's a good character tester training under someone else, I was a Non-Comission Officer in the Army I was the one in charge not use to taking so much directions but that was then, now I am a truck driver an as a trainee we must know our place, to be a good leader you first must be a good follower and learn as much as you can so when the time comes for you to be in charge you will know how to handle the situation.....out

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Tractor Man's Comment
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Very well put Last Shadow. Excellent advice for both the Trainer and Trainee. Thank you!

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